[quote name='GA_Dave' date='14 March 2010 - 11:13 AM' timestamp='1268578415' post='369942']
Truck 61-11, Norriton FC, Norristown, PA
American LaFrance 900 Series
90' Aero Chief
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GA Dave,
From Al Powell's files.
Bruce
1971 Amer LaFr, canopy cab, 900 series, Aero-Chief 90 rear-mount 90 ft elevating aerial platform, tandem rear axles, reg.no.8-1-2161, rehabed and repowered over two year period 1983-5 for $120,000, in 1985 while being serviced by G.L.Sayre (Intl dealer)-a mechanic put a lift under what he thought was the frame however it was the body-the truck was raised and came down with its boom demolishing a truck nearby and the body being badly twisted, only apparatus of this mfr.model in service in county, in 1993 offered for sale, 6-94 kept at substation awaiting buyer, in 2002 sitting in lot of 10-70 Fire Apparatus-Neel,AL
Truck 61-11, Norriton FC, Norristown, PA
American LaFrance 900 Series
90' Aero Chief
[/quote]
GA Dave,
From Al Powell's files.
Bruce
1971 Amer LaFr, canopy cab, 900 series, Aero-Chief 90 rear-mount 90 ft elevating aerial platform, tandem rear axles, reg.no.8-1-2161, rehabed and repowered over two year period 1983-5 for $120,000, in 1985 while being serviced by G.L.Sayre (Intl dealer)-a mechanic put a lift under what he thought was the frame however it was the body-the truck was raised and came down with its boom demolishing a truck nearby and the body being badly twisted, only apparatus of this mfr.model in service in county, in 1993 offered for sale, 6-94 kept at substation awaiting buyer, in 2002 sitting in lot of 10-70 Fire Apparatus-Neel,AL
Bruce W. Anderson
Historian
Southeastern PA Region
Historian
Southeastern PA Region