1948 Chevrolet/F L Anderson Company Baltimore. 250 gpm pump, unknown tank. later sold to Lisbon VFD, also of Howard County and painted white over red using the diagonal style on the door seen on many American brand pumpers. I will check the Lisbon book tonight for exact dates and more info.
1948 Chevrolet/F L Anderson Company Baltimore. 250 gpm pump, unknown tank. later sold to Lisbon VFD, also of Howard County and painted white over red using the diagonal style on the door seen on many American brand pumpers. I will check the Lisbon book tonight for exact dates and more info.
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Thanks, always good to know about another F.L. Anderson rig!
Here's another from Walkersville,MD., I have this as a 1952? Chevy COE/F.L. Anderson 500/1000, corrections welcome.
[quote name='Dr. Stinebaugh' post='280595' date='Feb 9 2009, 20:36 ']1948 Chevrolet/F L Anderson Company Baltimore. 250 gpm pump, unknown tank. later sold to Lisbon VFD, also of Howard County and painted white over red using the diagonal style on the door seen on many American brand pumpers. I will check the Lisbon book tonight for exact dates and more info.
Thanks, always good to know about another F.L. Anderson rig!
Here's another from Walkersville,MD., I have this as a 1952? Chevy COE/F.L. Anderson 500/1000, corrections welcome.
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I believe that this is a 1955 Chevrolet. GM changed to the single piece windshield in 1954 and kept it for the "early" 1955 Pick-ups and all year for the 1955 COE's.
[quote name='maxwell48098' post='280745' date='Feb 10 2009, 10:48 ']I believe that this is a 1955 Chevrolet. GM changed to the single piece windshield in 1954 and kept it for the "early" 1955 Pick-ups and all year for the 1955 COE's.
Hope this helps.
A.J.[/quote]
Walkersville VFD offered this Chevy for sale in July of 1978. The ad states that it is a 1954 with a new motor in 1976
and had less than 2000 miles on the odometer. Pump and tank were 500/1000.
Lisbon purchased the Chevy from 5th District in September of 1964 and paid $1000.00. They list the tank size as 500.
The unit remained in service until 1971.
The F L Anderson Company produced about 55 pieces of apparatus between 1939 and 1964 in addition to selling Maxim.
The Anderson units included brush trucks, midship and front mount pumpers, rescues, tankers and even a airport crash truck as well as a few rehabs. Deliveries went mainly to Maryland, but there were some to VA and PA.
[quote name='kieferfire' post='281007' date='Feb 11 2009, 14:09 ']Squad 29 from the Wheaton Vol. Rescue Squad was a 1986 Pemfab T-942 with Ranger bodywork. Virginia McLaughlin photo.
Is this truck still in service ?
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This truck is/was serving the Horry County Rescue Squad in SC now.
Micah Bodford
Fire Investigator
City of Winston-Salem Fire Dept.
1948 International KB-7 /Southern Fire Apparatus 500/600 American Marsh Pump
I thought this was an American Fire Apparatus for many years but I got recent documentation that confirms Southern Fire Apparatus. The salesman was Glenn D. Culbert who went on to form his own company selling American Fire Apparus and Pirsch and maybe others in College Park, MD.