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Garden Homes VFD history

This from Mike Summa:

Hello,

This is Garden Homes 1954 FWD.  It’s a 750/750 X Merrionette Park.  Hope that you enjoy,

Mike S.

Garden Homes 1954 FWD engine. It’s a 750/750 X Merrionette Park. Make Summa photo

Tags: Garden Homes Fire Protection District, Garden Homes VFD history, Garden Homes Volunteer Fire Department, Merrionette Park FD history, Mike Summa

This entry was posted on March 9, 2016, 2:00 PM and is filed under Fire Department History, Historic fire apparatus. You can follow any responses to this entry through RSS 2.0. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

4 Comments

• #1 by Bill Post on March 10, 2016 - 12:25 PM

  

  It’s an interesting shot and while the rig might be a “1954” model ,the front fender and grill really more resembles the front fender and grill of a CFD 1949 85 foot Aerial Ladder Tractor. Chicago’s 1953 FWD Engines and the Tractors of the 1954 and the 1956 85 foot Aerial Ladders had larger front fenders while the fenders of the 1949 Tractors were smaller such as the one pictured on this Garden Homes Engine.

• #2 by Marty Coyne on March 9, 2016 - 8:01 PM

  

  I think he has three FWD tractors, not engines.

• #3 by Robert on March 9, 2016 - 7:01 PM

  

  There’s a guy who was selling three of the ex cfd fwd engines

• #4 by John on March 9, 2016 - 6:41 PM

  

  I wonder what happened to this pumper, as all of the CFD’s FWD’s, both Engines & Truck-tractors have become extinct, just like the Autocar Squads. The museum would love to get hold of this rig if it was still around.

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