1956 International Harvester S-160 Fire truck van pelt Description
NO RESERVE AUCTION!!!! BID TO WIN!!
1956 INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER S-160 4X4 VAN PELT FIRE APPARATUS SURVIVOR!QUITE POSSIBLY THE NICEST 50'S ERA 4X4 SURVIVOR IVE EVER SEEN... RUNS AND DRIVES AS NEW.
ORDERED NEW BY BISHOP CA FIRE DEPT. IN 1956. FROM VAN PELT FIRE APPARATUS... RIG 1 WAS THEIR PRIMARY RESPONDER.
FULL PROVENANCE...FROM BISHOP FIRE DEPT, TO ASPENDELL FIRE DEPT, TO A PRIVATE COLLECTOR IN MISSOURI, TO ME. ALWAYS STORED INDOORS SINCE 1956 IN BONE DRY CLIMATE.LIKE ALL BISHOP FIRE APPARATUS THIS ONE IS STRAIGHT AS A PIN ZERO ROT VEHICLE. IVE INCLUDED A HISTORIC ARCHIVE PHOTO OF THIS RIG FIGHTING A FIRE IN BISHOP CA
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS RIG STAY CLOSE TO ITS HOME TOWN OF BISHOP CA, HOWEVER, HIGH BID WILL TAKE IT HOME NO MATTER WHERE THAT MAY BE...
VEHICLE IS LOCATED IN LAS VEGAS NEVADA, FOR SHIPPING PURPOSES.
PLEASE ASK ALL QUESTIONS BEFORE BIDDINGSOLD AS IS WHERE ISHAVE YOUR FUNDS IN ORDER AS WELL AS SHIPPING BEFORE CLOSE OF AUCTION.ASK YOUR WIFE, YOUR PARENTS, YOUR BANKER...WHOEVER YOU HAVE TO ASK!!! BEFORE YOU BID!!!! I WILL HOLD TRUCK FOR 3 WEEKS MAXIMUM FOR YOU$500 deposit due immediately at end of auctionBalance due in 3 days from end of auctionVehicle will not be released until ALL FUNDS HAVE CLEAREDGOOD LUCK BIDDERS!!!!
On Sep-10-18 at 12:52:42 PDT, seller added the following information:::UPDATE 1:: FOUND SOME GAME CHANGER INFO IN THE WRITTEN RECORDS THAT COME WITH THE TRUCK. IN 1962 THE 6 CYLINDER MOTOR WAS "OVER REVVED" AND FAILED. A BRAND NEW IDENTICAL MOTOR WAS PURCHASED FROM IH THROUGH A LOCAL DEALER AND INSTALLED INTO THE TRUCK. AT THIS SAME TIME A TACHOMETER WAS INSTALLED UP FRONT BY THE BARTON PUMP. BISHOP AT THAT TIME ALREADY HAD A NEWER FIRE RIG OR 2...SO AFTER THIS BRAND NEW ENGINE WAS INSTALLED IN 62.....SO THIS RIG WAS SEEING LITTLE TO NO SERVICE COMPARED TO THE OTHERS... ITS MY FEELING AFTER VIEWING THE RECORDS....WHILE THE MILEAGE ON THE TRUCK IS 16014....I NOW FEEL THE MILEAGE ON THE MOTOR IS IN THE HUNDEREDS...NOT THOUSANDS.
ADDITIONALY, THE SERVICE RECORDS SHOW THIS RIG WAS FANATICALY SERVICED AND MAINTAINED ITS WHOLE LIFE UP TO TODAY.
HOPE THIS GREAT NEWS HELPS WITH YOUR DECISION MAKING
GOOD LUCK!!1