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Old Nov 18, 2022 | 10:13 PM
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hi I'm Gary ,been coming to this site for about 4 years to learn about big ford trucks .I have been looking at ford fire trucks for the past 5 years ,and I finally bought the truck of my nite-mare .I bought a 1981 ford L900 fire truck with 9k miles .it has a SD 534 ,a spicer 5052 5 speed ,and a eaton 2 speed rear axle ,with a 6.17 ratio .I have learned alot from this forum to be able to buy a nice truck .I would appreciate more info to make my dream truck even better ,so thanks in advance
 
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hi I'm Gary ,been coming to this site for about 4 years to learn about big ford trucks .I have been looking at ford fire trucks for the past 5 years ,and I finally bought the truck of my nite-mare .I bought a 1981 ford L900 fire truck with 9k miles .it has a SD 534 ,a spicer 5052 5 speed ,and a eaton 2 speed rear axle ,with a 6.17 ratio .I have learned alot from this forum to be able to buy a nice truck .I would appreciate more info to make my dream truck even better ,so thanks in advance
That's pretty low miles!! Congrats and welcome!
 
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