Scott,
Info on the Paradise rigs:
1948 Chevrolet Loadmaster/Stauffer, full cab, 500/300, cost $5,607, delivered 6/48, in 1975 converted to a woods and grass unit, by the 1990’s, retained by the company as an antique. I believe it was sold by the company - don't see it around anymore. Stauffer was a local builder from Lancaster County.
1960 Chevrolet C60/Howe, full cab, 750/500. The chassis was purchased from Shirks Garage-Paradise Chevrolet dealer, chassis sent to Howe on 2/15/60, delivered 7/60, total cost was $15,119. The booster tank was replaced in 1983. Sold in 1988 to a fire company in the western US.
Kinzer info:
1986 International S1800/Pierce, full cab, 450/400/30, Int’l DT466, automatic, 6 KW Onan generator, purchased new for $101,702 through Domestic Fire Apparatus-Downingtown. For sale in late 2002, sold to North Madison Fire Company, Madison, IN. Left on 12/11/02.
Info on the Paradise rigs:
1948 Chevrolet Loadmaster/Stauffer, full cab, 500/300, cost $5,607, delivered 6/48, in 1975 converted to a woods and grass unit, by the 1990’s, retained by the company as an antique. I believe it was sold by the company - don't see it around anymore. Stauffer was a local builder from Lancaster County.
1960 Chevrolet C60/Howe, full cab, 750/500. The chassis was purchased from Shirks Garage-Paradise Chevrolet dealer, chassis sent to Howe on 2/15/60, delivered 7/60, total cost was $15,119. The booster tank was replaced in 1983. Sold in 1988 to a fire company in the western US.
Kinzer info:
1986 International S1800/Pierce, full cab, 450/400/30, Int’l DT466, automatic, 6 KW Onan generator, purchased new for $101,702 through Domestic Fire Apparatus-Downingtown. For sale in late 2002, sold to North Madison Fire Company, Madison, IN. Left on 12/11/02.
Bruce W. Anderson
Historian
Southeastern PA Region
Historian
Southeastern PA Region