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This from Steve Redick:

Retired CFD FPB Ed Prendergast shared these images taken May 1979 at the shops showing the last days of some classic rigs

Ed Prendergast photo

Ed Prendergast photo

Ed Prendergast photo

Ed Prendergast photo

Ed Prendergast photo

Tags: Chicago FD Truck 35, Chicago Fire Department history, classic Chicago FD B-Model fire engine, classic Chicago FD L-Model fire engine, classic Chicago fire trucks, Ed Prendergast, vintage Chicago Pirsch tractor-drawn aerial, worn out Chicago fire trucks circa 1957

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2 Comments

• #1 by Mike Hellmuth on July 25, 2020 - 5:54 PM

  

  I wonder how many were saved and restored by collectors.

• #2 by crabbymilton on June 24, 2020 - 12:26 PM

  

  Impressive old beauties. At least for PIRSCH, that same general style lasted over 30 years.

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