If you’re in the mood for a little classic thundering motoring the Speedster is due to hit the auction block with RM Auctions on October the 11th this year with an estimated sale price of between $50,000-$60,000 USD, click here to check out the official listing. He spent over 2 years on the build and he’s done a brilliant job, the dashboard is a valhalla of brass, gauges and classic switches and from what we’ve read, the Speedster makes so much noise people can hear it coming from half a mile away. The American LeFrance Speedster was built by a guy called J.S. The 200hp V12 looks for all the world like a locomotive engine and it has an interesting twin-spark set up (as you can see in the engine image further down), she’s apparently capable of 75mph and maybe more, though no one brave or stupid enough has yet been found to take her above that speed. The coolest single element is possibly that monocle windshield, we don’t see those very often and I think that’s a damn shame as they look fantastic. This pumper is powered by a Junior V-12, with redundant starters, plugs, and distributors.The American LeFrance Speedster is a V12 custom built steam punk-esque monster with a 200hp engine, a chassis from a 1923 American LeFrance and so much attention to detail I’m convinced that it was built by a man with clinical OCD. The current restoration goal is to get new tires and brakes installed so that is will be rolling stock and can be used for fire truck rides on the Fourth of July. The bell you can see in the first photo was moved to its replacement, the 1977 Howe engine, and then again to the current Engine #2, the 2005 Spartan. This engine is still owned by FVFD after being sold off then re-bought by members and eventually donated back to the department. The first photos of "Big Red" show up in the Aug. The next best bid for similar equipment, a Seagrave build truck, came to approximately $18,200 delivered here. Gas engines using dual dizzies one as the primary and the second as a backup for protection.
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The new equipment will cost the fire district $16,350 plus $490.50 state sales tax delivered in Ferndale. Working at a city we have two of those in older American LaFrance and Buffalo pumpers. The truck will carry a 400-gallon water tank. This is to eliminate the practice of riding the side steps. American LaFrance - Products - Historic Vehicles. Seating capacity, in addition to the driving seat, provides for five men in side-entrance seats. Turning radius is listed at 25 feet right or left. Okie Allen owns a 454-powered 1984 Chevy 4 x 4 mini pumper with a 400 gallons-per-minute (gpm) Waterous two-stage pump-and-roll system and an under-the-hood. In fact, the legendary Chrysler HEMI was a popular choice for Dodge fire trucks. It is said to be 15 times safer than the conventional driver's seat. Compared to an American LaFrance V12 with 215 horsepower, the biggest postwar V8s offered well over 300 hp.
The high pressure feature is said by firemen to add considerably to water supply and the effectiveness of the "fog nozzles" used so frequently by the local department both in extinguishing confined fires and in giving protection from heat and flames to firemen handling the nozzles.ĭesign of the truck is a "cab-ahead-of-engine" type giving a a greater angle of visibility to the driver. It will also deliver 600 pounds pressure on the booster lines. The new pumper to be delivered in July is an Invader Pumper 750 and capable of delivering 750 gallons of water per minute. The latter has served the district, including the city of Ferndale, continuously since its purchase in 1937.
The new truck will replace the present American LaFrance pumper owned by the district. Ferndale firemen, who are to operate the new equipment, set up details on the type of equipment needed for the valley district's fire protection.
Commissioners of the Ferndale district made the final decison to purchase the equipment this week after purchase was authorized by the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors.
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