[quote name='Truckman' post='140379' date='Aug 14 2007, 23:59 ']OREN came from a guy name Oren O. Lemon who ran a machine shop auto repair business in Roanoke, VA back in 1917. The first fire apparatus came to be about 1934.[/quote]
John, to take that one step further, I have heard that Oren Lemon decided to use his first name instead of his last name for his trucks, because he did not want the truck referred to as a "lemon". Wonder if that is true....makes sense.
Mike Sanders
Ashburn, VA
John, to take that one step further, I have heard that Oren Lemon decided to use his first name instead of his last name for his trucks, because he did not want the truck referred to as a "lemon". Wonder if that is true....makes sense.
Mike Sanders
Ashburn, VA
Mike Sanders
Winchester, VA
Winchester, VA