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Crown Firecoaches - marco17 - 12-31-2009 All right... so, we had this topic before, but it didn't have enough activity and was locked out. Many fire apparatus aficionados know about Crowns, many don't and only know them as the first engine in Emergency. As a Crown owner, I hold these trucks near and dear. Crown as a West Coast manufacture, based in Los Angeles, and later Chino, CA. There were less than 900 Crowns built, with only 68 wide bodies built. The three buyers with the largest purchases over the years were LA City with 149, LA County with 131 [they acquired additional Crowns over the years as they took over fire service for other communities that had purchased Crowns as part of their fleets] and Orange County with 42. The last Crown was actually badged a Van Pelt [but changed to Crown badging by the firefighters] and was sold to Santa Monica, CA. And, with that, I will restart the thread with my favorite Crown of all time. F-1856, 1980 Crown Wide Body 75ft Telesqurt Sold To: Hawthorne, CA Became: LACoFD Delivered yellow, but was repainted red at some point prior to becoming an LACoFD rig. Currently owned by a collector who rents out fire trucks for parties and other events. Crown Firecoaches - marco17 - 12-31-2009 F-1841 - Wide Body Pumper Sold to: Culver City, CA Out of Service and owned by a collector Crown Firecoaches - marco17 - 12-31-2009 F-1840 - Wide Body Pumper Sold to: Culver City, CA Out of service, collector owned Crown Firecoaches - marco17 - 12-31-2009 F-1627 1970 Pumper Sold to: Live Oak/Santa Cruz County, CA....then Central Fire Protection District, CA & Felton Fire Dept, Felton, CA. Currently owned by myself, Scott, and Dave Johnson Photo credit: Scott Johnson Crown Firecoaches - marco17 - 12-31-2009 F # unknown 1968 Pumper Sold to: LACoFD Sold at auction to used equipment/scrap dealer. Assumed collector owned or scrapped Crown Firecoaches - marco17 - 12-31-2009 F-1864 1982 Wide Body Pumper Sold To: Azusa, CA then to LACoFD Donated to William S Hart Fire Science Program. Crown Firecoaches - marco17 - 12-31-2009 F-1814 1979 Wide Body Pumper Sold To: Menlo Park, CA Currently owned by a collector Crown Firecoaches - marco17 - 12-31-2009 F-1720 1974 Narrow Cab, 75ft Telesqurt Sold To: Live Oak/Santa Cruz County/Central Fire Current: Was in use as a training rig at the Rio Hondo Fire Academy. Rumor is it is no longer there, with unknown disposition. Crown Firecoaches - marco17 - 12-31-2009 F-1811 1979 Wide Body 4X4 pumper Sold To: Mammoth Lakes, CA Current: Still in service, not with Mammoth Lakes. Has been refurbished. The only 4X4 Wide Cab Crown built. Crown Firecoaches - marco17 - 12-31-2009 F# unknown Wide Body Pumper Acquired by LACoFD, not directly sold to them Crown Firecoaches - marco17 - 12-31-2009 F-1816 1979 Wide Body Pumper Sold To: Hawthorne, CA, acquired by LACoFD Current: Donated to school fire science program for training purposes. Crown Firecoaches - marco17 - 12-31-2009 F-1313 1963 50ft Crown Snorkel [I believe the only closed cab custom 50ft Crown] Sold To: Stanton,CA... acquired by Orange County Fire Dept Current: Owned by the Crown Firecoach Enthusiasts. Crown Firecoaches - marco17 - 12-31-2009 F-1847 1981 Wide Cab Pumper Sold To: Corona, CA Current: Owned by a collector Crown Firecoaches - marco17 - 12-31-2009 F-1568 1968 Crown TDA Sold To: Berkley, CA Current: Collector Owned Crown Firecoaches - marco17 - 12-31-2009 F-1625 1970 Crown Pumper Sold To: Culver City, CA Current: Collector Owned. Crown Firecoaches - marco17 - 12-31-2009 F-1233 1961 Crown Pumper Sold To: Colton, CA Current: Collector Owned Crown Firecoaches - marco17 - 12-31-2009 F-1810 1979 Wide Cab Pumper Sold To: Huntington Beach, CA Current: Collector Owned Crown Firecoaches - marco17 - 12-31-2009 F-1393 1965 High Pressure Pumper Sold To: LACoFD Current: Collector Owned Crown Firecoaches - YeOldeEnjine - 12-31-2009 Owned by Charlie Black, Hebron, MD Crown Firecoaches - YeOldeEnjine - 12-31-2009 Cab interior |