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Additional info on the Lafayette rig:
1951 Reo Gold Comet Model E-22C/High Welding, full cab, 500/1100, 6 cyl. Gold comet gas motor, 5-speed manual transmission, full width compartmented body, front-mount Barton-American pump. The chassis was purchased for $3,800 from J. Harvey Spahr of Manheim. High Welding built the body for $3,182. In 1953 a 250 ft reel of 1 inch booster hose was added on the platform in center of tailboard. A new 1,100 gallon water tank was installed by Hahn in 1965. In 1971 the booster reel was moved to the top of the body to make room for a Hale portable pump purchased from Earl Brooks for $679. It was loaned to the West Earl Fire Company (Lancaster County) in 1978 when they were left without any apparatus following an accident. It was returned later that year and had the water tank removed and converted to a foam unit. It carried 500 gallons of foam. It was replaced in 1986 by the 1965 Ford C/Hahn and sold to a Ohio contractor.
Bruce
Additional info on the Lafayette rig:
1951 Reo Gold Comet Model E-22C/High Welding, full cab, 500/1100, 6 cyl. Gold comet gas motor, 5-speed manual transmission, full width compartmented body, front-mount Barton-American pump. The chassis was purchased for $3,800 from J. Harvey Spahr of Manheim. High Welding built the body for $3,182. In 1953 a 250 ft reel of 1 inch booster hose was added on the platform in center of tailboard. A new 1,100 gallon water tank was installed by Hahn in 1965. In 1971 the booster reel was moved to the top of the body to make room for a Hale portable pump purchased from Earl Brooks for $679. It was loaned to the West Earl Fire Company (Lancaster County) in 1978 when they were left without any apparatus following an accident. It was returned later that year and had the water tank removed and converted to a foam unit. It carried 500 gallons of foam. It was replaced in 1986 by the 1965 Ford C/Hahn and sold to a Ohio contractor.
Bruce
Bruce W. Anderson
Historian
Southeastern PA Region
Historian
Southeastern PA Region