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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