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[whulsey]

Aaron, the firetruck is a Ford Model T based truck, so the chassis, engine and everything in front of the seat is Model T or TT. Don't have time to dig right now, but will see what i can come up with.

A buddy of mine has a bunch of drawings of Crown Firecoaches. Will see if I can borrow them.

[Sakrison]

How about a Cessna "Tweet" -- T-37 and A-37?

[murphyaa]

How were Model T's powered? Was it chain drive or driveshaft? I went to the Hall of Flame earlier in the week and looked at a few early '20's and late teen firetrucks, and there were examples of both. I kinda decided on driveshaft, based on how the fender looks in the picture of the Luverne and some of the fire trucks I saw. Trucks with chain drive had venders that bumped out to follow the chain:


while shaft driven trucks fenders hugged close to the wheel.

Here's where I am at the moment:


And Progress on Engine 51:

[wag]

Forgive me for being late to the party, but I would be very interested in antique fire equipment, especially from the '20s and '30s. Could I talk you into an Ahrens-Fox pumper? When I was a kid there was one of these monsters displayed in a local shoe store (of all places!). I think this is a photo of that engine.
http://www.antiquefirebrigade.com/ah...F-StPaulMN.jpg
I know the pump unit in the front would be difficult but these engines have a lot of character.
Wayne

[spgifford]

Both looking good.

[charleswlkr54]

that Engine 51 is from the first year or two of the "EMERGENCY" series, later they had an enclosed model ,which ended up at a firehouse near Yosemite when the series ended.

[charleswlkr54]

Speaking od anitque fire equipment, anybody remember that antique firs engine Gage and DeSoto resotred on the old "EMERGENCY" series?

[murphyaa]

I want to do a model of that one too, if I can find out what it was and some pictures.

[whulsey]

Model T's were a torque tube, which is basically an enclosed drive shaft. This is a 1923 chassis.

[whulsey]

Digging a bit more.