Ford Model T Chief’s Car 1926

Manufactured by the Ford Motor Company from 1908 to 1927, the Model T, often known as the “Tin Lizzie,” was one of the first widely affordable mass-produced automobiles. Many Model Ts were adapted for various uses by fire departments, sometimes in partnership with other companies like American LaFrance and Howe.

This 1926 Model T is believed to have been owned originally by a volunteer firefighter in Yakima, Washington. In the mid-1970s it was acquired and restored by retired Fire Chief Lee G. Madson of the Angle Lake Fire Department/ King County Fire Department, who used it as a parade vehicle. It was donated to the Hall of Flame by Madson’s sons Mike and John, both career firefighters with the City of SeaTac, Washington.