Brocky Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 PaulThanks for the research and pictures.. Very Interesting!! Quote Brocky Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/39070-1959-b85fsw/page/2/#findComment-280815 Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 I think(??) that the race riots of the mid / late 60's was the down fall of the open cabs. TOO MUCH $H*T thrown on the drivers enroute to an event!!!!In the 1970's when the Bronx was being burned down (close to 97% of the buildings!) FDNY put "J.Bunny" roofs on to protect the crews form stuff being tossed of the buildings at the trucks and crews. Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/39070-1959-b85fsw/page/2/#findComment-280823 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxfymn Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 The open cab R is a one of.As Paul said the open cabs were living proof that the fire service's outlook was "a hundred years of tradition unbridled by progress." When motorized apparatus came on the scene they were open cab and since most departments were tradition bound they stayed that way.The MLK riots pretty much changed that with the appearance of many home made plywood roofs to protect the members from flying objects. We are slow learners, but several smacks to the head with a brick seemed to do the trick. 1 Quote Money, sex, and fire; everybody thinks everyone else is getting more than they are! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/39070-1959-b85fsw/page/2/#findComment-280827 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmackpaul Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Wow to those last four posts it just goes to show we have no idea what goes on around the world then or now Paul Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/39070-1959-b85fsw/page/2/#findComment-280835 Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted February 28, 2015 Author Share Posted February 28, 2015 Wow to those last four posts it just goes to show we have no idea what goes on around the world then or now PaulSmall 4 block area, almost the entire area looked like Berlin after WWII. Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/39070-1959-b85fsw/page/2/#findComment-280948 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 wow that thing is tits,,,looks better with the roof off...bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/39070-1959-b85fsw/page/2/#findComment-280951 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxfymn Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 I used to ride with Bn 18 out of E-45's quarters on E.Tremont Ave in the Bronx in the early 80's, at just about the end of the "war years" for the lads in the S. Bronx. I remember the chief taking us to a place where all you could see for block after block was burned out 4 story apartment buildings. He turned to us and said "We didn't burn these out a building at a time, we burned them a room at a time." 1 Quote Money, sex, and fire; everybody thinks everyone else is getting more than they are! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/39070-1959-b85fsw/page/2/#findComment-280960 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmackpaul Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Small 4 block area, almost the entire area looked like Berlin after WWII. home_SouthBronx.jpghmmm this has left me scratching my head Im even more puzzled will require some investagation on googlePaul Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/39070-1959-b85fsw/page/2/#findComment-280985 Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted February 28, 2015 Author Share Posted February 28, 2015 hmmm this has left me scratching my head Im even more puzzled will require some investagation on googlePaulIf you can find it in OZ this tells it pretty much as it was. Paul Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/39070-1959-b85fsw/page/2/#findComment-280994 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brocky Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Paul LI and Paul OZI still cannot understand the reasoning behind these people?? Even today (in Ferguson MO) they loot / burn / destroy their OWN living areas / neighborhoods.. 1 Quote Brocky Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/39070-1959-b85fsw/page/2/#findComment-281028 Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted March 1, 2015 Author Share Posted March 1, 2015 Makes no sense to me either. Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/39070-1959-b85fsw/page/2/#findComment-281032 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmackpaul Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 I feel were not the only ones it makes no sense to Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/39070-1959-b85fsw/page/2/#findComment-281039 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Trip Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Paul Thank you very much for the time & effort to get the members the information on the B Tandem fire apparatus. What a serious mistake in destroying such a piece of history. You sir are a rare fire buff. Charlie Dever Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/39070-1959-b85fsw/page/2/#findComment-281068 Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted March 1, 2015 Author Share Posted March 1, 2015 Paul Thank you very much for the time & effort to get the members the information on the B Tandem fire apparatus. What a serious mistake in destroying such a piece of history. You sir are a rare fire buff. Charlie Dever4th generation. Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/39070-1959-b85fsw/page/2/#findComment-281115 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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