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Cairo IL 1960 Seagrave Dodge
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Quote:Antioch IL 1973 Pirsch 86C #3068

Does any one know if the cab & chassis were built from scratch by Pirsch?



Each custom "Pirsch Safety Cab" was hammered out by hand in the Pirsch factory on a wooden mold from 1959 until around 1980. It was discontinued and replaced by a standard TCM cab because of cost and build time. The serial number listed would indicate that this apparatus indeed had a custom Pirsch chassis. Pirsch apparatus on commercial chassis would have a two letter/two digit number, like those on the Mack CF rigs you posted.
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Quote:Antioch IL 73 Pirsch compartment



That's a different apparatus.
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Fair Lawn IL 1957 Seagrave

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Highwood E-1 Pem Fab



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Richmond IL 1975 Pirsch PM-23 Ford C-8000



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Ottawa IL 1974 Pirsch #PM-17
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That is the best looking Cairo rig I have seen in a long time. Last time there only thing running was an ex city pickup truck with Cairo FD spray painted on the door. Engine and ladder were both out of service
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Fair Lawn IL 1957 Seagrave

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This is actually the Oak Lawn FD which is a Western burb of Chicago.
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[quote name='Frank B' date='30 September 2010 - 03:08 PM' timestamp='1285876089' post='405342']

Highwood E-1 Pem Fab



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Here is Highwood Engine Co. 37 as it looks today.


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is this one Cairo Illinois, or Cairo Georgia? I have it as Georgia, but I might have made a typo in my list, as the rig immediately before this one was from Georgia.



[quote name='Frank B' date='30 September 2010 - 03:07 PM' timestamp='1285872435' post='405333']

Cairo IL 1960 Seagrave Dodge

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[quote name='FDNYTRUCKS.com' date='01 October 2010 - 10:12 AM' timestamp='1285941131' post='405443']

is this one Cairo Illinois, or Cairo Georgia? I have it as Georgia, but I might have made a typo in my list, as the rig immediately before this one was from Georgia.

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I am not sure. info was on the photo but it has been wrong before.
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Frankfort,Il

1988 Spartan/E-One

1500.750

Trainning Rig

#-6030


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Frankfort,IL

1985 Ford F-350/2010 Skid unit

300 Water

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Frankfort,Il

2010 Ford F-350

300 Water

Brush-4


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Riverdale,IL

1971 Maxim/Pierce

1000.200 85'

Ex-Munster,IN

Also was made into a Franklin Mint piece


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