MAKE firetruck – Help us mod it, hack it and name it!

MAKE firetruck – Help us mod it, hack it and name it!

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We have some great suggestions from the “MAKE firetruck” – Help us mod it, hack it and name it post/forums – But we need more!

It’s a 1981 Mercedes Benz 508D Diesel Doka fire truck! It has 47,274 kilometers, a heavy duty military/commercial grade 6-cylinder diesel with a 5-speed manual transmission. It has two bucket seats up front, 7 seats in the back seating area, tons of storage racks and bins, and the roof is covered in diamond plate and accessible by ladder. It can go up 55 miles per hour and can carry 9 passengers.

Post your suggestions for naming and mods in the comments and/or in the MAKE forums – Link.
Post your sketches, drawings, 3D models, clay models, whatever in the MAKE Flickr photo pool – Link.

And! Here’s a template you can use from MAKE Flickr photo pool member Cyenobite – Link.

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