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I tracked down the Fire station that the 1935 Ford Marmon Herrington Fire truck last Served and the fire Chief sent me some photo of the truck while in Service. He's getting better copies and digging up any history he can find on the truck. [/attach]

Hello, I'm looking to buy the following items for a 1941-47 Ford COE Nose piece trim for the grill Headlights and stands passenger side fender Please PM me if you have any items available for sale. Thanks, Ernie

Thanks, The cab is in pretty rough shape but there are some clues.

I’m wondering when the Gauge cluster changed from round gauges to rectangular gauge cluster? I’m looking at a COE and the seller thinks it’s a 1940 but it has Rectangular gauge cluster opening in the dash (gauges are missing) The grill is missing as well but I believe 38-40 were the oval grill...

Thanks for Sharing the sales brochures! Good info!

Yes, I’ve been doing research on the fire truck apparatus as well. I plan on getting it back to representation of a 1935 Fire truck possibly one that served at an Air field since I’be been told it first served at an Air Field.

I sent a bunch of photos to Chuck to get his opinion. He said the data plate and engine are not original to the truck but the running gear looks correct for the truck.

According to Chuck “That's a data plate from a 1951-52 F-6, with the 254 6 cylinder engine.”

Learning a little more about the truck. Chuck says the data plate belongs to a different truck from the 50s.

AWD at all times. Another interesting thing, I read in the Marmon Heritage book that the 1935 1 1/2 ton Ford trucks were standard with mechanical brakes however as an option Marmon Herrington offered a hydraulic brake upgrade in conjunction with their AWD upgrade. This truck has the hydraulic...

A few more photos.

After doing a little Digging from different sources my guess on the serial number is B6 = 157” wheelbase V6 = 1-1/2 ton 4 = 4x4/ two axle

Trying my Luck at posting photos.

I really enjoy Strongs Garage and the Ford Model 51 book. I have two model 51's and I even bought two books, one for my home library and one for my shop library. One of my Ford Model 51 had a lost title and registration so I had to take the truck to the local Highway Patrol office to get the vin...

I just recently acquired a 1935 Ford Marmon Herrington Fire Truck. I was told it was originally a Fire Truck at an Air Field in California, then it served as a fire truck at a small town in Northern California. After doing some research I believe it's the first year production Ford Marmon...