[quote name='mnsand' date='17 November 2010 - 07:11 PM' timestamp='1290037893' post='412012']
My thanks to Tom Shand for this info. The Eagle Fire Company of New Hope, PA received serial number 653 in 1975, a Ford C/Young 1000/750 top mount. Sounds like the engine.
Mike Sanders
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Mike,
Info on the rig from Al Powell's files. Will try to e-mail you a pic of it. They look simular - at New Hope it had a Federal Q - replaced with an electronic - there was circle D lights behind the booster reels - compartments where hard sleeve use to be on drivers side was not there at New Hope.
Bruce
1975 Ford C-900/Young, canopy tilt-COE, 1000/500, top mount pump control console, $72,799, ordered 8-75, delvd 11-75, Allison MT-650 auto trans, in 1988 original gas motor replaced with Cat diesel 3208T 250HP, in 2002 was housed at sub-station-replaced with new Pierce Dash, white Scotchlite stripe added across cab front at HL level, in 3-03 offered for sale on E-Bay auction-no.2407100509 minimum bid $17,200-buy now $19,995-bidding ended 3-21-03-no bids submitted, by 7-03 donated to fc in GA ?
My thanks to Tom Shand for this info. The Eagle Fire Company of New Hope, PA received serial number 653 in 1975, a Ford C/Young 1000/750 top mount. Sounds like the engine.
Mike Sanders
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Mike,
Info on the rig from Al Powell's files. Will try to e-mail you a pic of it. They look simular - at New Hope it had a Federal Q - replaced with an electronic - there was circle D lights behind the booster reels - compartments where hard sleeve use to be on drivers side was not there at New Hope.
Bruce
1975 Ford C-900/Young, canopy tilt-COE, 1000/500, top mount pump control console, $72,799, ordered 8-75, delvd 11-75, Allison MT-650 auto trans, in 1988 original gas motor replaced with Cat diesel 3208T 250HP, in 2002 was housed at sub-station-replaced with new Pierce Dash, white Scotchlite stripe added across cab front at HL level, in 3-03 offered for sale on E-Bay auction-no.2407100509 minimum bid $17,200-buy now $19,995-bidding ended 3-21-03-no bids submitted, by 7-03 donated to fc in GA ?
Bruce W. Anderson
Historian
Southeastern PA Region
Historian
Southeastern PA Region