Classic Fire Trucks

1962 Ford C1000 with Hahn body followed by a 1964 American LaFrance 900 model. Seen at the Endless Mountain Antique Truck Show and Flea Market, hosted by The Northeastern Pennsylvana Chapter of The Antique Truck Club of America, 2007, Harford Pa. I suspect the LaFrance has a Detroit.

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• ford
• diesel
• detroit
• fire
• truck
• semi
• aths
• american
• lafrance
• pumper
• Ford
• C-series

[dingus8888]

Yes, my developing ear was correct.

[AGDemo]

@TheMrwally66 Wish mine was up there too! Loud!

[AGDemo]

Very nice! 

[TheMrwally66]

this is at the Harford Pa fairgrounds at the anual antique turck show I was there when these trucks rolled in.

[fanoseagrave]

I love those Ford C-series rigs.  They are getting more and more extinct by the month.

[fire904]

I go crazy over these old Detroit engines just like anyone else.

[EdgevilleRWY]

Guess I stand corrected. Still never seen one, though. All of the fire apparatus versions I've seen were inline.

[ClassicTVFan82]

They did so. Like I said, the 6V-71 was common in transit buses of the '60s and '70s along with the 8V-71.

The 6V-71 was designed to fit in cramped compartments where the in-line 6-71 would be too long for an adequate fit.

[speedogomer]

That's Tator tot in the passenger seat!

[EdgevilleRWY]

You are correct regarding the 8V- and larger motors. I mis-typed. However, I regularly drive a 6-71T straight six, the third one my FD has owned. No V. Did Detroit make both a 6V-71 and a 6-71?  What would be the point? I've never seen one.