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The Chevy P-10s were the third version of P-10, after the older Dodge crew cab P-10s. The V3 P-10s came in two lots of builds by two different manufacturers. From the '84-'85 timeframe, the first buy was manufactured by Carter Chevrolet. These P-10s can be IDd by "Warn style" winch bumper, and different rescue body which had a shelf-style area above the actually roof of the body for the extra ladders, stokes, etc. The second batch of 130 P-10s came in '88-'89 built by Landoll Corp. These P-10s have the smoother-style front bumper with winch, and a rescue body thats "one-piece", with no shelving above it. Both types of P-10s are still in fairly wide service, especially in ANG units....Phoenix and Tucson, AZ each use a Landoll unit, and I've seen Carter units at Jacksonville, FL, and Chandler, AZ.JohnFire said:The one that is yellow and has a 5 on it is an Airforce P-10 rescue truck. They would have 3 seats in them since that is what an airforce rescue crew consists of. Way under classed for what we used to put on them. And for what we loaded them with the 454 engine was kinda underpowered. Alot of them ended up with cracked frames due to overloading. Most bases I was ever at the crews always beat the heck out of those trucks. Then you add in that it was one of the only non diesel trucks in the station so here in there some young dumb rookie would put diesel in them. The airforce also likes to have crew cabs trucks( 6 packs) since they are more safety oriented and don't let their personel ride in the bed of trucks unbelted.
Carter units are under instructions to be demiled by DRMO prior to any sale, and can't be sold as a whole unit, due to the aforementioned frame crack problems; haven't seen the same restriction on Landoll trucks.