1957 Van Pelt

1957 Van Pelt

1957 Van Pelt Return To Motorized Fire Apparatus...
Ahrens Fox Cab Forward Fire Engine – Oceanside NY and Chatham, NY

Ahrens Fox Cab Forward Fire Engine – Oceanside NY and Chatham, NY

Ahrens Fox Cab Forward Fire Engine – Oceanside NY and Chatham, NY Ahrens Fox engineers designed a cab forward engine late in 1957 to compete with those of the two other builders of this type of apparatus – Crown and American La France.  Ahrens Fox made...
American LaFrance Model 700 Aerial Truck

American LaFrance Model 700 Aerial Truck

American LaFrance Model 700 Aerial Truck The volunteers of Baldwin, New York put this Model 700 aerial truck into service in their Long Island town in 1955.  Twenty years later they sold it to the town of Lynnfield, Massachusetts.  In 2000 the town of Lynnfield...
1948 Mack Model 45S “District” Fire Engine – Pierre, SD

1948 Mack Model 45S “District” Fire Engine – Pierre, SD

1948 Mack Model 45S “District” Fire Engine – Pierre, SD During the 1930s many cities couldn’t afford Mack’s pricey line of first class fire engines.  In 1938 Mack introduced a new line of affordable “District” fire engines.  Although based on a...
1948 Buffalo Sedan Cab Fire Engine – West End Fire Co. Stowe, PA

1948 Buffalo Sedan Cab Fire Engine – West End Fire Co. Stowe, PA

1948 Buffalo Sedan Cab Fire Engine – West End Fire Co. Stowe, PA We are indebted to the members of the West End Fire Company of Stowe, Pennsylvania for the donation of their carefully maintained 1948 Buffalo custom sedan cab fire engine in December of 2007....