Found for sale on eBay, a vintage photo scanned from a 35mm slide, of West Mecklenburg Fire Department’s old Tanker 3, which was a 1964 Ford F-700/Irvin’s Body Shop (!), 500/1000.

Originally served Moore’s Chapel FD, which merged with Wilkinson Boulevard FD in 1984. The new entity was named West Mecklenburg FD. Click to enlarge:

And tool over to the WMFD Facebook page. They have a photo album titled Remember When, where you’ll find a few other photos of old rigs. Click to enlarge:

Courtesy West Mecklenburg Fire Department