by Museum Admin | Dec 9, 2019
After World War II Willys redesigned its famous military Jeep to a more refined configuration, launching its civilian mode as the “CJ” (Civilian Jeep). The company sold several hundred CJ2s to the Howe Fire Apparatus Company, which converted the Jeep to a small fire... 
by Museum Admin | Dec 9, 2019
Howe Fire Apparatus built over 400 of these 500 gpm rigs on Ford chassis for the U.S. Navy in World War II. After the War it was sold as surplus to the small town of Sierra Vista, in the Fry Fire District of southeast Arizona. There it served for many years. Its... 
by Museum Admin | Dec 9, 2019
Ford / Howe Model T Pumper. 1918. The Howe Fire Apparatus Company adapted its fire pump and booster tank to a Ford Model T chassis for several hundred of these modest little pumpers for the U.S. Army in World War I. This one went as surplus in 1920 to the...