The Cumberland Valley Twp. VFC is in Centerville PA., oddly enough halfway between Bedford,PA., and Cumberland,MD. on U.S. RT.220 in Bedford County. Since their formation in the late 1970's, the fire co. has had quite a succession of 2nd,3rd, and in this case 4th owner rigs, this 1968 ChevyC-60 chassis with a 1957 Herman Born rescue body served as CVTVFC's rescue until a couple of years ago.
This rescue was originally built for the Laurel, MD. Rescue Squad by Herman Born &Sons Co. in Baltimore, MD. who mainly built beer truck bodies and placed on a used 1954 Ford F chassis in 1957. It was rechassied in 1961 (Chevy C-series) and again, to the present chassis in 1968. After replacement in 1973 by a new Herman Born body on a 1972 Chevy T-series chassis, the rig went to Reisterstown,Md., for several years and was sold to a vol. rescue squad outside Philly in 1978, from where it was purchased by CVTVFC in the early 90's. I do not know if Herman Born & Sons ever built any other apparatus.
David Bowen photo
This rescue was originally built for the Laurel, MD. Rescue Squad by Herman Born &Sons Co. in Baltimore, MD. who mainly built beer truck bodies and placed on a used 1954 Ford F chassis in 1957. It was rechassied in 1961 (Chevy C-series) and again, to the present chassis in 1968. After replacement in 1973 by a new Herman Born body on a 1972 Chevy T-series chassis, the rig went to Reisterstown,Md., for several years and was sold to a vol. rescue squad outside Philly in 1978, from where it was purchased by CVTVFC in the early 90's. I do not know if Herman Born & Sons ever built any other apparatus.
David Bowen photo
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