This 1989 Oshkosh T-1500 airport firetruck (VIN 10T9L5BH4K1036796) has remained with the same regional airport since new during which time it’s accumulated just under 13k miles over nearly 1,000 hours of use. Though it looks to be in nice condition, the seller explicitly advises that the truck has not been inspected for use on public roads, adding that it’s only ever been operated within the airport’s fences. Check out the central driving position–pretty cool. Find it here on eBay in Manchester, New Hampshire with a $15k BIN.

Here’s the central seating position–yep, it’s the McLaren F1 of firetrucks. It’d be fun just to play with all those switches, let alone drive it. As promised by the low mileage, condition appears to be excellent–fire departments always take care of their trucks.

Big balloon tires, safety fluorescent green paint and radical, rear-engined, center-drive construction gives these beasts a presence like no other service truck, and they somehow always bring out the Tonka truck loving kid in us.

No engine bay photos are provided, but power comes from a turbocharged, two cycle Detroit Diesel V8 and 5-speed automatic Allison automatic transmission. We bet it makes a great clatter like the 6V92-powered city buses of the late 80’s and early 90’s.

We’re stumped as to what it could be used for outside of its original role, but one idea that keeps popping up is a camper conversion. This could be hampered by a likely limited top speed and questionable street legality, but then again who needs a practical reason to want such a cool rig?