I completely forgot that Shady Valley bought the old 72/33! That's the first picture I've seen of it sporting the Shady Valley door decal. How neat!
Matt, I remember when Affton got the E\-One/Ford-C for 31 Pumper in 1985 and we got their Pierce as the new 33. That was such a cool truck to be on, with the rumble of the Detroit Diesel, since the Ford C had a gas engine, and the blue "Dancing Lady" Mars light up front bouncing off buildings and traffic at night. We really thought we were the s--t then! Too bad they removed the Q on it years before. And WHY???
Affton's reserve pumper (with the 4 headlights) was an early 1960's Ford C, not a Mack.
Live house burns for training in the 1980's: Too bad we can't have those anymore around here. What a great way to keep up on skills, since we don't have the amount of working fires like we used to.
Matt, I remember when Affton got the E\-One/Ford-C for 31 Pumper in 1985 and we got their Pierce as the new 33. That was such a cool truck to be on, with the rumble of the Detroit Diesel, since the Ford C had a gas engine, and the blue "Dancing Lady" Mars light up front bouncing off buildings and traffic at night. We really thought we were the s--t then! Too bad they removed the Q on it years before. And WHY???
Affton's reserve pumper (with the 4 headlights) was an early 1960's Ford C, not a Mack.
Live house burns for training in the 1980's: Too bad we can't have those anymore around here. What a great way to keep up on skills, since we don't have the amount of working fires like we used to.
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