TEXAS RIGS

[1961MackC95]

   



1967 Ford/Gerstenslager Heavy Rescue ex Tyler, TX FD



Front View



Lindsay D

Richardson, TX



   

[1961MackC95]

   



1967 Ford/Gerstenslager Heavy Rescue ex Tyler, TX FD



Right View



Lindsay D

Richardson, TX



   

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[quote name='1961MackC95' post='159172' date='Oct 28 2007, 19:44 ']Little Miss ALF in her personal "Garden of Eden"-next to a 1949 ALF 700 Series[/quote]



And don't you forget it! (Not that you could.)



Lifelong dream to ride in a Mack, hmph. This kid is one of the few who does go back after riding in a Mack. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />



Thanks for the late-night laugh, Mr. Lindsay. You did a fine job covering the muster with all of your photographs. Not bad at all considering you're usually not the one behind the lens.

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Here are a couple of the pictures I took. I'll try not to post repeats. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />



"THE GMC," ex-Paris Fire Department

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An overview of the 1978 American LaFrance Century Series in the pumping area.

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Bunny ears! (Or devil horns, you decide.) <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/devil.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

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The 1947 Mack preparing to throw some water.

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The "Mack L-Model Attack" with an ALF hiding in the background.

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It wouldn't be in my nature to leave off a thread with anything but my personal favorite; an American LaFrance 700 Series. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wub.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

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[quote name='1949ALF' post='159323' date='Oct 28 2007, 23:23 ']And don't you forget it! (Not that you could.)



Lifelong dream to ride in a Mack, hmph. This kid is one of the few who does go back after riding in a Mack. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />



Thanks for the late-night laugh, Mr. Lindsay. You did a fine job covering the muster with all of your photographs. Not bad at all considering you're usually not the one behind the lens.[/quote]



I couldn't forget the words "ALF 700" as they were rolling off your lips constantly. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />



Some day, you will realize that your way in the apparatus hobby is through Mack. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/idea.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />



Thanks for the compliments on the photos. I had to be sure that the Macks in attendance were given their proper due so that the posts would not totally consist of just American LaFrances.



Lindsay D

Richardson, TX



   

[1961MackC95]

[quote name='1949ALF' post='159337' date='Oct 29 2007, 00:04 ']Here are a couple of the pictures I took. I'll try not to post repeats. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />



"THE GMC," ex-Paris Fire Department



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This apparatus was totally shop built by the Paris, TX, FD



Winner of the "Oldest Motorized Apparatus"



Lindsay D

Richardson, TX



   

[1961MackC95]

[quote name='1949ALF' post='159340' date='Oct 29 2007, 00:05 ']An overview of the 1978 American LaFrance Century Series in the pumping area.



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Winner of the "Best Original Operating Apparatus"



Lindsay D

Richardson, TX



   

[1961MackC95]

   



The Award Winning Family & Their 1978 ALF Century



Lindsay D

Richardson, TX



   

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[quote name='1961MackC95' post='159384' date='Oct 29 2007, 07:48 ']Some day, you will realize that your way in the apparatus hobby is through Mack. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/idea.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />[/quote]



Sure, if it'll start. Oops. I mean, yes, of course. I'm sure a C-Model Mack will come along one of these days, sweep me off of my feet, and carry me down the adventure-filled road that is this hobby. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />



Thanks for adding the captions to the pictures I posted. I'll have to unpack my handy-dandy notebook one of these days.

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[quote name='firebuff55407' post='158074' date='Oct 23 2007, 22:25 ']Here's one more fot tonight. Beaumont Light Wagon, 1963 Chevrolet 60/1948 PAC light wagon. I'm not sure what PAC stands for. I can scan some more Beaumont rigs from Duane's 1975 trip if anyone is interested.

-1975 Photo by Duane Troxel[/quote]

Steve, Thank you very much for posting Duane's Beaumont photos. I would definitely enjoy seeing more of your and his work from the past. Thanks again, Robert.

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Thank you to all who have complimented, critiqued, or added to the postings I have placed so far. I appreciate any and all suggestions or corrections to the rigs I have posted. Here are some more of my photos from the past and present.. Please forgive me if you have seen some of these rigs before from other people. Also, please forgive the quality of some of these photos as they were taken when I was a beginner and didn't know much if anything about photography and getting rigs posed, etc. I'll begin first with the city of Garland whose rigs I spent this past weekend updating. Garland is a suburban city that borders Dallas on the Northeast. They have 11 stations and are pretty much land-locked now being surrounded by other suburb cities. First is one of their classic old Macks. This is a 1957 Mack B-85, 750/300. It was a reserve rig when I took this photograph.

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Next up is this 1956 Mack B-85, 750/300. It was one of two engines at Station 3 along with an ambulance. They had several stations that were 2-engine stations but I'm not too sure what each of them ran on.

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Here is the other engine that was at Station 3. It was a 1973 Mack CF, 1000/500.

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Station 2 was another 2-engine station along with an ambulance. First is a 1956 Mack B-85, 750/300, Engine 414.