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[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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I agree, I was told by Violetville members that it was a used school bus chassis, which accounts for the long wheelbase.

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[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.

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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.

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[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.

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then there you have it! its evidently an E model under the L fenderwork! great job everyone!

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might have looked like this originally?

http://www.bigmacktrucks.com/index.php?a...m&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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[size="4"]Violetville E341

1941 Dodge/Violetville VFD 500/300

jvmogush collection[/size]

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[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.

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[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?a...m&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

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[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?

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[size="4"]English Consul VFD - Baltimore Highlands, MD

E372

1952 Mack 85LS 750/300 ('52-79) to ???

Joel Woods photo/JVMogush collection[/size]

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[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]

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[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]

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[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]

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Riva VFD



54 International/American 500/1000

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Savage VFD



52 Ford/Oren 500