Project Firetruck

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Well I started a help thread that was on the edge of turning into a build thread so I decided to start a build thread before it went any farther. Fire Truck is a 1987 R30 ton dually that started life as a hazardous waste response truck at a fire department in South Carolina and basically sat around mostly unused and sitting inside out of the rain waiting for the spill at DuPont that never came.
The truck was sold at auction in 2009 with 10,800 actual miles on it and driven home here to Tennesse where the motor and tranny were promptly taken out (454 and turbo 400) and put in the buyers car carrier as they were like new as was the truck. The truck was pushed under a shed where it sat till I purchased it off craigslist a couple months ago,below are the Craigslist pics.






The paint was faded but there was absolutely no rust anywhere and I knew I had to have it so it headed to my house as I had a fresh small block and turbo 400 needing to go into something and my 69 short bed project was looking to go long as the body is much worse than I anticipated and is going to have to go frame off and as I just sold my 2009 2500 diesel silverado and needed a truck so the work began on project Firetruck.