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1975 Crown Firecoach 50' TeleSqurt - Guest - 03-06-2007
Eh, if you can't beat them, join them. Here's ours.
1975 Crown Firecoach
Former Crown Coach Demo. Unit
Former Santa Ana Fire Department
Santa Ana, California
6N71 Detroit Diesel Engine
Allison HT-740 6-speed Automatic Transmission
Model No. CPTSQ125-50-42DT
Serial No. F-1736
Here it is before its purchase in 2004.
![[Image: 1975CrownS2.jpg]](http://antiquefirebrigade.com/1975CrownS2.jpg)
1975 Crown Firecoach 50' TeleSqurt - Guest - 03-06-2007
Here it is soon after its purchase in 2004.
![[Image: 1975CrownS3.jpg]](http://antiquefirebrigade.com/1975CrownS3.jpg)
1975 Crown Firecoach 50' TeleSqurt - Guest - 03-06-2007
Here it is in 2005 at the annual Crown Firecoach Enthusiasts Club Spring Pump-In at the Orange Empire Railway Museum in Perris, California.
![[Image: 1975CrownS4.jpg]](http://antiquefirebrigade.com/1975CrownS4.jpg)
1975 Crown Firecoach 50' TeleSqurt - Guest - 03-06-2007
Here it is following the 2005 4th of July Parade in Huntington Beach, California.
![[Image: 1975CrownS5.jpg]](http://antiquefirebrigade.com/1975CrownS5.jpg)
1975 Crown Firecoach 50' TeleSqurt - Guest - 03-06-2007
And here it is following the 2005 Wheels, Wings and Rotors Expo in Orange, California.
![[Image: 1975CrownS6.jpg]](http://antiquefirebrigade.com/1975CrownS6.jpg)
1975 Crown Firecoach 50' TeleSqurt - Guest - 03-06-2007
Time for some more up-to-date pictures. Here it is at the 2006 St. Patrick's Day Parade in Los Angeles, California.
1975 Crown Firecoach 50' TeleSqurt - Guest - 03-06-2007
Here it is before the 2006 Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation Burn Run in Los Angeles, California.
1975 Crown Firecoach 50' TeleSqurt - Guest - 03-06-2007
Here it is again at the annual Crown Firecoach Enthusiasts Club Spring Pump-In at the Orange Empire Railway Museum in Perris, California, in 2006.
1975 Crown Firecoach 50' TeleSqurt - Guest - 03-06-2007
A bit of a personal touch. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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1975 Crown Firecoach 50' TeleSqurt - Guest - 03-06-2007
A couple more pictures from last year's Burn Run.
1975 Crown Firecoach 50' TeleSqurt - Guest - 03-06-2007
And again.
1975 Crown Firecoach 50' TeleSqurt - Guest - 03-06-2007
We have our bad days, too. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/stretcher.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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1975 Crown Firecoach 50' TeleSqurt - Guest - 03-06-2007
[quote name='1949ALF' post='83954' date='Mar 6 2007, 19:45 ']We have our bad days, too. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/stretcher.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />[/quote]Love that truck too. Did you get my e-mail inquiring about how you installed the axe to the ladder. I was thinking of doing the same, but just want to make sure I do it right.
Keep the pics coming.
( wish I could get my diamondplate to look that shiny. It's so dull. I've tried everything on it and nothing will get all the crud off of it <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/doh.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> )Frank
1975 Crown Firecoach 50' TeleSqurt - Guest - 03-06-2007
Really bad days! <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/doh.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> All is well again, and we're setting out on March 31st to drive it from California to Indiana.
By the way, if anyone is along our route, let us know. Our route is posted on the home page of our website.
<img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='B)' />
1975 Crown Firecoach 50' TeleSqurt - Guest - 03-06-2007
[quote name='1949ALF' post='83959' date='Mar 6 2007, 19:52 ']Really bad days! <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/doh.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> All is well again, and we're setting out on March 31st to drive it from California to Indiana.
By the way, if anyone is along our route, let us know. Our route is posted on the home page of our website.
<img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='B)' />[/quote]
Did you have a recent breakdown? Just curious after seeing the pic.
1975 Crown Firecoach 50' TeleSqurt - Guest - 03-06-2007
[quote name='knarfage' post='83957' date='Mar 6 2007, 19:50 ']Did you get my e-mail inquiring about how you installed the axe to the ladder. I was thinking of doing the same, but just want to make sure I do it right.[/quote]
Did you e-mail me or Mario? You'd want to ask him about that. I didn't do it. I did find a close-up picture of it, though. An old picture, but a picture nonetheless. It didn't have the ax bracket on the boom when it was in-service.
1975 Crown Firecoach 50' TeleSqurt - Guest - 03-06-2007
[quote name='knarfage' post='83965' date='Mar 6 2007, 19:56 ']Did you have a recent breakdown? Just curious after seeing the pic.[/quote]
No, that was last March when a transmission fluid hose went bad. That hose breaking might've actually saved us as we later found out there were some other issues going on with the transmission that could've eventually left us stuck in our tracks. It has a new transmission in it now (well, as new as it'll ever be), so, I think we're ready to go.
1975 Crown Firecoach 50' TeleSqurt - marco17 - 03-06-2007
Great looking truck! I know you sold your ex-LAFD Crown. Were you just downsizing the fleet or were there issues with it? I think I inquired about it prior to our purchase of F1627.
1975 Crown Firecoach 50' TeleSqurt - Guest - 03-06-2007
[quote name='marco17' post='83985' date='Mar 6 2007, 20:34 ']Great looking truck! I know you sold your ex-LAFD Crown. Were you just downsizing the fleet or were there issues with it? I think I inquired about it prior to our purchase of F1627.[/quote]
No issues; just downsizing. It ran like a top ... 80+ MPH on the open road! Not that we knew that from actual experience. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ph34r.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> We have ... Four. Well, three and a parts truck. More than enough to keep two people occupied.
1975 Crown Firecoach 50' TeleSqurt - Guest - 03-06-2007
[quote name='1949ALF' post='83988' date='Mar 6 2007, 20:42 ']No issues; just downsizing. It ran like a top ... 80+ MPH on the open road! Not that we knew that from actual experience. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ph34r.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> We have ... Four. Well, three and a parts truck. More than enough to keep two people occupied.[/quote]
Thanks for the pic of the ladder setup. I think I had sent my e-mail to Mario. I think I can manage it by that picture.
You had the squirt moving at 80+ on the highway?
Frank