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Palos Heights Fire Protection District history

This from Mike Summa for #TBT:

For TBT-This was the Palos Heights FPD’s Engine 6413, a 1970’s American LaFrance.  Replaced by the 1996 Pierce Lance previously shown.  Sorry, no year or specs.  Enjoy and comment.

Mike Summa

Mike Summa photo

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3 Comments

• #1 by Mike hellmuth on February 8, 2024 - 2:33 PM

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  That’s my hometown always Lafrance in the earlier days ..

• #2 by Mike hellmuth on February 8, 2024 - 2:30 PM

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  It’s a Century model probably diesel power allison transmission…….

• #3 by crabbymilton on February 8, 2024 - 11:29 AM

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  If that’s not a classic rig and handsome at that, I don’t know what is?