[quote name='firebuff55407' post='70233' date='Jan 23 2007, 17:52 ']Here's a straight on side shot of the unusual add-on cab of Engine 9's 1962 WLF 750/250. For some reason Duane could not find the serial numbers on these 1962 Wards and he only noted the series they were in (7031-7035).
- Photo by Duane Troxel.[/quote]
The DCFD serials on the 1962 Firebrands were 192, 193, 297, 298, and 299. This indicates two were wagons and three were pumpers. Each of them had a 750 gpm Waterous CMB two-stage pump and 200-gallon water tanks.
According to Walt McCall’s book, they were powered by International Harvester engines. Hence, the IH grill. This particular piece, Engine 9’s pumper, is the one I drove as a rookie to get my FD driver’s license.
Kevin Byrne