[quote name='Crossbronxxpress' post='57693' date='Dec 10 2006, 14:21 ']I know the current owner of the original Ward/Ranger Engine 17 that was used in the movie "Backdraft". He used to be on the Code 3 boards. I don't want to give his name out, but he lives in Minnesota and also owns several other of the Ward/Rangers that were in the movie. He's currently in the process of restoring the Engine 17 rig.
As for the dept. in Pennsylvania who is trying to sell their "Engine 17". That is a former Chicago rig, but it WAS NOT used in the movie backdraft. The current owner of the real Engine 17 has the whole story on that rig, and doesn't think too much of that dept. in Penna. trying to pass their rig off as the real thing.[/quote]
Like i said before, the guy in Minnesota who currently owns the CFD Engine 69 Ward/Ranger (aka the real E-17 rig) also has the other Ward/Ranger that was used in Backdraft. I'm almost 100% positive that only his two rigs were the ONLY Ward/Rangers that were used in Backdraft. He knows ALL the particulars for EVERY Ward/Ranger that Chicago had.
And by the way, the Pennsylvania fire company with their "Engine 17" is pulling your chain with that supposed letter from the City of Chicago stating that the next owner had to keep it lettered for 7 years. That fire company bought that rig off of a body shop in Chicago who purchased it from the City of Chicago. The body shop refurbed it to look like the Engine 17 rig and sold it like that. I guess the PA. Fire Company is still too embarrased to admit that they were duped. Their rig was NEVER used in Backdraft. As a matter of fact, it's currently for sale on the Fenton Fire Apparatus website, minus the 17 on the door of course.
I'll call the guy in Minnesota tomorrow and see what he says.
As for the dept. in Pennsylvania who is trying to sell their "Engine 17". That is a former Chicago rig, but it WAS NOT used in the movie backdraft. The current owner of the real Engine 17 has the whole story on that rig, and doesn't think too much of that dept. in Penna. trying to pass their rig off as the real thing.[/quote]
Like i said before, the guy in Minnesota who currently owns the CFD Engine 69 Ward/Ranger (aka the real E-17 rig) also has the other Ward/Ranger that was used in Backdraft. I'm almost 100% positive that only his two rigs were the ONLY Ward/Rangers that were used in Backdraft. He knows ALL the particulars for EVERY Ward/Ranger that Chicago had.
And by the way, the Pennsylvania fire company with their "Engine 17" is pulling your chain with that supposed letter from the City of Chicago stating that the next owner had to keep it lettered for 7 years. That fire company bought that rig off of a body shop in Chicago who purchased it from the City of Chicago. The body shop refurbed it to look like the Engine 17 rig and sold it like that. I guess the PA. Fire Company is still too embarrased to admit that they were duped. Their rig was NEVER used in Backdraft. As a matter of fact, it's currently for sale on the Fenton Fire Apparatus website, minus the 17 on the door of course.
I'll call the guy in Minnesota tomorrow and see what he says.
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