1970 Crown Firecoach Pumper

[marco17]

I realised that I had not posted this before in this part of the board, while there are photos of it in the Crown thread. This is the "Johnson Family" Crown Firecoach, #F1627. She is a 1970 Crown Pumper that was originally purchased by the Live Oak Fire Department in Santa Cruz County, CA. The department ultimately become Central Fire Protection [Santa Cruz County], and was then sold to the Felton Fire Department. She is in remarkably good shape for being a 37 year old truck and seems to be mechanically sound. She was driven across country [2885 miles] from Northern CA to Northern NJ where she now resides.



   

[Guest]

[quote name='marco17' post='83705' date='Mar 6 2007, 09:46 ']I realised that I had not posted this before in this part of the board, while there are photos of it in the Crown thread. This is the "Johnson Family" Crown Firecoach, #F1627. She is a 1970 Crown Pumper that was originally purchased by the Live Oak Fire Department in Santa Cruz County, CA. The department ultimately become Central Fire Protection [Santa Cruz County], and was then sold to the Felton Fire Department. She is in remarkably good shape for being a 37 year old truck and seems to be mechanically sound. She was driven across country [2885 miles] from Northern CA to Northern NJ where she now resides.



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Surely you have more pics than that <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />



Good to see that rig in this section. We Crown guys got to stick together!!!!!

[marco17]

Ok Frank... Well, the issue isn't that I don't have any other shots, but I have to resize them because the files are too big for this site. Here's an in-service shot from Felton Fire that was sent my way around the time we bought her.



   

[marco17]

And... the picture my brother took with his cell phone to make me really jealous that I wasn't able to go check the rig out with them.    

[marco17]

Here are a couple more... The first head on is a photo my brother took with his picture phone to make me jealous that I couldn't be out there to get her, and the other is a head on taken by my father once back in NJ.



   

   

[marco17]

And, teaching my daughter what a "real" fire truck really is. Gotta train them early. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />



   

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[quote name='marco17' post='83979' date='Mar 6 2007, 20:19 ']And, teaching my daughter what a "real" fire truck really is. Gotta train them early. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />



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You know she wants to FIRE IT UP !!!

[Guest]

Nice looking rig! you have to send us some pictures for our website, we'll put you in the owners showcase. all photos are always welcomed!

[Guest]

[quote name='bbstkr' post='84093' date='Mar 7 2007, 02:44 ']Nice looking rig! you have to send us some pictures for our website, we'll put you in the owners showcase. all photos are always welcomed![/quote]



Marc, you got her ready for the summetime? When do we get to see some summer pics ( just teasin ya )



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[marco17]

After a winter inside, the Crown did a tune-up run in the local 4th of July parade in Sparta, NJ, where the truck is stored. This past weekend we took it to the Firehouse Expo in Baltimore. We decided at the last minute to be judged and to our surprise took home the "Best Appearing Privately Owned Apparatus, 1970-79. Here are a couple photos of the truck being kept overnight in Sterling, VA at their Potomac Falls station. Thanks to the SVFD, who let us store the truck inside their station overnight.



   

[marco17]

   

[marco17]

I will try to add some additional photos as I get them. Unfortunately, taking part in the parade and events, I didn't get to take too many photos, but my sister-in-law did.



   

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Next trip for the Crown is Florida <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

[68mack]

[quote name='knarfage' post='135750' date='Aug 1 2007, 12:35 ']Next trip for the Crown is Florida <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />[/quote]



How bout a Firepics owners MUSTER in FL or some where between DC and their. NO pics would be taken. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/hysterical.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> The Crown was a HIT!!!!

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Sounds good to me, we just have that much in the way of musters here in Fla like in the NE. I am working on trying to get the 'squrt to the firehouse expo in Orlando in October.

[marco17]

After finally getting some water in the tank, we got F1627 pumping in the back yard over the weekend after it participated in a local parade in Sussex, NJ. Here, my daughter is playing with the reel line with the assistance of her grandfather. Please note, she has her own fire boots on. Sorry for the poor photo quality, my digital camera seemed to be acting up that day.



   

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Excellent pic, looks like they are both having a good time !!!

[marco17]

A recent shot from a couple weeks ago waiting in the parade lineup in Sussex, NJ for a local NJ fire fighters parade. Sorry for the poor photo, was having some issues with the camera that weekend.



   

[marco17]

Here's the other side. Too much glare and I think some smudges on the lens.



   

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Some time next year we got to get together. That is one nice looking pumper !!