Sam
Welcome to the club.. I acquired my Mod 325 from the GSA auction
last summer .. Same difference Chevy C-100 chassis made into fire
engine by Buffalo fire equipment. Mine still has the OD paint under
the hand brushed on fire engine red.. Acceptance tag says Aug of
43 .. I'm also in the process of working out the details to aquire
one of the 4 X 4 crash truck version .. So lets stay in touch and
compare notes.
Bob B
>From: SHamil0725@aol.com
>To: <mil-veh@mil-veh.org> (Military Vehicles Mailing List)
>Subject: [MV] M-M ZASI Military
>Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 12:53:03 EST
>
>I keep trying to mix my hobbies. My interest in old Chevrolet trucks (I
>have
>1930 and 1946 1.5 Ton trucks) lead to getting a 1941 Chevy U. S. Army 325
>gpm firetruck. It was made into a firebrick by Buffalo Fire Appliance Co.
>and
>was delivered to the Corps of Engineers in July 1942. It should be back to
>its
>early W.W.II olive drab by this summer.
>Last weekend I combined my interest in old tractors and historic military
>vehicles by bringing home a Minneapolis-Moline ZASI Military tractor. It
>was
>built in June, 1951 as a model ZAS Industrial tractor and was modified for
>use
>by the U. S. Air Force. It is one of 515 units delivered under one contract
>in
>1952. It is serial number 04600250, the 250th built with engine number
>05100146. The U. S. Registration number is USAF H2086. The main Air Force
>data plate shows stock list number SNL788224650-258. Except for a power
>take off at the rear that was standard on M-M ZAS tractors, it has no
>agriculture uses. At the rear it only has a pintle hook and the rear 24"
>whee
>ls
>are much smaller than the ag tractor would have had. It also has a foot
>feed
>gas pedal and a foot operated clutch, both different from an ag tractor. It
>also has lifting rings and a data plate showing airlift information. At
>5000
>pounds it is a little light to be an aircraft tug. I think it may have been
>a
>nuclear weapons tow tractor. It was painted a dark olive drab that may have
>been glossy or semi-gloss. It is complete except for tires and one badly
>rusted rear wheel.
>Sam Hamilton
>Stillwater, Oklahoma
>MVPA, VCCA, ATHS, NRA
>
>
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