My fire truck restoration, What I did on my Summer vacation

[trenano]

Nice and hard work results. Ist also more significant for a not professional restoring man.

Photos are "music" for our eyes, dont need more to see this nice, nice work. Congratulations from a fan of rebuilders.

[danfhowe]

@trenano thanks for the nice comment. Dan

[zippyzappyz]

the american dream

[danfhowe]

@zippyzappyz thanks for watching.  Dan

[kentarjoon]

Needs a sound track

[RetroCaptain]

Good day

We had a 1958 IH truck where I used to work. It had a V8.

Looks good! Do you have or want tp get the hoses/& reel?

It looks good! Good for parades or "cruise night at A&W"

[martintheman16]

looks like new, nice job!!!!. How much was it. I am hoping to do something like this one day but what was the paint before the red.

[danfhowe]

@martintheman16 The paint before the red is metal primer, you have to use primer on bare metal and sand it down again then you paint with your color. I traded a 52 chevy car that I had about 1500 dollars in, for the truck and about 500 more in parts like the siren and other stuff. I used cheep paint and is fading a little now it should be rubbed out to shine better. I probbly have about 2200 dollars into it not counting any of my time. Thanks for the comment. Dan

[martintheman16]

@danfhowe thankyou for the info, and great job on it

[ThEc00lEr]

dud that is awesome its nice to see other people restoring these old trucks. This summer i hope to fix my truck =)

[danfhowe]

@ThEc00lEr Thanks for the comment, good luck in getting your pilots licence and getting your truck done. Nice job on the grill, that looks great. Your truck looks to be in pretty good shape. Dan

[danfhowe]

@Craig123Jesus You got it , A big old Holly with the float bowl on top and split cast headers. Thanks for the comment. Dan

[atomsplitter79]

sweet

[tmealer2003]

That is probably the most awesome restoration on youtube if not ever. Thank you for sharing all your hard work. You do very good work and that must have been a labor of love.Do you drive it anywhere, I know I would. Anyway thanks again for sharing the video.

[danfhowe]

@tmealer2003 Thankyou very much for your nice comment. It was a labor of love. I don't have any insurance on it, so it stays in the yard for now. That 501 six cylinder engine realy sucks up the gas also, I don't think I could afford to drive it very far anyway. So for now it's a yard ornament. Thanks again, Dan

[GarrettJDB]

Is the color Farmall Red?

[danfhowe]

@GarrettJDB I don't remember for sure, I bought it at Ace hardware, I think it is fedral safty red. It was all I could afford, it took about 3 and a half gallons to paint the whole thing.