[quote name='psjboyz' date='18 May 2010 - 09:39 PM' timestamp='1274231947' post='382488']
Honey Brook Fire Company (Chester County) 33-1
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Info on this rig.
1970 International Fleetstar 2000/Hahn, full cab, 1250/500, model H-12, delivered 1/22/71. The chassis was purchased from Henry E. Martin of Lancaster at a cost of $14,000, Cummins diesel, 240 HP, 5-speed manual transmission. This was the first diesel chassis purchased by the company. The body cost $22,940. It was refurbed and repainted by Pierce in 1987, Pierce Job# F-1760. The pump was rebuilt in 1994. The pump drive shaft broke in 1995. They had a tough time finding parts for it. Replaced in 2004, taken OOS on 6/27/04, and sold on 8/6/04 to Barry Messner & Tom Witman (company members) for $5000.33 who formed the Walnut Historical Fire Association since they both live on Walnut Street in the borough. It was housed in a garage on Pequea Ave. behind the old Goodman & Plank John Deere dealership.
Honey Brook Fire Company (Chester County) 33-1
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Info on this rig.
1970 International Fleetstar 2000/Hahn, full cab, 1250/500, model H-12, delivered 1/22/71. The chassis was purchased from Henry E. Martin of Lancaster at a cost of $14,000, Cummins diesel, 240 HP, 5-speed manual transmission. This was the first diesel chassis purchased by the company. The body cost $22,940. It was refurbed and repainted by Pierce in 1987, Pierce Job# F-1760. The pump was rebuilt in 1994. The pump drive shaft broke in 1995. They had a tough time finding parts for it. Replaced in 2004, taken OOS on 6/27/04, and sold on 8/6/04 to Barry Messner & Tom Witman (company members) for $5000.33 who formed the Walnut Historical Fire Association since they both live on Walnut Street in the borough. It was housed in a garage on Pequea Ave. behind the old Goodman & Plank John Deere dealership.
Bruce W. Anderson
Historian
Southeastern PA Region
Historian
Southeastern PA Region