Popular Post fxfymn Posted December 11, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted December 11, 2015 Steelman and I recently visited the Fire Museum of Maryland in Lutherville, just outside of Baltimore. Here are a couple of pictures of two of their AC's and a 1927 AB. The museum staff was gracious enough to let me get a lot of close ups of the AB's various small items that I need to reproduce for the restoration of my 25 AB.The first AC is a 1916 that the museum had a new screen style hood made for in order to restore it to it's "as built" look. The second is a 1920 AC that served as Baltimore's shop wrecker. The 1927 AB is from Thurmont, MD.If you are in the Baltimore area the museum is well worth the time to visit. It is just off of I-695 on Rte. 45. 6 Quote Money, sex, and fire; everybody thinks everyone else is getting more than they are! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loadstar Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Nice pictures....thanks for posting. How's your AB coming along? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post fxfymn Posted December 15, 2015 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 15, 2015 I'm making verrry slow progress. I have been trying to get all of the plating done first, so I am spending many hours at the buffing wheel in an effort to keep the cost down. I am probably one-third to halfway there with that after getting 62 items to the plater a couple of weeks ago.Some buddies came by and we managed to get the hose body loose from the frame and the suction hose racks removed from the hose body so those are ready to be blasted and painted this spring (I hope). With any luck I hope to get the plating buffing done by March so I can get on the front clip body work. One of the previous owner's left it in a carport, so the left front quarter is a little rough. I think it will take me a couple of weeks to get that done.The engine is finally on the way back from the machine shop in IL where I had the bearing work done after 14 months. When I get it back the local machine shop that did the other work on it will re-assemble it and I should get it back after the first of the year.God willing and my wife is happy to not travel as much, I hope to have it done for Macungie in 2017. We'll see.Here are a couple of pictures of some of the items all polished and on the way to the plater. I have 16 hours in the steamer caps alone. I'd love to meet the operator who felt he had to use a steel hammer on them to get them tight. 3 Quote Money, sex, and fire; everybody thinks everyone else is getting more than they are! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loadstar Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Looks good!!!...sounds like your moving along nicely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladislav Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 I'd love to meet the operator who felt he had to use a steel hammer on them to get them tight.Sometimes I think to myself every part of an old vehicle may keep its history. With that we may rest some damages not fixed completey.It either seems a bit of difference of restoring and building a replica. Quote Никогда не бывает слишком много грузовиков! leversole 11.2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxfymn Posted December 17, 2015 Author Share Posted December 17, 2015 Sometimes I think to myself every part of an old vehicle may keep its history. With that we may rest some damages not fixed completey.It either seems a bit of difference of restoring and building a replica.You are right Vlad. That is why I did not even attempt to straighten the bent lug on the steamer cap and why one of the pump intake pipes will be plated with the same porous holes on it that it had from the factory. Quote Money, sex, and fire; everybody thinks everyone else is getting more than they are! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarnall Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 That is way more work than I would ever do. It will be beautiful when it is done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxfymn Posted December 18, 2015 Author Share Posted December 18, 2015 That is way more work than I would ever doThe oldest equation in the world is time versus money. For most of everyone's life they have the money to do something, but not the time or you have time, but no money. I'm in the time, but no money phase of life, so I can spend hours prepping parts instead of paying a shop $60.00 or more per hour to do it for me. Besides which I'm pretty anal about this stuff and unless I went to a real high end shop like Paul's Chrome it probably would not be good enough for me.You just don't have the time yet. There will come a day when you spend a lot of time making one of yours right. Besides, it keeps me off of the streets and as I tell the wife it's cheaper than a girl friend! 1 Quote Money, sex, and fire; everybody thinks everyone else is getting more than they are! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 The oldest equation in the world is time versus money. For most of everyone's life they have the money to do something, but not the time or you have time, but no money. I'm in the time, but no money phase of life, so I can spend hours prepping parts instead of paying a shop $60.00 or more per hour to do it for me. Besides which I'm pretty anal about this stuff and unless I went to a real high end shop like Paul's Chrome it probably would not be good enough for me.You just don't have the time yet. There will come a day when you spend a lot of time making one of yours right. Besides, it keeps me off of the streets and as I tell the wife it's cheaper than a girl friend!I showed my wife what you're doing. When I had the NOS bumpers re-chromed for my 1941 Chevy I block sanded the Copper coat with 400 to 2000 wet and dry to remove and trace of "polishing waves". Wife was sure that I was nuts! 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 Share on other sites More sharing options...
609albert Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 Carl you are really doing it right, can't wait to see it in Pa. my next project is the return of my fire company's 34 Seagrave ,which has been gone for 42 years, it's in pieces but all their.we hope to get it back home in early spring and start the plan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlotpilot Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 fxfymn being from fredericksburg do you happen to know a fellow named lloyd scott he owned a small truck sales lot east side of town on rt 3 in same lot as the case tractor dealer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxfymn Posted December 19, 2015 Author Share Posted December 19, 2015 lloyd scott he owned a small truck sales lot east side of town on rt 3 in same lot as the case tractor dealerI do not, but I think I know where you are talking about. I believe it was a Case construction equipment dealer??Steelman grew up here and I'm sure he would know him.I block sanded the Copper coat with 400 to 2000 wet and dry to remove and trace of "polishing waves". Wife was sure that I was nuts!As you well know every little scratch or nick will show through the plating. When you pay for "show quality" plating what you are really paying for is the extra time someone has put into polishing and repairing the part before it gets plated, not the actual plating. Quote Money, sex, and fire; everybody thinks everyone else is getting more than they are! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelman Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Carlotpilot: I know LLoyd, known him for years. He closed his shop a few years ago, but he and the wife are still around. He is still active in the Fredericksburg Historic Region AACA club here in town. Steelman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlotpilot Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Carlotpilot: I know LLoyd, known him for years. He closed his shop a few years ago, but he and the wife are still around. He is still active in the Fredericksburg Historic Region AACA club here in town. Steelmanwow that son ofa gun still kickin huh i should get over there and see him we used to do a lot of junk tradin. i have`nt seen him since 93 0r 94 thanks steelman for the update Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldogboy Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 A couple of photos that I took at the Fire Museum of Maryland in 2008. I was lucky that I was there on a day that they were having an outside show and demonstration. The first is a Mack "AB" paddy wagon and the second is FMM's Mack "AC" pumper drafting from a drop tank. Like fxfymn says, the Fire Museum of Maryland is well worth visiting. bulldogboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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