Lost part of my shop....

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pensmyth

pensmyth

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When I'm not turning pens I like to restore antique fire trucks. I got a new "project" today a 1930 Seagrave Suburbanite. It was built in my home town of Columbus Ohio and sent to Mt. Gilead NC. Sometime in the 70's it came back and was put on display at a local Science and Industrial Museum here in Columbus. When they moved to a new home in the late 90's a few blocks west the old girl went into storage and was finally put up for sale and now sits in the front half of my garage. The back half where I keep my shop had to give up a little real estate to make room but I'll manage. It's a good thing I'm retired so I can split my time between pen turning and getting this old beast running again! I may never leave the shop unless I need to go back to work to pay for ALL this. :biggrin:
 

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Nope your eyes are good. They tried to make it kid proof when it was in the museum so they remove things like the gear shift, hand brake,peddles, gauges and ALL the wiring! But there are parts out there to be had so it will be a looooong term restoration.
lwalden said:
Sweeeeeeettttt!!! Is it my imagination, or are there a shortage of pedals in picture #4?
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Just for me. I'm a retired firefighter and have always like the "older"rigs. I'm just finishing up a 1941 Central on a Ford chassis and the Seagrave will be the 7th truck I've done. Who said hobbies had to be cheap!

phillywood said:
Andy you are restoring that for yourself or for the county?
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Years ago when I lived in Chicago they had a flood of the underground tunnels and a lot of the buildings downtown were taking in dirty water (i don't understand all this it's just what a friend told me). A buddy of mine had bought an old pumper fire truck about 5 years before and had it in the garage. There was a shortage of pumper trucks and he leased his out to attach to some building downtown and made like $500 a day for a good while. His wife quit giving him crap about the firetruck after that.
 
That's a nice way of saying raw sewage.....
aggromere said:
Years ago when I lived in Chicago they had a flood of the underground tunnels and a lot of the buildings downtown were taking in dirty water (i don't understand all this it's just what a friend told me). A buddy of mine had bought an old pumper fire truck about 5 years before and had it in the garage. There was a shortage of pumper trucks and he leased his out to attach to some building downtown and made like $500 a day for a good while. His wife quit giving him crap about the firetruck after that.
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I agree with Lyle,
Sweeeeeeeeeeeet! I used to help my dad with my moms 49 Chevy coupe. We never did get it done. I look forward to seeing progress reports!
Alice
 
I'm happy for you. It looks like a pretty solid truck. Maybe you could find out who stripped it down andput the parts in a box somewhere. Just a thought.
 
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