Brocky

James, Please read thru this topic. Matt is very inspirational..

Other than being Military Ugly it looks like the fleet you have is great for going into the fields and reliability.

When you find the backing plates and shoes lay them on the floor and send us some pictures... We will be better able to help you make decisions.

James, From the left front picture I can see the clutch and brake pedals and it looks like you have hydraulic brakes possibly with a hydrovac booster unit??.. You will know more when you find the backing plates. If so this this will give you the opportunity to engineer / install a modern power brake unit with dual master cylinders. That cab looks in great shape so your body work will be mostly sanding and painting. I hate to say it, BUT right now your biggest project is cleaning out the shop and finding all the parts you can so you can take an inventory of what you will need.

And add some more pictures!! Especially after you get the chassis uncovered, so we can see what your Dad has done.

You said your Dad had restored the Chassis.. Did he leave any records of what he had done??? Depending on how long it has sat you will probably want to pull the wheels and inspect the bearings. At the same time inspect the drums as there is a possibility your Dad has already crossed that bridge?? If it has air brakes you can inspect the drums with a jack and a flashlight.

James, I like your plan!!! I thought I saw some new black paint on the frame rails.. So you have a head start there.. It looks like you have a fair sized shop to work in. With no serious rust thru problems, and some help from a body man you can learn to do the majority of the work yourself, and be able to tell the people who are admiring the truck "I did that myself"!! With no fire body, when you get that point, you can then go with a flatbed, with stake sides, grain body, or even a roll back???

Why do you think I moved from Syracuse NY to South Carolina.. But what we used to call a dusting these people call a blizzard!!!!

But it is better to have it in Nu Joisey than South Carolina!!!

Even though this was written and performed by an Australian, I believe this song exemplifies the feelings of all the great Americans who voted Trump into office.

If you need a complete engine Tom Millard may have the 401(??) he took out of his 1955 Brockway 154 when he repowered it with a 5.9 Cummins.

Yes I would start with the engine. Pull the plugs, Put a bar on the front and see if it is free. Do you already have the pan off?? If you do not have a cylinder scope to go thru the plug holes, make sure you can get a rebuild gasket set, and pull the head and pan to see if it is rebuildable??? If not you may have to consider a repower??? At he same time set the cab on a pallet and inspect it close.. That will tell you what is involved in the body work necessary. Do you have the fire apparatus body??? If so do a good inspection of it. Then take a good appraisal of your body work skills. A lot of your decisions will be how much of the work you can do yourself versus your checkbook!!!

Steve, either Tom Millard or Stan Augustine had mentioned them on the old Brockway site several years ago. James, either of the two mentioned above can help you with Continental engines. If you need their email addresses please email / PM me thru here.

If the libtard citizens (???) of the sanctuary states and cities want their governments to continue be sanctuary they definitely should take the illegals into their own homes and feed them..

Steve, Is that the outfit up by Chicago??? Wasn't there also a place in Utica NY which overhauled Continentals???