[quote name='Rescue131' date='31 December 2010 - 11:22 PM' timestamp='1293854536' post='417743']
Can anyone tell me if any of the DCFD ALF tiller trucks of this era were repainted into the white with stars and stripes color scheme that DCFD used?
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Three American LaFrance Series 1000 ladder trucks were delivered in 1973 – 74. These diesels were the first ALF trucks ordered since the 1940s. Assignments were to Truck Companies 6, 7, and 8. Truck 7 (S-363) was the only one of the eight American LaFrance Tillers purchased in the era 1973 - 1980 to be repainted.
Photo: Truck 7, even side of 1300 block, Florida Ave NE, March 1978; Photo: Truck 7 in rear of shops, February, 1990.
Kevin Byrne