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Post by duds on Sept 19, 2005 19:08:55 GMT -5
West--- The "hick's" old c was run up until mid '80's, but I am not certain that was original chassis. "Alerts" ran their "Vega" up until 1987, I believe. Sayville "Blue Jays" old "c" may have been the last, as late as '96. And Lindy's "T-bird" was 'til 1992, I guess. I know I have pics of all these in my stack of photos, but I don't have the time to scan and upload them right now. lindenhurst t-bird was not original/and the chassis was custum built over the winter of 1987-1988 by the snails team members..1st drill ran was lindy invite in 1988..also the vega was ran later than 1987 was purple/primer for a while but did run in the 1990's
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Post by Dan Laverty on Sept 20, 2005 12:59:00 GMT -5
"Clear the track, the VEGA's back" I had a shirt that said that on it and a pic of the Vega....
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Post by my2cents on Sept 20, 2005 16:30:30 GMT -5
what happened to it, where is it now?
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Post by Dan Laverty on Sept 21, 2005 8:11:49 GMT -5
I thought that was a "FIRE" Museum NOT a Fire Department "Racing"Museum. If you look at the museums website their is not mention of any part of it being dedicated to "F.D Racing".... Can anyone clairfy this? Here is a link to the site: www.ncfiremuseum.com/
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Post by kickass_blaster on Sept 21, 2005 10:30:45 GMT -5
what happened to it, where is it now? right now the vega has been redone and is sitting in great necks firehouse waiting to go to the museum.
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Post by ChristianHooker on Sept 21, 2005 13:14:30 GMT -5
Well racing is part of the history of the fire department in Nassau County.
Also, in the American Museum of Firefighting in Hudson is housed the Sayville "Blue Jays" old c-truck
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Post by Riverhead on Sept 21, 2005 13:25:32 GMT -5
Didn't the Yellow Hornets old Dodge B truck(with the dual front tires) go to the Museum in Hudson?
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Post by Historian on Oct 21, 2005 9:07:03 GMT -5
Hey, no comments on the sweet Buick that West Sayville ran???
What was that politically incorrect beer logo on the side of the B-Truck?
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Post by twabster on Nov 10, 2005 8:59:47 GMT -5
Nice shot of the triple axle Inwood "c" this month before its rebuild to two axles. Looks like that was taken 1982 or '83.
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Post by fdbuster on Nov 10, 2005 9:20:51 GMT -5
Steering that thing must of been a job!
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Post by Historian on Feb 4, 2006 21:33:37 GMT -5
A great submission this month: The Albertson Slo Pokes 1933 Chrysler Sedan with the twin Fuelling brothers working the nozzle end.
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Post by capthicks on Mar 1, 2006 19:41:10 GMT -5
great memory pics this month but the second picture is actually the hicksville hicks from the 1970 state.
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Post by Historian on Mar 2, 2006 7:40:27 GMT -5
This rare photo of the Alert's 40' Ford leaving the line hard: This is one of the last runs for this truck with it's 392 Chryser engine, bored to 406ci, with a HUGE GMC 6-71 Blower, and 4 Hilborn fuel injectors. THIS TANK WAS LOUD! A few of us old enough, will remember the separate battery cart, and the alcohol squirter used to start this up, and then the earth would tremble..... The engine was built by Oceanside's Pacer Automotive, and was coupled to a B&M 4 speed hydro. Since this was in an era where there weren't many dyno's, nobody can say how much h.p. this monster put out. The following year, the rules stated c-trucks must use American production carburators, and after trying the heavy 40' with a big block Chevy for a few years, they built the Vega.
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Post by fdbuster on Mar 2, 2006 17:14:06 GMT -5
The Albion "Fire Flies" C- truck Pictured here was a 1962 Plymouth Sport Fury. Evidently someone in Albion loved the Mopars. Later on they also went to the 1969 Plymouth Barracuda as their C-truck.
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Post by GuardrailGeek on May 2, 2006 15:24:24 GMT -5
A great photo from the John Hinnegan collection. This today is Islip Terrace's B, in it's early days. N.H.P. was very creative using the rear 1/4 panels from a 49-50 Ford for the body of this truck.
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