Denver Metro Fire Apparatus

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[quote name='Image7801' post='314205' date='Jun 16 2009, 08:13 ']Based upon everyone's comments, I would guess that this is a late-40's 700 series, used by Denver until ??, then sold to ??, but eventually ended up at Lakeside (known to have a "Fire Brigade" of some sort over the years), which was used until ??, then abandoned in the vehicle graveyard at Lakeside. When I get home I'll check my copy of the DFD history book and see if there are photos of 700's bought over the years (although there are not any details on how many, serial #'s, etc...). GA_Dave, thanks for all the info on the details unique to the 700's; I didn't know that about the windshields.



Regards,

John.[/quote]



Also - It seems as if those ALF rigs with the beacon on a bracket were probably equipped with roto-rays originally (as the roto ray needed some vertical height, so they moved it forward to clear the cab roof), while those that had beacons from the start (like the '56 ALF shown in previous replies) did not have a bracket. Since this rig has the bracketed beacon, it probably had a roto-ray when delivered, which was retrofitted with a beacon later, and since this is a non-standard DFD beacon, it was probably done (as Toneslider said) by a later Dept (maybe Lakeside).