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Maryland photo's - Guest - 01-10-2011
[quote name='Rescue131' date='10 January 2011 - 10:02 AM' timestamp='1294670551' post='419678']
Was this originally a fire truck? I had always heard that Violetville bought the cab & chassis used and converted it to a fire truck.
[/quote]
I agree, I was told by Violetville members that it was a used school bus chassis, which accounts for the long wheelbase.
Maryland photo's - Guest - 01-10-2011
Maryland photo's - Guest - 01-10-2011
Maryland photo's - Guest - 01-10-2011
Maryland photo's - Guest - 01-10-2011
[quote name='GA_Dave' date='09 January 2011 - 09:25 PM' timestamp='1294625141' post='419623']
Built in 1983, it has since been refurbed by Seagrave (in South Carolina) and repainted black/red. It currently serves Locke Township, NC.
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Saulsbury did not complete and deliver this unit until spring 1984, it went in service in June.
Maryland photo's - GA_Dave - 01-10-2011
Quote:Saulsbury did not complete and deliver this unit until spring 1984, it went in service in June.
I had to go by what the Mack plate stated, 1983 for the chassis. All the Saulsbury identification has been removed. Thanks for the correction.
Maryland photo's - Guest - 01-11-2011
[quote name='Rescue131' date='10 January 2011 - 10:02 AM' timestamp='1294670551' post='419678']
Was this originally a fire truck? I had always heard that Violetville bought the cab & chassis used and converted it to a fire truck.
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This info comes from Signal 30 over on TWD, who's father was a member of Violetville for many years, his father is wearing the white shirt in the photo below.:
1941 Mack Ex US Navy stake body truck purchased as surplus and titled in Md. as a 1947. Rig constructed by membership primilary under the direction of the late member Sam Steinberg, a mechanic by trade.
The Dept. had previously converted a 1941 Dodge panel delivery truck to a front mount pumper, as well as rebuilding and lenghtning the hose body of a Gov't surplus 1918 American LaFrance 1000GPM pumper in the 1930's.
Original Mack grille & fenders removed and replaced by ones as for a Mack L., closed cab converted to open.
Completed unit placed i/s in 1951. Siren purchased and donated by Ladies Auxilliary.
500GPM/300GWT
Original pump replaced by one bought used from the Kent Island Md. VFD in the 1960's. 750GPM downrated to 500GPM. Supposedly, they converted a pumper to a front mount pump.
Scrollwork on front fenders each contained a numeral 5, denoting the fifth motorized rig of the company.
Exaust piping plumbed thru booster tank so water woudn't freeze in winter.
Cost of project estimated at $6,000 dollars (1951 Baltimore newspaper article).
The late Capt. John A. Purkey of VVFD once had a photo of it as the stake body truck being used to haul their Model T Ford to an MSFA convention.
The photo below was taken by 30's uncle at an "I am American Day" parade lineup on Broadway, Baltimore , about 1960.
Compare it to English Consul's Mack L next to it.
Maryland photo's - e290l103 - 01-11-2011
then there you have it! its evidently an E model under the L fenderwork! great job everyone!
Maryland photo's - Guest - 01-11-2011
Maryland photo's - e290l103 - 01-11-2011
might have looked like this originally?
http://www.bigmacktrucks.com/index.php?app=gallery&module=user&user=431&do=view_album&album=79
[quote name='FDNYTRUCKS.com' date='11 January 2011 - 02:52 PM' timestamp='1294774346' post='419910']
then there you have it! its evidently an E model under the L fenderwork! great job everyone!
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Maryland photo's - PFDEng1 - 01-11-2011
[size="4"]Violetville E341
1941 Dodge/Violetville VFD 500/300
jvmogush collection[/size]
Maryland photo's - Guest - 01-11-2011
[quote name='PFDEng1' date='11 January 2011 - 08:21 PM' timestamp='1294794070' post='419943']
[size="4"]Violetville E341
1941 Dodge/Violetville VFD 500/300
jvmogush collection[/size]
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1941 Dodge as originally painted.
It was a delivery truck involved in a rollover accident- the Dept. purchased it and removed the damaged rear roof portion.
It was used a hose wagon/forestry rig for a short time prior to the installation of the pump and was repainted red & white later to match the Mack.
It was first out on field/brush/woods fires, had pump and roll capability, and carried four Indian cans.
Sold to a member of Violetville in 1971 for use at a campground he belonged to in Delaware.
Maryland photo's - Guest - 01-11-2011
[quote name='FDNYTRUCKS.com' date='11 January 2011 - 08:20 PM' timestamp='1294794034' post='419942']
might have looked like this originally?
http://www.bigmacktrucks.com/index.php?app=gallery&module=user&user=431&do=view_album&album=79
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Interesting note..the Army fire truck that appears in your link is a
Class 125 crash truck that served at the Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD during WWII
Maryland photo's - Guest - 01-11-2011
[quote name='haligans1' date='11 January 2011 - 08:54 PM' timestamp='1294796044' post='419951']
1941 Dodge as originally painted. Sold to a member of Violetville in 1971 for use at a campground he belonged to in Delaware.[/quote]
I wonder if this rig still exist somewhere, possibly rusting away?
Maryland photo's - PFDEng1 - 01-11-2011
[size="4"]English Consul VFD - Baltimore Highlands, MD
E372
1952 Mack 85LS 750/300 ('52-79) to ???
Joel Woods photo/JVMogush collection[/size]
Maryland photo's - PFDEng1 - 01-11-2011
[size="4"]North Point-Edgemere VFD (Baltimore County, MD)
Squad 262 in service(1958-1961)
1942 White model WB/BCFD shops ex Baltimore Salvage Corps.
During 1961 a new Reading body replaced the old Baltimore FD shops body.
William Snyder photo/JVMogush collection[/size]
Maryland photo's - PFDEng1 - 01-11-2011
[size="4"]Arnold, MD (Anne Arundel County)
E1 1948 Mack Type 505E 500/600
(in service 1948-1971) to Stony Point, NC
JVMogush collection[/size]
Maryland photo's - PFDEng1 - 01-12-2011
[size="4"]Arnold, MD (Anne Arundel Co.)
E2 1947 Mack Type 75E 750/600
(in service 1947-1969) to Gibson Island, MD
JVMogush collection[/size]
Maryland photo's - Guest - 01-12-2011
Riva VFD
54 International/American 500/1000
Maryland photo's - Guest - 01-12-2011
Savage VFD
52 Ford/Oren 500