This from Jeff Rudolph:
Greeting from sunny, warm Florida. In my travels around I located the remains of an old Calumet City, IL American LaFrance engine on some property near Ruskin, FL. Engine 304 has clearly seen better days. Yes there are 2 trees growing up through it. The owner of the property was from East Troy, WI, and moved several vehicles down here years ago.
The photo of 304 as it used to look is a Bill Friedrich photo.
Jeff Rudolph
Jeff Rudolph photo
#1 by Crabbymilton on January 24, 2022 - 9:58 AM
https://youtu.be/EYD4IZfZmBU
Is this it? I added color effects.
#2 by Big Moe on January 22, 2022 - 12:56 AM
someone should rescue the chrome “2” of the front and send it back to the CCFD. It would be cool mounted on E-12 somewhere.
#3 by BMurphy on January 20, 2022 - 8:32 AM
Might be a do-able project if those trees are pecunia arbore.
#4 by Mike hellmuth on January 20, 2022 - 8:14 AM
A little paint and that baby will look like new??
#5 by Mike C on January 20, 2022 - 7:58 AM
I hope someone rescues it. This may be a treasure in the rough!
#6 by crabbymilton on January 20, 2022 - 7:10 AM
Wow. Thanks for posting that gem. I know looks can be deceiving but it looks at first glance it still looks like it would work but still first glance and that tree would make that difficult. Funny how red always seems to fade to pink over time.