Winchester, Virginia - Friendship Fire Company

[mnsand]

Maybe I missed it, however I cannot find the old thread for Winchester, Virginia apparatus.

 

This truck was just purchased and brought back to Winchester by a local collector.

 

 

Winchester, VA

Friendship Fire Company

Reserve Engine 1

1952 Mack L85

750/400

sn 1618

 

Originally delivered to Charles Town, West Virginia (Independent Fire Company) - painted solid red

Sold to Winchester, VA in 1967.  They added red and white color.

Sold to a collector in the Baltimore area in approximately 1990

Sold to a collector in Winchester, VA in August of 2014

 

 

Mike Sanders

Winchester, VA

[mnsand]

And the officer side.....

 

 

 

Mike Sanders

Winchester, VA

[Guest]

As delivered to Charles Town

William Snyder photo, WW Jenkins collection

[Guest]

Mike, to throw a wrinkle into this rig's history, here is a slide dated 1976 from S. Ryan, perhaps your date is wrong, especially since Independent got a CF Mack in 1977?

[firemag]

WOW, while a truly beautiful truck now, I love it as it was originally. It looks just like the Macks that roamed the streets of Richmond, Virginia when I was a child and developed my love of the fire service and its apparatus. A red Mack equals a real fire truck!!!