So cool! I grew up with this show - one of my favorites. Universal Studios used to have an Emergency! "show" where they would pull members out of the tours to be in scene recreations. My dad got picked to play Jon Gage - thought that was awesome.
Fascinating stuff! I watched Adam-12 and Emergency! when I was kid back in the early 1970s. They were two of my favourite TV shows. The only thing I have to remind me of those two shows is a mid-1960s Federal PA20 electronic siren. The siren sound effect for Adam-12 and Squad 51 was a recording of the same type of siren.
The part at 1:04 where you talk about having the all-in-one (complete series) DVD of Emergency!-- I have that too in that form, and it has been and still is a staple of my collection (my copy has the outside plastic worn and wavy, but that's because I've watched the show so much; I have seen it as much as I have because, IMO, it is the gold standard for both firefighting shows and medical dramas [the former because of the teamwork evident in the men of Station 51, led expertly by Capt. Hank Stanley; the latter because of the same thing exhibited very much in the medical personnel at fictional Rampart General Hospital: Drs. Kelly Brackett, Joe Early and Mike Morton, and Nurse Dixie McCall, as well as all the other doctors and nurses]).
I removed my station from the base and built a interior of the station in the bays. Brick wall, doors I cut out a small piece from a map book in a square and build a framed station response area map to hang on the wall. Looks good. I have kit bashed several Code 3 trucks. Completely taking them apart stripping the paint off cutting the cab to make a flat roof truck repaint them putty work put different cabs on different bodies you name it. Was a fun hobby until Code 3 closed up shop. I'd tell you to go ahead and completely custom the station these things won't be worth anything like we think anyways plus the custom pieces sell better than any of the stock Code 3's
Personally I feel the base is really a letdown with this piece, not only because of the look, but also the quality or lack of. I definitely have plans to eventually remove it and build a dedicated set for the station to sit on, replicating it as station 127 was in the 70's. Probably a project for this coming winter. On the topic of Code 3 customs, I recently built a Sutphen engine, which you can find photos of in my community tab. At this time it's still not finished, but it was one of the featured pieces at a show I attended a couple weekends ago. First custom and first time I ever took one of those trucks apart, and I was amazed at the number of small pieces those trucks had. Definitely a lot of attention to detail.
Yes you are correct. That particular truck was a 1970 Dodge D300 which was a stand in for the actual squad. There were actually three different squads used throughout the series run. The first was a 1972 D300 which was used for the first two seasons. In Season 3 they used a 1973 D300 and transferred parts from the first squad to the second one. Then in Season 5 they used a 1974 D300, again transferring parts from the first one. This is the same squad that currently resides in the LA County Fire Museum alongside Engine 51 and Engine 60.
So cool! I grew up with this show - one of my favorites. Universal Studios used to have an Emergency! "show" where they would pull members out of the tours to be in scene recreations. My dad got picked to play Jon Gage - thought that was awesome.
Fascinating stuff! I watched Adam-12 and Emergency! when I was kid back in the early 1970s. They were two of my favourite TV shows. The only thing I have to remind me of those two shows is a mid-1960s Federal PA20 electronic siren. The siren sound effect for Adam-12 and Squad 51 was a recording of the same type of siren.
Very interesting. Great collectors items! I loved the details on the vehicles.
The part at 1:04 where you talk about having the all-in-one (complete series) DVD of Emergency!-- I have that too in that form, and it has been and still is a staple of my collection (my copy has the outside plastic worn and wavy, but that's because I've watched the show so much; I have seen it as much as I have because, IMO, it is the gold standard for both firefighting shows and medical dramas [the former because of the teamwork evident in the men of Station 51, led expertly by Capt. Hank Stanley; the latter because of the same thing exhibited very much in the medical personnel at fictional Rampart General Hospital: Drs. Kelly Brackett, Joe Early and Mike Morton, and Nurse Dixie McCall, as well as all the other doctors and nurses]).
I removed my station from the base and built a interior of the station in the bays. Brick wall, doors I cut out a small piece from a map book in a square and build a framed station response area map to hang on the wall. Looks good. I have kit bashed several Code 3 trucks. Completely taking them apart stripping the paint off cutting the cab to make a flat roof truck repaint them putty work put different cabs on different bodies you name it.
Was a fun hobby until Code 3 closed up shop.
I'd tell you to go ahead and completely custom the station these things won't be worth anything like we think anyways plus the custom pieces sell better than any of the stock Code 3's
Personally I feel the base is really a letdown with this piece, not only because of the look, but also the quality or lack of. I definitely have plans to eventually remove it and build a dedicated set for the station to sit on, replicating it as station 127 was in the 70's. Probably a project for this coming winter. On the topic of Code 3 customs, I recently built a Sutphen engine, which you can find photos of in my community tab. At this time it's still not finished, but it was one of the featured pieces at a show I attended a couple weekends ago. First custom and first time I ever took one of those trucks apart, and I was amazed at the number of small pieces those trucks had. Definitely a lot of attention to detail.
Got them all and the DVDs, can't bring myself to open them though so thanks.
This is Awesome
Wish I could have those.
Actually the real squad wasn’t it was a stunt double from I read
Yes you are correct. That particular truck was a 1970 Dodge D300 which was a stand in for the actual squad. There were actually three different squads used throughout the series run. The first was a 1972 D300 which was used for the first two seasons. In Season 3 they used a 1973 D300 and transferred parts from the first squad to the second one. Then in Season 5 they used a 1974 D300, again transferring parts from the first one. This is the same squad that currently resides in the LA County Fire Museum alongside Engine 51 and Engine 60.
Where did you get the mirros for the dodge dually
If you're referring to the ones on the rescue squad, the truck came with them from factory.