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SIA Flashback – 1926 Ahrens-Fox
Well, would you look at this: I ran across an Ahrens-Fox fire engine last month at the New York State Museum, and now we run across a driveReport on a 1926 Ahrens-Fox in SIA #57, June 1980. Ray...
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SIA Flashback – All Fired Up
A fire truck is a fire truck, right? Except when it’s a triple, or a quad, or in active versus reserve duty. Dig below the surface of red paint and wailing sirens, as Donald Wood did for his article...
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A little bit of heat
If you like trucks, especially modeling them, then you’ve got to join a growing number of savvy people and acquaint yourself with Sylvan Scale Models of London, Ontario, Canada. We’ll focus on their...
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Turbine-powered oddities, No. 467: American-LaFrance
Inspired by Jim Donnelly’s recent profile of Chrysler turbine pioneer George Huebner in the October 2010 issue of Hemmings Classic Car, Dave Collins thought we’d like to know about a very unique...
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Hemmings Find of the Day – 1957 Chevrolet fire truck
The seller of this 1957 Chevrolet fire truck picked a rather ideal time to advertise it in Hemmings.com: A large part of our readership is probably this morning waking up with dreams of the row of...
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A hot deal in Texas
These rigs don’t show up very often at auctions in any way, so it was very surprising to see this 1983 American La France pumper show up as a lot at the Leake Car Auction in Dallas earlier this month....
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Fire truck fans to muster for annual SPAAMFAA convention
SPAAMFAA’s 2012 National Muster. Photos courtesy Dan Jasina. So what does one do at a convention of vintage fire equipment? As with most classic car events, there are scheduled tours (with a heavy...
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Horse-drawn American Steam Fire Engine takes class win at Palos Verdes...
1902 American Steam Fire Engine, manned by Blaze the Dalmatian. Photos courtesy of Palos Verdes Concours d’Elegance. Following a growing trend among concours organizers of recognizing vehicular beauty...
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Hemmings Find of the Day – 1926 Seagrave Model 6WT Fire Engine
With the possible exception of those living far beyond where the buses run, no homeowner actually needs to own a fire engine of their own. That said, the appeal of owning a piece of fire-fighting...
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Hemmings Find of the Day – 1928 Ahrens-Fox N-S-4 fire engine
This 1928 Ahrens-Fox N-S-4 fire engine for sale on Hemmings.com was originally ordered by the Biddeford, Maine, fire department in 1928. There’s no way of knowing how many lives or how much property...
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