shibby1952
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I tell you, sometimes I am amazed at the stuff that pops up on Craigslist. It takes hours and hours of searching, but sometimes you just hit pay dirt. Anyway, this bar came up and was only a couple hours away. It's a brand new in the box (albeit destroyed), 70" Code 3 MX7000. Now I have never been a huge fan of the MX, I have sold numerous smaller ones over the years, but I sure won't pass up the chance to buy a brand new one. And it's the larger fire truck version to boot.
So the story I got was that the city of Des Moines, Iowa bought this bar for installation on one of their fire trucks back in March of 1995. Well for whatever reason, it was stuck in a city warehouse and forgotten about. 24 years later, the city decides to clean the warehouse out and auctions off everything inside. So this was mixed in with the various parking meters, and filing cabinets that were being auctioned. The guy I got it from bought it on a whim and didn't really want it. So he posted it, and I happened to see it shortly after. The weird thing was, I pull up to the house and realize this is the same guy I bought a Ford truck bumper from a couple of years ago. He's a real packrat who will buy anything and everything at auction just to have it.
Anyway, here it is. I just plan to polish up the cardboard scratches a little, mount some feet on it, and put it up on a shelf for now. It is pretty basic, with 4 corner sweeps, 7 rotators, 2 front flashers, and 2 rear flashers. It also has a red half barrel filter facing the rear on one side, and a blue half barrel filter facing the front on the other side.
So the story I got was that the city of Des Moines, Iowa bought this bar for installation on one of their fire trucks back in March of 1995. Well for whatever reason, it was stuck in a city warehouse and forgotten about. 24 years later, the city decides to clean the warehouse out and auctions off everything inside. So this was mixed in with the various parking meters, and filing cabinets that were being auctioned. The guy I got it from bought it on a whim and didn't really want it. So he posted it, and I happened to see it shortly after. The weird thing was, I pull up to the house and realize this is the same guy I bought a Ford truck bumper from a couple of years ago. He's a real packrat who will buy anything and everything at auction just to have it.
Anyway, here it is. I just plan to polish up the cardboard scratches a little, mount some feet on it, and put it up on a shelf for now. It is pretty basic, with 4 corner sweeps, 7 rotators, 2 front flashers, and 2 rear flashers. It also has a red half barrel filter facing the rear on one side, and a blue half barrel filter facing the front on the other side.
