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LESTER, PENNSYLVANIA
DELAWARE COUNTY
RESCUE 25-6
1958 GMC D/APPROVED
DAVE BOWEN PHOTO
THIS ONE'S FOR YOU RHEEMS1
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Dave,
This is what I have on this rig. My source at the time said it was sold to Hillbilly - does any of the southern guys recognize this rig ?
Many thanks,
Bruce
1955 GMC/Approved, full cab, enclosed walk-in rescue and cascade unit, delivered 4/8/58 for $4,665 ?, this might have been the last rescue built by Approved which eventually filed for bankruptcy in 1961, V-8 gas motor, repainted later, in 1990 sold to Hillbilly Fire Apparatus.
LESTER, PENNSYLVANIA
DELAWARE COUNTY
RESCUE 25-6
1958 GMC D/APPROVED
DAVE BOWEN PHOTO
THIS ONE'S FOR YOU RHEEMS1
[/quote]
Dave,
This is what I have on this rig. My source at the time said it was sold to Hillbilly - does any of the southern guys recognize this rig ?
Many thanks,
Bruce
1955 GMC/Approved, full cab, enclosed walk-in rescue and cascade unit, delivered 4/8/58 for $4,665 ?, this might have been the last rescue built by Approved which eventually filed for bankruptcy in 1961, V-8 gas motor, repainted later, in 1990 sold to Hillbilly Fire Apparatus.
Bruce W. Anderson
Historian
Southeastern PA Region
Historian
Southeastern PA Region