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Post by unclekevie on Dec 26, 2008 11:49:08 GMT -5
Geek, on reply #89 on page 6 of the Hempstead Flukes thread on page 2 of the memories section, would that be Bob Marra driving the Ranchero? Would Jackie Cloudman be the in shape thrower on the back?
What Flukes c truck had the nose of an Austin? Please jog my momory a little on this one.
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Post by HydroJr on Dec 27, 2008 15:36:04 GMT -5
Ok, so thats where the Body came from and I guess Billy June or North Bellmore bought the shell, however, the aluminum hose bed stayed behind.
Nose of an Austin? The truck after the ranchero had a rolled sheet metal hood with the tunnel ram exposed (what about the C's, page #2, center of newspaper collage about half way down.) After that came the truck built by Lou Hennasee (sp?) currently owned by South Hemp. Rumor has it that the old truck is residing under ground near the Hemp Village Garage.
Nothing more could have been done to the Ford motor and tranny in the ranchero, so with the new truck came a 427 with a 400 tranny !!
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Post by JUSMIK on Dec 27, 2008 18:10:14 GMT -5
Rob North Bellmore never got the hempstead rig . We had a fire apparatus company out east that was building our rig and then it was taken from them for your dad to finish with the camaro front nose . I am sure Tim Green will write more about it soon.
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Post by HydroJr on Dec 28, 2008 21:32:51 GMT -5
Correct, that truck was being built by a guy named Bob Driscol from Westbury. Some issues arose and my father ended up picking up the truck and finishing it. He didn't mention anything about a camaro nose, he thought it was the same truck that is in the collage with the Flukes' truck, then one before the High Tune built truck.
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Post by GuardrailGeek on Dec 30, 2008 13:05:41 GMT -5
Nose of an Austin? The truck after the ranchero had a rolled sheet metal hood with the tunnel ram exposed (what about the C's, page #2, center of newspaper collage about half way down.) Nothing more could have been done to the Ford motor and tranny in the Ranchero, so with the new truck came a 427 with a 400 tranny !! The truck in that picture was after another rebuild. I'll get to that in a minute. When your Dad made the truck after the Ranchero, we had to use the 429 Ford with the tunnel ram and C-6 transmission to save costs. It was delivered in time for the 1976 So NY Drill in Bay Shore. It had a fabricated box-like nose for awhile because the Austin nose was back-ordered. It was completed later that year. In the winter of 1978, your Dad put Chevy power in it. He also lengthened and lowered the C with a new front end out front. He searched and found a dropped solid axel with a transverse leaf spring. That cured alot of handling problems. It ran well. That is the truck pictured here:  |
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Post by HydroJr on Jan 1, 2009 12:18:24 GMT -5
The chasis is from a 58 ford...It was the only manufacturer who had straight chasis rails.
Are there any pics of the Austin nose? And the truck after the ranchero? Kind of hard to recall everything from back then, after all i was only 6 !! Happy New Year!
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Post by LUNCHBOX on Jan 1, 2009 16:03:41 GMT -5
Where was that last pic of the Flukes on the line for C-Hose taken?
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Post by retiredfm on Jan 20, 2009 8:23:08 GMT -5
North Bellmore's C Truck was a Ford F-100 chassis which was being built by Eastern Fire Apparatus in Westbury. After a wait of almost 2 years we took the truck to Rich Roper to have it finished. Rich purchased the Camaro nose and finished the truck just before the 72 Floral Park Drill. We scored in C-Ladder.
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Post by Historian on Jul 25, 2010 23:36:15 GMT -5
Where was that last pic of the Flukes on the line for C-Hose taken? That is at the 1979 State Drill @ Spencer Speedway, Williamson, NY |
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Post by Dan Laverty on Jul 26, 2010 10:59:39 GMT -5
I would love to see a pic of the Flukes C with the Austin nose. I have seen pics of everyone other C except for this one.
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Post by jayelpw on Jul 26, 2010 14:15:16 GMT -5
Earlier in this thread it was said that Eddie built the 40 willys for PW RANGERS, this truck was actually built by a man named Tommy D'Antonio who now works for John Shelby in Calif.....Reason I know this was my brother-in-law was the P in A and P automotive: Claude Pardi.
He recently gave me bunch pictures from early 60's when alot of these trucks were being built....if I can figure out how, I will post them.
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