[quote name='tascman' post='10339' date='Jul 16 2006, 07:42 '][color="#999999"]Masontown, PA operated this Ford C rescue which I have no information on. Check out the red warning lights built in to the top, front corners of the rescue body. Never saw that before. Mattson Collection[/color] <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/usa.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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Scott:
I know you posted this last July but I am so far behind I am only now getting through some of these fabulous rigs. ( I hope no one else has already answered this...)
This is a John Bean Squad and Rescue Unit... I believe the lettering above the rear wheel well says "John Bean High Pressure Fog".
Only a few of these were sold... but were offered during the early 1960s. I only remember seeing one and that was behind the factory for service once. I remember it being gray and from Pennsylvania I believe. It could be this very one.
The claim for fame of these were they had the complete John Bean High Pressure Fog system... and a 300 gallon water tank. The hose reels were in the compartments behind the rear wheels.
The general line brochure from 1965 says "High presure fog fire fighter specially designed for rescue. Ample storage capacity with spacious weatherproof compartments. Has a 300 gallon self-contained water supply."
I don't know anything about the lights on the corners... but I do remember they were unique.
That was a long time ago.
Galen Watterson
Tucson AZ
' />[/quote]Scott:
I know you posted this last July but I am so far behind I am only now getting through some of these fabulous rigs. ( I hope no one else has already answered this...)
This is a John Bean Squad and Rescue Unit... I believe the lettering above the rear wheel well says "John Bean High Pressure Fog".
Only a few of these were sold... but were offered during the early 1960s. I only remember seeing one and that was behind the factory for service once. I remember it being gray and from Pennsylvania I believe. It could be this very one.
The claim for fame of these were they had the complete John Bean High Pressure Fog system... and a 300 gallon water tank. The hose reels were in the compartments behind the rear wheels.
The general line brochure from 1965 says "High presure fog fire fighter specially designed for rescue. Ample storage capacity with spacious weatherproof compartments. Has a 300 gallon self-contained water supply."
I don't know anything about the lights on the corners... but I do remember they were unique.
That was a long time ago.
Galen Watterson
Tucson AZ
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