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Northlake FPD history

This from Larry Shapiro for #TBT:

Northlake FPD, IL – Engine 807 – 1979 Ford C8000/Emergency One 1250/750 so #1134 (one of two twins)

Northlake Engine 807. Larry Shapiro photo

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• #1 by CrabbyMilton on June 29, 2018 - 6:06 AM

  

  Gee, there weren’t too many fire apparatus built on that particular FORD chassis. 🙂
  There was an article in the latest FIRE APPARATUS JOURNAL
  about FDNY in trying INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER medium duty commercial chassis similar to the FORD and that experiment was a complete failure with cramped seats and many mechanical problems. Perhaps if they had used the FORD C, they would have been better.
  Makes sense given that there were countless examples.

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