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marco17 · 12-31-2009, 09:18 PM

All right... so, we had this topic before, but it didn't have enough activity and was locked out. Many fire apparatus aficionados know about Crowns, many don't and only know them as the first engine in Emergency. As a Crown owner, I hold these trucks near and dear. Crown as a West Coast manufacture, based in Los Angeles, and later Chino, CA. There were less than 900 Crowns built, with only 68 wide bodies built. The three buyers with the largest purchases over the years were LA City with 149, LA County with 131 [they acquired additional Crowns over the years as they took over fire service for other communities that had purchased Crowns as part of their fleets] and Orange County with 42. The last Crown was actually badged a Van Pelt [but changed to Crown badging by the firefighters] and was sold to Santa Monica, CA. And, with that, I will restart the thread with my favorite Crown of all time.

F-1856, 1980 Crown Wide Body 75ft Telesqurt

Sold To: Hawthorne, CA

Became: LACoFD

Delivered yellow, but was repainted red at some point prior to becoming an LACoFD rig.

Currently owned by a collector who rents out fire trucks for parties and other events.

marco17 · 12-31-2009, 09:20 PM

F-1841 - Wide Body Pumper

Sold to: Culver City, CA

Out of Service and owned by a collector

marco17 · 12-31-2009, 09:22 PM

F-1840 - Wide Body Pumper

Sold to: Culver City, CA

Out of service, collector owned

marco17 · (This post was last modified: 01-05-2010, 04:20 PM by marco17.)

F-1627

1970 Pumper

Sold to: Live Oak/Santa Cruz County, CA....then Central Fire Protection District, CA & Felton Fire Dept, Felton, CA.

Currently owned by myself, Scott, and Dave Johnson

Photo credit: Scott Johnson

marco17 · 12-31-2009, 09:34 PM

F # unknown

1968 Pumper

Sold to: LACoFD

Sold at auction to used equipment/scrap dealer. Assumed collector owned or scrapped

marco17 · 12-31-2009, 09:37 PM

F-1864

1982 Wide Body Pumper

Sold To: Azusa, CA then to LACoFD

Donated to William S Hart Fire Science Program.

marco17 · 12-31-2009, 09:40 PM

F-1814

1979 Wide Body Pumper

Sold To: Menlo Park, CA

Currently owned by a collector

marco17 · 12-31-2009, 09:43 PM

F-1720

1974 Narrow Cab, 75ft Telesqurt

Sold To: Live Oak/Santa Cruz County/Central Fire

Current: Was in use as a training rig at the Rio Hondo Fire Academy. Rumor is it is no longer there, with unknown disposition.

marco17 · 12-31-2009, 09:51 PM

F-1811

1979 Wide Body 4X4 pumper

Sold To: Mammoth Lakes, CA

Current: Still in service, not with Mammoth Lakes. Has been refurbished.

The only 4X4 Wide Cab Crown built.

marco17 · 12-31-2009, 09:53 PM

F# unknown

Wide Body Pumper

Acquired by LACoFD, not directly sold to them

marco17 · 12-31-2009, 09:58 PM

F-1816

1979 Wide Body Pumper

Sold To: Hawthorne, CA, acquired by LACoFD

Current: Donated to school fire science program for training purposes.

marco17 · 12-31-2009, 10:02 PM

F-1313

1963 50ft Crown Snorkel [I believe the only closed cab custom 50ft Crown]

Sold To: Stanton,CA... acquired by Orange County Fire Dept

Current: Owned by the Crown Firecoach Enthusiasts.