Ward LaFrance Ultravision

[GA_Dave]

O.K., this is the first time I've read this thread and I started on the last page and I'm going forward. I don't recall seeing this question answered so hopefully I'm not repeating something that was previously posted. Midwest Fire & Safety out of Indianapolis was noted for many years as being the sales distributor for Boyer apparatus in Indiana and Kentucky for a loooooong time. Midwest then went on to sell a whole lot of Pierce fire engines (they are no longer a Pierce dealer as of last year). Anyway, for a couple of years in between Boyer and Pierce, Midwest sold, come on, guess, fill in the blanks, W rd L F an e apparatus. I recall at least one Ford/WLF rig that had no WLF identification, but was identified on the Midwest name plate with a WLF serial number (didn't Firefox in Houston do something similar?).

I ran across two similar Ford/Midwest rigs in Ellettsville, IN years ago. I'll post the pics tomorrow. Even though they were badged as Midwest, they looked very much like Ward LaFrance bodies (Just like we found with the Fire Fox rigs). Maybe Rich Gergel can provide more insight as to the relationships between WLF and these two other companies.