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03-06-2007, 10:02 PM

[quote name='knarfage' post='83995' date='Mar 6 2007, 20:53 ']You had the squirt moving at 80+ on the highway?[/quote]

No, no, hah! I wish. That was the other Crown Firecoach that we used to own.

03-06-2007, 10:34 PM

[quote name='1949ALF' post='84001' date='Mar 6 2007, 21:03 ']No, no, hah! I wish. That was the other Crown Firecoach that we used to own.[/quote]

gotcha <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/drredengine.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='

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03-06-2007, 11:10 PM

Found a couple more old pictures. This one is from the 2004 Strawberry Festival in Costa Mesa, California. No Q, no axes, no nothing.

Mario will remember this as the day that I wouldn't talk to him. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/hysterical.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='

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03-06-2007, 11:12 PM

Here's one from the 2005 St. Patrick's Day Parade in Los Angeles, California.

03-07-2007, 02:38 AM

[quote name='knarfage' post='84021' date='Mar 6 2007, 21:35 ']gotcha <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/drredengine.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='

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HA HA HA!! love that police car "chasing " the Squrt!

(she does about 65 mph) fast enough to get in trouble! <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/22_yikes.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='

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03-09-2007, 11:33 PM

[quote name='bbstkr' post='84092' date='Mar 7 2007, 01:39 ']HA HA HA!! love that police car "chasing " the Squrt!

(she does about 65 mph) fast enough to get in trouble! <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/22_yikes.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='

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I've topped out at about 55 at it winds kinda high, I'm afraid to push it, though I am sure she'd go higher if I did step on it. But it just cruises nice at 50-55.

03-10-2007, 07:16 PM

[quote name='knarfage' post='84021' date='Mar 6 2007, 21:35 ']<img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/drredengine.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='

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LOL, that's cute. I think I can safely say that'll never be a sight when it comes to our other two trucks, especially Big Green. That'd be more like the truck with a line of cars cursing at it for plugging along at 45 MPH.

<img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tower.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=' Tower

' /> <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/bitch.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':rant:' /> <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/bitch.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':rant:' /> <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/bitch.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':rant:' />

03-30-2007, 12:12 AM

Hi guys,

Starting Saturday, we're going to be driving our 1975 Crown Firecoach from Orange, California to Hope, Indiana.

Route:

Interstate 10 through Phoenix, Arizona; Tucson, Arizona; Las Cruces, New Mexico; and El Paso, Texas.

Interstate 20 from El Paso, Texas to Dallas, Texas.

Layover in Dallas, Texas.

Interstate 30 from Dallas, Texas to Little Rock, Arkansas.

Interstate 40 from Little Rock, Arkansas to Memphis, Tennessee.

Interstate 55 from Memphis, Tennessee to Sikeston, Missouri.

Interstate 57 from Sikeston, Missouri to Mt. Vernon, Illinois.

Interstate 64 from Mt. Vernon, Illinois to New Albany, Indiana.

Interstate 265 through New Albany, Indiana.

Interstate 65 from Sellersburg, Indiana to Columbus, Indiana.

If anyone is located along the way, let us know! First 15 people to catch us driving through their area and send a picture get an Antique Fire Brigade t-shirt. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=' Wink

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We really would like to stop for some photo opportunities while we're at it.

Catch us if you can. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_lalala.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='

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Mario and Trina <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/usa.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=' Usa

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03-30-2007, 08:38 PM

Good luck and have a safe trip! Can you take pics at your stops along the way. Wish we could get you to sidetrack to down here in F L A !!!!

Frank

04-01-2007, 03:08 AM

We made it to our scheduled stop in Tucson, Arizona, tonight around 11:30 PM. We were planning on arriving much earlier in the evening, but as you'll see from the attached picture, we had a 3+ hour delay in Hope City, Arizona -- yeah, where? We had no idea where we were either. All we knew was there was a truck stop about a quarter mile in front of us. Convenient, I guess? <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/machinegun.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='

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Here's hoping for a less eventful trip tomorrow through New Mexico and into Texas. And for the rest of the way, too!

**Engine2524** · 04-01-2007, 03:21 AM

Not exactly the best way to start off the first day of the trip, was it, Trina? Luckily it was only a minor setback. I hope that the rest of the trip goes well. Have fun and I expect to see plenty of pictures! <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=' Wink

' /> I'll talk to you after you get back to Indiana. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/computer.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='

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04-01-2007, 09:06 AM

Yikes! Here's hoping today's part of the trip, and the rest of it goes better. Be safe and thanks for the update !

04-02-2007, 01:10 AM

We plugged our way into El Paso this evening around 7:00 PM. Although El Paso wasn't on our list of overnight stops, we decided to make it one. Hoping to make it into Abilene tomorrow evening, then into Dallas early Tuesday. We really aren't in any particular hurry, though. I'd like to be home Thursday evening for the monthly meeting at the Fire Department, but we'll see. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=' Tongue

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04-02-2007, 07:36 PM

We're in Midland for a little break. Abilene should be our next stop, then Dallas sometime during the day tomorrow. From Dallas, it's on to Little Rock and so on.

04-02-2007, 11:19 PM

Goodnight, Abilene. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ph34r.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=' Ph34r

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04-03-2007, 05:35 PM

This post is coming from the Texas Fire Museum. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=' Smile

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We reached our layover point in Dallas around 1:00 PM this afternoon. We'll be here through the night and then head out early tomorrow morning for the second leg of the trip.

04-03-2007, 06:34 PM

[quote name='1949ALF' post='94075' date='Apr 3 2007, 17:36 ']This post is coming from the Texas Fire Museum. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=' Smile

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We reached our layover point in Dallas around 1:00 PM this afternoon. We'll be here through the night and then head out early tomorrow morning for the second leg of the trip.[/quote]

How are all of you holding up at the half way point?

04-04-2007, 01:23 AM

[quote name='knarfage' post='94150' date='Apr 3 2007, 17:35 ']How are all of you holding up at the half way point?[/quote]

We're enjoying ourselves, but we're also ready to get home! We're actually past our halfway point, but this was our longest layover with family and such in the area. It was nice to have a relaxed day. Hopefully, we'll get home early in the day on Thursday. We're hoping to end-up somewhere near the Missouri border tomorrow.

04-04-2007, 10:52 AM

I had a chance to upload some of our pictures to our website. Just go to [url="http://www.antiquefirebrigade.com"]http://www.antiquefirebrigade.com[/url] and click on the "Follow Along on Our Road Trip" link on the home page. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=' Smile

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04-04-2007, 07:47 PM

Greetings from somewhere in Arkansas. We're going to try and go a couple hundred more miles before turning in tonight. We'll see.

Daaad ... I'm still trying to get home in time for the meeting. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_lalala.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='

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