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Old 05-18-2012, 07:42 AM
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I dont know too much about them. they were pretty neat engines though. Late 50's mid 60's era units. Amazingly the Forestry department still has them in their maintenance program, they are on loan to this fire department. Pretty neat
Cool! I dig old trucks. The Cornbinder is definitely mid-60's vintage design so the Ford would be late 50's.

Like 10fords said, talk about getting your money's worth out of a design. Variations of both are still being used.
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