SALISBURY — The stories this firetruck could tell. But maybe the best one goes back to 2007 when Salisbury firefighters passed a hat among themselves and others to come up with $2,000 to buy back the ...
A man has spent 15-years transforming a rusty wreck into the vintage car of his dreams. Terrence Cleife, a retired motor ...
After several changes of ownership and a long and expensive restoration, a former Grand Forks fire truck is looking like new again and is on display in Texas. The fire truck is a 1928 American ...
SUMMERVILLE, SC (October 23, 2007) - American LaFrance, LLC celebrated its 175th anniversary of manufacturing emergency vehicles and vocational chassis, as well as the grand opening of its new ...
Oct. 31—MIDDLETOWN, CT — The city's first firetruck, a circa-1930 American LaFrance, has come full circle after its journey to as far away as New York — nine decades after the Fire Department put it ...
It took 71 year-old Terrence Cleife 15 years of his life to bring this now mint 1918 American LaFrance saloon up to this condition. When he bought it, in 1998, it was literally in a pile of bits in a ...
BFD 1976 American LaFrance "Spirit of '76" Pumper was located and purchased in 2015 by the Fire Department non-profit Bakersfield Firefighters' Relief Association (BFRA) from a private party for ...
It’s 9:30 a.m. on a recent Tuesday morning, and Building 8 at the Tucson Fire Department’s south-side service center is alive with activity. A crew of retired firefighters, including three TFD ...
American LaFrance Steam Engine No. 496, built in 1904, arrived in Greensboro after being away for more than 85 years. The engine was originally purchased by the Greensboro Fire Department the same ...
When Middletown got a new American LaFrance fire truck in 1931, the city was a different place: The Arrigoni Bridge didn’t exist, the 1899 firehouse was still fairly modern, and a local factory’s ...