66-68 D-500 or pw fire truck from Pennsylvania

[scottwpems]

I am looking for a 66-68 either d-500 or pw fire truck that belonged to the state of pa. was at Woodville State Hospital and they sold it off when the hospital closed in 1991. would have been red 4x4 with a white grille. I have either a vin or title number, please contact if anyone has something that sounds close to scottwpems@yahoo.com prefer pics to. This truck was my fathers work truck and he passed on in 1995 and would like to either get pics if it is not for sale or poss purchase the vehicle. Would like to put together something for me to pass onto my son who never got to know his grandfather, all help is appreciated

[UncleH]

I have something similar to what you describe. 68 w300, old red fire truck from PA. Send whatever numbers or other info you have and I'll check

[712edf]

Scott, while it's a long shot being almost 20yrs since that place closed, you might check local newspaper archives (local library sometimes have them on microfiche) for any auction advertising/anouncements from the era when the hospital closed. You may be able to track down the company that conducted the auction & they may have records of the vehicle or the winning bidder....If you can come up with a VIN# a friend in law enforcement, the DMV, or the auto insurance industry may be able to track down its current location. Big vehicles like that aren't normally daily driver's so it's unlikely that this truck was wrecked, salvaged, or crushed.....Also if it was a fire-truck most of these wind up in smaller VFD's. Ask around as most VFD's know what kinda equipment other VFD's use, particularly if it's something out of the ordinary.......I think the reason for your search is quite honorable.

[scottwpems]

I have something similar to what you describe. 68 w300, old red fire truck from PA. Send whatever numbers or other info you have and I'll check

All I have is what the state told me was the vin number # 2381898874, can't get it ran because vin number is not enough charatchers, state DMV stated they cant find any title or anything and they destroyed their files after 7 years from auction. Vehicle was auctioned in the possible mid 90's. Can you please send me pictures to my email scottwpems@yahoo.com

[OLD DODGE]

Punch it in here. It looks to be a good number.

http://www.t137.com/registry/help/decode.php

[scottwpems]

Punch it in here. It looks to be a good number.

http://www.t137.com/registry/help/decode.php

Thanks, truck came up and its actually a 1969 W300 thanks

[scottwpems]

I'm hoping by updating the thread the topic will resurface, still havent found it yet and am getting frustrated. hit a dead end with the last place the truck was.

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[NNICKB]

Scott, all Pa. govt surplus vehicles are sold by the Dept of General Services in Harrisburg, Bureau of Vehicle Management. They used to publish auction flyers and send them out every month. The auctions were held at their facility on Forster Street, in Harrisburg.

They now publish their list on the internet, and auction the vehicles through an outside contractor. Not sure how long they have been doing this.

When a vehicle is sold, the funds are transferred back to the agency who owned it. Don't ask me how I know this.

The point is, I suspect there is someone, somewhere, who has the information you seek.

I don't know how to tell you to best navigate through the bowels of the Pa. government, but a visit to your local state representative might be a good place to start.

I also can't believe that DMV no longer has the vehicle in their system. They may not have it in their computer, but they should still have title records. I don't know that these are available to the public. But if you are friendly with a police officer, you might be able to find out.

Hope this helps.

[scottwpems]

thanks i will try

[NNICKB]

Scott.

Forgot to mention that ALL state vehicles were sold at the Forster St auction regardless of where in the state they were physically located. Sometimes they brought them to Harrisburg, sometimes they did not (as in the case of their many, many, wrecked police cars.) The title to your vehicle had to pass thru that office.

I remember a few really cool fire engines from the state hospitals, mostly Willys Jeeps, with almost no miles on them. My WM300 was a brush fire truck and came from the Forestry Dept.

Hope you find it. Keep us posted.

[scottwpems]

They told me that they purge the records after seven years but i'll keep trying

[scottwpems]

ran into an old friend and told me it went to a nursing home or hospital near philly and was turned into a stake bed to plow roads, was called marian?