Buyers will be required to sign for items. Larger signs and items, but be picked up. Some items have shipping available at buyer’s expense. Winning bidders are responsible for all shipping, arrangements, and those costs. Payment is within 72 hours and money wire or verified funds only for vehicles. Engine 46s pumper is a 1960 Ward LaFrance and Ladder 27s truck is a 1956 American LaFrance 85 aerial ladder. If you need more info, please call or email, but you are responsible for your bidding and winning bids. Bidder’s are responsible to view information and pics provided and bid accordingly. Selling NO Reserve- AS IS AND ALL SALES ARE FINAL-NO EXCEPTIONS. This is part of the John Lewis Collection Auction in Lawton, OK. This would be a good addition to any collection.
There is a file and pictures on the truck. It is a 100′ Tractor drawn aerial truck with 200 GPM booster pump and 150 gallon tank.
The truck runs and drives, may need brake work. The truck was purchased in 1985 and belonged to the city of Lawton, OK. is opened about a year from now.Yuou are bidding on a 1956 American LaFrance Ladder- Rescue Truck. will be closed when Windsor’s new Station 7 further down Lauzon Rd. Opened in 1955, the former Riverside Fire Hall on Lauzon Road south of Riverside Drive E. After many years as a parade unit, the 1938 Ford was also sold to a private citizen. Also repainted yellow, the big 1964 LaFrance/Mercury Quint was retired and sold as surplus in the late 1990s. Later repainted yellow and repowered with a Ford V8 engine, the 1956 LaFrance was sold to Buckhorn, Ontario in 1982. The 1938 Ford, later renamed Engine 11, became a parade rig.Īll of the former Riverside rigs are gone now. 9, but remained in the former Riverside Fire Hall on Lauzon Road just south of Riverside Dr. The 1956 American-LaFrance pumper was relettered Windsor Engine No. Within months, the nearly-new aerial was moved to Windsor’s Station 4 on College Ave. the members of H & L Co 1 bid farewell to their 1956 American LaFrance. On Januthe City of Windsor annexed Riverside and portions of Sandwich East Township. American LaFrance midship ladder truck boasting a 75-foot aerial ladder. Delivered in November, 1964, the big quintuple combination pumper and aerial truck on Mercury chassis had a seven-man canopy cab, 100-foot steel aerial ladder and 840 gpm pump. 2 on its cab doors.Įven with annexation looming, the Riverside Fire Department under the leadership of Chief Ken Friest, ordered its first (and last) aerial ladder truck.
#1956 american lafrance series#
The cab-forward 700 Series pumper was powered by a V-12 engine and had an 840 gpm pump and 400-gallon booster tank. 1 was displaced as the department’s front-line pumper by a 1956 American-LaFrance. Equipped with a 420 gallon-per-minute pump and modern closed cab, the 1938 Ford served Riverside for 18 years, when Pumper No. Tiny by today’s standards, it was speedy and well-equipped for its time.Īfter 14 years of faithful service the Model “T” Ford was replaced by a 1938 Ford pumper built by Bickle-Seagrave Ltd. The small volunteer fire department’s first motorized fire truck was a 1924 Ford Model “T” combination hose and chemical car built by the American-LaFrance Fire Engine Company of Canada in its plant in Toronto, Ontario. In its half-century of existence the Riverside Fire Department utilized just four pieces of motor fire apparatus.
0 kommentar(er)
