The engine is still on the chassis, but was replaced at some point with a model other than the original, so the museum is looking for the right model.
#1941 AMERICAN LAFRANCE FIRE TRUCK SERIES#
500 Series 1938-1941 New enclosed streamlined design. Large parts are shelved or - like the fenders and pieces of the hood - piled on the warehouse floor smaller ones are in labeled Zip-Loc bags. The American LaFrance Fire Engine Company was one of the oldest fire apparatus manufacturers in the. Iowas Fire Department as per its 1941 SEAGRAVE 461 V-12 ENGINE SYSTEM FOR. The seats, their vinyl covers in great shape but the springs partly filled with what probably were mouse nests, lean against the front of an aircraft tractor. Very Rare 1942 American LaFrance 600 Series Firetruck for sale Up For Sale. It is easily identifiable as being a 1941-46 narrow body model. Nearly every piece will be unbolted, inspected, repaired if necessary, cleaned, repainted and put in working order. American LaFrance Type 500 Fire Engine is a service class vehicle available in L.A. “That was the kick in the pants I needed,” Owen said.Ī flatbed hauled the truck to a warehouse a few blocks from the museum - its current restoration headquarters. 1941 AMERICAN LAFRANCE 500 SERIES 65 FT AERIAL LADDED TRUCK. Owen said he’d been thinking about donating it when Pell City mailed him a notice to get the truck running or get it out of his yard. “Then I let it set up too long in the yard and it got run down.” “I kept it running for several years and I would take kids around on it,” he said. You weren’t supposed to ride around on the truck, but I’d sit on top of the fire hoses and they’d cover me up with a tarp, because I loved to ride in those things,” Owen recalled. It had the sound and the smell of the fire trucks that I remember riding in when I was a little kid. “It wasn’t a terrible big amount or I wouldn’t have bought it,” he said. “I turned around and I bought it on the spot,” he said. Owen, whose father was a firefighter, spotted the truck sitting in front of the Dallas-Selfville Volunteer Fire Department in Trafford, Alabama, in 1984 or 1985 with a “for sale” sign. Videos / American LaFrance Fire Truck Engine 1941 American LaFrance Firetruck - Jay Lenos Garage Restoration Blog: 1941 American LaFrance Fire Truck - Jay.