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Empire State Oldies - b9208 - 08-04-2011
Bellmore Engine 601 - Young (I think this was a return to full custom apparatus after quite a few Ford C chassis rigs)
Empire State Oldies - b9208 - 08-04-2011
Bellmore Engine 602 (I think this rig was originally delivered as 603, and became 602 when the 1969 Maxim F pumper was sold and Engine Co. 2 went to one engine instead of two). My father was a member of Engine Co. 2 in the 70's, and I spent quite a bit of time at Engine 2 "The Big E" when both 602 and 603 were Maxims...
Empire State Oldies - b9208 - 08-04-2011
Bellmore Engine 603, as delivered. Ford chassis rigs became very popular replacing an almost all Maxim fleet...
Empire State Oldies - b9208 - 08-04-2011
Bellmore Engine 603, after numbers were re-assigned at some point. This Ford Young ran out of the Newbridge Road station.
Empire State Oldies - b9208 - 08-04-2011
Bellmore Engine 604 - Ford Young out of Headquarters
Empire State Oldies - b9208 - 08-04-2011
Bellmore Ladder 606 - Not sure who did the "refurb", but this rig started life as a red Maxim, and the body and aerial were moved to a new chassis and the first lime paint job for Advance Hook, Ladder and Engine Company 1.
Empire State Oldies - b9208 - 08-04-2011
Bellmore Ladder 606 - Rear shot shows the Maxim body and ladder
Empire State Oldies - b9208 - 08-04-2011
Bellmore Rescue 607 - Ford Saulsbury, second piece for Advance Company out of HQ. If anybody has any shots of the old floodlight 607 that this rig replaced, please post! The old rig was an open crew back, conventional cab with a huge bumper and winch - never thought to get a picture of it when we lived there.
Empire State Oldies - John Kenealy - 08-04-2011
[quote name='b9208' timestamp='1312503422' post='451434']
Bellmore Rescue 607 - Ford Saulsbury, second piece for Advance Company out of HQ. If anybody has any shots of the old floodlight 607 that this rig replaced, please post! The old rig was an open crew back, conventional cab with a huge bumper and winch - never thought to get a picture of it when we lived there.
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Is this it? Photo from my collection, unknown photographer.
Empire State Oldies - GA_Dave - 08-04-2011
Quote:Irondequoit NY Ridge Culver FD
Young Ford C-850
Young photo from post card advertisement
Ridge Culver FD, Irondequoit, NY
1967 Ford C-850/Young
1000/500
#67-184
Quote:St. Paul Boulevard Fire District
Irondequoit, New York
1968 Young / Crusader / Snorkel 85 FT
Snorkel 8 / Snorkel 158
The last manual transmission, gasoline powered vehicle purchased by St. Paul
Young photo also from a post card advertisement
ST Paul Blvd FD, Irondequoit, NY
1968 Young Crusader
1250/500/85' Snorkel
#68-244
Sold to Skaneateles, NY
Sold to Jasper, TN
Empire State Oldies - GA_Dave - 08-04-2011
Quote:Bohemia, NY had this Ford C/Young Snorkel.
Bohemia, NY
1966 Ford CT-850/Young
1000/250/75' Snorkel
#66-146
Empire State Oldies - GA_Dave - 08-04-2011
Quote:Bellmore Engine 601 - Young
1986 Young Crusader II
1250/750
#86N840
Quote:Bellmore Engine 603, after numbers were re-assigned at some point. This Ford Young ran out of the Newbridge Road station.
1975 Ford C-900/Young
1000/750
#75-571
Quote:Bellmore Engine 604 - Ford Young out of Headquarters
1972 Ford C-900/Young
1000/750
#72-479
Quote:Bellmore Ladder 606 - Not sure who did the "refurb", but this rig started life as a red Maxim,
1978 Ford C-8000/Young
0/0/75' Maxim
#78-711
Sold to Margaretsville, NY
Empire State Oldies - b9208 - 08-04-2011
[quote name='CNYFireTrucks' timestamp='1312506094' post='451438']
Is this it? Photo from my collection, unknown photographer.
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Unreal! Thank you very much. The wealth of information on this site is unending!
Empire State Oldies - John Kenealy - 08-05-2011
[quote name='GA_Dave' timestamp='1312506521' post='451439']
Ridge Culver FD, Irondequoit, NY
1967 Ford C-850/Young
1000/500
#67-184
ST Paul Blvd FD, Irondequoit, NY
1968 Young Crusader
1250/500/85' Snorkel
#68-244
Sold to Skaneateles, NY
Sold to Jasper, TN
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Here's a shot of it in Skaneateles. Photo by Bill McCarthy.
Empire State Oldies - Guest - 08-05-2011
Nice pic of all the truck
Empire State Oldies - b9208 - 08-05-2011
[quote name='CNYFireTrucks' timestamp='1312506094' post='451438']
Is this it? Photo from my collection, unknown photographer.
[/quote]
Anybody know the specs on this floodlight rig? Looks like a Maxim body, and Bellmore loved Maxims. Ford chassis? Year?
Thanks in advance.
And thanks again for posting.
Gary
Empire State Oldies - GA_Dave - 08-05-2011
Quote:Anybody know the specs on this floodlight rig? Looks like a Maxim body, and Bellmore loved Maxims. Ford chassis? Year?
I don't have the specifics, but it is a late 1950's/early 1960's International B Series chassis. Body could be a Maxim or possibly a Young. I see similarities to both.
Empire State Oldies - b9208 - 08-05-2011
[quote name='GA_Dave' timestamp='1312585393' post='451557']
I don't have the specifics, but it is a late 1950's/early 1960's International B Series chassis. Body could be a Maxim or possibly a Young. I see similarities to both.
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Thanks GA Dave!
Empire State Oldies - b9208 - 08-05-2011
Bellmore Engine Co.2 - Engine 602 1969 Maxim F - Engine 603 1980's Ford Pierce, replacing a 50's vintage Maxim S with convertible top that went to a department in Polk County, Florida where it continued to serve as a "first out" engine. The F Maxim was sold a short time later to Frankfort Center NY, then to a road department (as per somewhere else in this thread). Sad end to an awesome engine. The Pierce was renumbered as 602, and Engine 2 was then a single piece company, plus an ambulance. (When this pic was taken, ambo 6011 went out the back from a bay door centered between the two engines - tight quarters.)
Empire State Oldies - b9208 - 08-05-2011
Bellmore Engine 603, Maxim assigned to Engine Co. 2 - Storm duty during the first blizzard of 1978. Crew came by the house to pick up my dad. I remember guys saying that 603 could "go anywhere once you chained her up." A second blizzard hit about a week later. Sorry pic is so dark, I was about ten when I took it.