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Post by LUNCHBOX on Oct 31, 2008 17:49:48 GMT -5
1984 @ Merrick
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Post by west on Nov 2, 2008 20:23:40 GMT -5
Merrick's B looks ot be the same year as West Sayville's current B, but with a cab. What became of this truck - is this the B that the Rebel's run now?
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Post by NANOOKS on Nov 3, 2008 12:18:07 GMT -5
Merricks B was sold to Levittown, who had it for a few years, ran it at one point, I believe, and then sold it to West Sayville, who dismantled it for any usable parts, and then junked it. A very sad ending for that truck. As for Merricks old Ranchero, it was bought by a member, the back step was chopped off, and it was made street legal. He had sold it some years later to a guy who lived down in Island Park, and every so often i would see it out on the road. That truck also had a bad ending. It eventually was totaled in an accident.
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Post by LUNCHBOX on Nov 4, 2008 7:34:36 GMT -5
I don't have any video or pictures of the Buckeyes Ranchero. What years did they run it?
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Post by fdbuster on Nov 4, 2008 8:45:36 GMT -5
This is 1974 @ Hempstead  |
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Post by duds on Nov 4, 2008 17:17:24 GMT -5
When Empire Hose Co.3 was building their new firehouse they had an old garage on the back of their property where their current firehouse was to be erected. It was a small residential type garage with 1 oversize door and for years the 1961 ford sat in that building dormant. the garage was to be taken down but instead it was burned for an EAB add supporting the volunteer fire service. The B rig was moved into the old firehouse for some time before being sold to Levittown which did run the truck for a short time before being sold to West Sayville....the last time I saw her was at the wet down for West Sayville's C rig. It was in the back corner of the parking lot of the Oakdale Station...it had a confederate flag sticker on each door in the middle between the words Empire Hose Co.3 which were slightly faded
ironically a year and a half after selling that B rig the Buckeyes began running motorized and purchased Atlantic Steamers B rig to run in the 1991 season
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