{"id":406,"date":"2016-03-06T15:15:25","date_gmt":"2016-03-06T20:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/?p=406"},"modified":"2020-07-07T20:41:20","modified_gmt":"2020-07-08T00:41:20","slug":"gfd-power-truck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/gfd-power-truck\/","title":{"rendered":"Vintage Image of Greensboro’s Power Truck"},"content":{"rendered":"

Found on eBay, vintage image of Greensboro\u2019s lighting unit, which appeared in a 1954 ad for Onan.<\/p>\n

Notes the accompanying ad copy, \u201cbuilt to the specifications of the [department], this power unit incorporates many new ideas. Both sides of the truc, for instance, hold identical equipment. Located in the many steel compartments are four 500-watt floodlights, five 150-watt hand lights, electric saws, suction fans, electric drills, two 300-feet reels of light cord, an acetylene cutting and welding outfit, and dozens of other items.\u201d<\/p>\n

Also, \u201cFour more 500-watt floodlights are mounted on top of the truck on standards which can be raised to 4 1\/2 feet above the truck roof.\u201d And \u201cpower for all electrical equipment is supplied by an Onan heavy-duty, 10,000-watt, water-cooled electric plant. Its dimension allow it to be plced across the truck body behind the cab. The plant is started electrically.\u201d<\/p>\n

The truck chassis is a Dodge. Maybe readers know the model. Presuming 1954 model year. How long did the truck serve? Unsure. Might\u2019ve had a chassis upgrade in the 1970s or 1980s. Recall a cab-over truck with a similar body.<\/p>\n

Also, GFD operated a salvage unit beginning in the 1955. Here\u2019s a blog archives article<\/a> about that truck.<\/p>\n

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