From: grntrks@juno.com
Date: Thu Mar 16 2006 - 07:41:34 PST
The one exception I can think of is the Air Force had some duece fire
trucks ( 530A and 530 B series ) that were always painted red. They were
primarily used for brush fires, etc. but also supported the airfield
crash trucks as resupply tankers.
Frank Cox
'Nam 1966, USAF, 12 TFW
MVPA 14530
1945 GMC 353 DUKW " DUKTAPE "
On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 09:23:35 -0700 "Hutterer, John (MPAU)"
<john.hutterer@smiths-medical.com> writes:
>
>
> Mike,
>
> I looked at the website. The truck is marked "SCVFD", which tells me
> it
> was once the property of a Volunteer Fire Department. I suspect
> that
> they are the ones who painted it red. I say this because, back when
> I
> was in the Army Reserve, we used to train with a unit of Fire
> Fighters
> that was stationed in northern Wisconsin. Every piece of equipment
> that
> they brought to train with was painted OD, and appeared to have
> been
> painted that way when it was built. As I recall, the entire truck
> was
> painted OD. This was before the use of cammo paint, back when the
> white
> stars and lettering were still in use.
>
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On
> Behalf Of Mike Davidsen
> Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 9:35 AM
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> Subject: [MV] Deuce fire trucks
>
> Anyone know what paint configuration the deuce fire trucks (I
> believe
> they were the M45-A2s) came in originally? Did most of them serve
> in
> red livery or OD? Just curious, there's a really nice one in Oregon
> at
> the GSA auction site, red paint job looks FAR too complete to be
> non-stock.
>
> Mike
> 1967 Kaiser M725 ambulance
>
>
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