City hoping vintage fire Jeep finds home with collector. - Standard-Examiner
SOUTH WEBER — Low mileage and 10 large knobby-tread tires are just some of the major selling points of the 1973 lime-green Kaiser Jeep fire brush truck South Weber City is looking to sell. The converted military transport, with 4,600 original miles on the odometer, was initially acquired by the city in the late 1980s. At one time it was used to respond to canyon and rocky terrain fires within and around the city, City Recorder Tom... But now the city is looking to sell the vintage fire truck, along with a 1981 Chevy pickup, also used as a fire brush truck. South Weber officials are hoping the Kaiser Jeep will find a home with a collector, or possibly a high school auto shop class that is looking for a project, Smith said. Age, ouch,” Smith said, mimicking what his sales technique may be like in trying to sell the 1973 Jeep. The other brush truck, a lime-green 1981 Chevy, is in need of a fuel pump, he said. “We’re not likely to get much,” Murray said of the two brush trucks, acquired so long ago he is having a difficult time finding the titles. But it is important the city attempt to recover some revenue off the two trucks, particularly where city officials of late have been entertaining the notion of purchasing a newer-used fire engine for its 22-member paid-volunteer fire department. Source: www.standard.net
