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Oakbrook Terrace FPD history

This from Larry Shapiro for #TBT

Oakbrook Terrace classic 85′ Pitman Snorkel on a conventional GMC chassis with a Pierce body

Larry Shapiro photo

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3 Comments

• #1 by BMurphy on June 18, 2020 - 5:29 PM

  

  When new it ran for the Butterfield Fire Protection District, which eventually became the OBTFPD.

  https://www.illinoisfiretrucks.com/CHICAGO-METROPOLITAN-AREA-FDs/DUPAGE-COUNTY/BUTTERFIELD-FPD/i-hhzH9KW

• #2 by Alan Fricker on June 18, 2020 - 1:55 PM

  

  I think it’s a 1964 or 1965, and Pierce did the bodywork under contract for Darley. It’s equipped with a Darley pump. An yes, it did go to Plano.

• #3 by MABAS 21 on June 18, 2020 - 10:10 AM

  

  A classic beauty! I believe that this Snorkel was later sold to Plano-L-R-F F.P.D.

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