Frank,
Info on the Coatesville rigs:
1928 Seagrave, open cab, 750 GPM, reg. no. 51695, large one piece windshield, painted 2/9/28 – first piece bought by the city government, windshield added in 1951, round hose basket on top, right hand drive. It was sold to a fire company in Halifax, VA then to an individual in NC.
1950 Seagrave, sedan cab, 750/125, reg. no. E9100, model 66-750, painted 9/11/50, 12 cylinder Continental gas motor, 5-speed manual transmission. It was housed on 10/21/50 at a cost of $15,410. In 1980 it was sold out of reserve status. In 1998, sitting in a driveway in Chambers Hill, PA belonging to Dave Busky.
1963 Seagrave, 70th Aniversary, full cab, 750/300. It was housed on 4/11/64 at a cost of $26,000. It was sold in 1984 to the Gold Coast Fire Equipment, a dealer out of Houston, Texas. By 2004 it was owned by a member of the Lone Star Fire Museum.
1937 American LaFrance, Type 450 RB, open cab, 500/100, reg. no. L-880, shipped 6/23/37, sales order no. 1223, housed on 7/17/37 at a cost of $7,100, open squad body, left hand drive, purchased by the city, 124 HP motor, booster reel in rear. It was sold to the Westwood Fire Company (Chester County) in 1960.
1951 Seagrave, sedan cab, 750/150, reg. no. F1925, painted 1/26/51, model 66-75012, cylinder Continental gas motor, 202 HP, 5-speed manual transmission. Purchased by the company, placed into service on 2/2/51, and it was housed on 4/14/51 at a cost of $16,712. It was sold in 1980 out of reserve status to a Frank Trimble who sold it in the same year to Don Creason of Charlotte, NC. Don restored it twice. It is no longer lettered West End.
Cochranville:
1951 Ford F/Midwest, full cab, 500/1000, 337 CI V-8 gas motor, 5-speed manual transmission, less than 24 hours after being delivered, pressed into service when a chicken house caught fire, driven to call by factory engineer, sold in 3/72 to the Goodwill Fire Company of Washington Boro (Lancaster County) for $3,950. The motor was overhauled in 8/79. Sold in the summer of 1981.
Info on the Coatesville rigs:
1928 Seagrave, open cab, 750 GPM, reg. no. 51695, large one piece windshield, painted 2/9/28 – first piece bought by the city government, windshield added in 1951, round hose basket on top, right hand drive. It was sold to a fire company in Halifax, VA then to an individual in NC.
1950 Seagrave, sedan cab, 750/125, reg. no. E9100, model 66-750, painted 9/11/50, 12 cylinder Continental gas motor, 5-speed manual transmission. It was housed on 10/21/50 at a cost of $15,410. In 1980 it was sold out of reserve status. In 1998, sitting in a driveway in Chambers Hill, PA belonging to Dave Busky.
1963 Seagrave, 70th Aniversary, full cab, 750/300. It was housed on 4/11/64 at a cost of $26,000. It was sold in 1984 to the Gold Coast Fire Equipment, a dealer out of Houston, Texas. By 2004 it was owned by a member of the Lone Star Fire Museum.
1937 American LaFrance, Type 450 RB, open cab, 500/100, reg. no. L-880, shipped 6/23/37, sales order no. 1223, housed on 7/17/37 at a cost of $7,100, open squad body, left hand drive, purchased by the city, 124 HP motor, booster reel in rear. It was sold to the Westwood Fire Company (Chester County) in 1960.
1951 Seagrave, sedan cab, 750/150, reg. no. F1925, painted 1/26/51, model 66-75012, cylinder Continental gas motor, 202 HP, 5-speed manual transmission. Purchased by the company, placed into service on 2/2/51, and it was housed on 4/14/51 at a cost of $16,712. It was sold in 1980 out of reserve status to a Frank Trimble who sold it in the same year to Don Creason of Charlotte, NC. Don restored it twice. It is no longer lettered West End.
Cochranville:
1951 Ford F/Midwest, full cab, 500/1000, 337 CI V-8 gas motor, 5-speed manual transmission, less than 24 hours after being delivered, pressed into service when a chicken house caught fire, driven to call by factory engineer, sold in 3/72 to the Goodwill Fire Company of Washington Boro (Lancaster County) for $3,950. The motor was overhauled in 8/79. Sold in the summer of 1981.
Bruce W. Anderson
Historian
Southeastern PA Region
Historian
Southeastern PA Region
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