The (perhaps) I wish it was mine 409 fire truck thread

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G'day folks,


I thought I'd give this a try and see how much interest there is: A few years back big old Mercedes buses and campers were all the rage - we'll see if tastes have changed or not.

From the outset I want to make it clear that this is not my truck. It just happens to be in the same building where I have my workshop. I asked the owner if he wouldn't mind me posting up a few pictures of this project and his response was positive, so here goes...

...I get the impression (that perhaps) he'd like to show off his project a bit but that he doesn't really have the time to be arsing about with the internet as well as scraping off the rust and the paint.


Anyway here it is =>



Quite a few of these old fire trucks have survived. They're more populous than say the tipper trucks or the buses. They're quite popular in Holland - they often get reconfigured into "food trucks" or campers. The owner of this one wants to convert it to a camper.

The reason why so many of the fire trucks have survived is this =>



That's 47273 km == 29374 miles - so it hasn't really been used: Spent most of its life waiting.



This truck used to have roller shuttering on the sides and a big water tank in the back. The tank leaked a bit so there's a fair amount of work to be done to the body structure - the chassis seems remarkably sound





Well we'll see how this thread goes. If there's interest I'll post up more progress pictures otherwise I won't!