1958 F.W.D.

My wife's family is hungarian (the country, not the mental/physical sensation) and I get this kind of stuff force-fed to me at most major holidays- Halumpkies (the cabbage leaves stuffed with ground beef/rice/onions with seasonings) and cooked in a tomato-based sauce is my favorite. My father in law also makes stuffed peppers in the same pot of sauce, so the flavor from the peppers gets into the sauce and it is awesome. Pierogies are also a family favorite, potato/cheese fried with onions in lard, served with sour cream on the side.....mmmmmmmmm

I think I just threw up in my mouth

I think the term in jail should be double that of the term served in office. And no time off for good behavior or probation.

Hey George, if you ever call out to FWD/Seagrave for info/factory files on your truck, you will be connected to a woman named Molly in the parts department. She is a cranky old carmudgeon of a bitch. I envision her as a 300 pound load who has to sit on 2 desk chairs and any attempt to get her off of them (and the four doughnuts out of her mouth); like a request for her to pull your factory file will only result in her becoming annoyed that she has to drag her fat ass off of those two chairs. But I could be wrong, I am stereotyping but thats what she sounds like on the phone. She will give you any and all excuses to get you to stop bothering her and removing her from more important work (presumably studying menus from local take-out places for todays lunch order.....) Her greatest ploy which she has pulled on several people that I know will be to tell you she needs the factory sales order number- because thats how the files are stored. I happen to know for a fact that is wrong. She will also tell you that you have to send in $75.00 before she will pull the file- yes FWD/Seagrave does advertise a $75 cost for your file, but I am told that they will tell you first what is in it before they will reproduce it- which she will not tell you- she tells you that you have to send the money before she pulls the file- even if the only thing in your file is moths and dust. Just a heads up. Good luck!!!

Mack458 are you sure you didnt mean to say the area code was 410????

YES!!!! THIS IS THE PLACE THAT DID MINE!!!! All I had to do was drop it off at their Wilmington, De. shop and they did the rest. If I remember right it was $350 to fully rebuild/balance a 15" single plate Lipe-Brown Clutch. I highly recommend them.

I see you are in Bangor Pa. I am down here in Hellertown- I had great luck with a place in Baltimore for the Lipe-Brown cluch in my 1958 FWD. I cant remember the name of the place for the life of me though- but I do remember they had a place in Wilmington, Delaware which is where they had me drop it off at and pick it up, and they trucked to and from their shop in Baltimore which is where they do the actual work. Really nice folks, very knowledgeable. I will look up their name in my book out in the garage later tonight or tomorrow and get back to you. I probably wrote down the phone number too.

Macungie is only about 20 miles from the house, so I will be there with my 1958 F.W,D, Firetruck

He may not be the cause, but he sure as shit isn't doing anything to fix them, either. In fact, he's doing everything he can to take more more more more more more more more more more and more out of our (the blue-collar working man) to turn around and give it to the scum and vermin of this country that sit on their asses and collect welfare- just so that they vote for him and his cronies. Has he done anything to help the economy? Nope, only made it worse. How about fuel prices? Nope. Nothing. Nadda. Nichts. Nein. Zero. I am registered as a republican, but thats only because I hate the dems more than I hate the republicans. I support some unions (FOP, IAFF, ) but most of them are a bunch of thugs. I do NOT support welfare or other gubmint handouts without anything in return from those accepting it. I support Sheriff Joe and Arizona's immigration laws and illegal alien policies......I fully support the US Military and think our Sailors, Soldiers and Marines need raises and better living conditions on Military Installations. We need a Military equal to that of 1985 staffing/capabilities/levels, I would love to dig up Ronald Reagan's body and clone his DNA and get him back in office. Seems to me like the Country was in a lot better condition when he was in charge.

Wait till you discover girls, especially redheads. "U model? whats a u model?"

Olive: back then they were the Caddy, or Mercedes-Benz of firetrucks, built like brick shithouses with pride and love. They built their own engines, drivelines, pumps, bodies, etc and everything was QUALITY. There are many stories of AF's that have pumped water onto huge conflagrations for days on end with refuelings and occasional shut-downs to check oil levels. Nowadays they are highly sought as they are pretty rare. Anyone who finds one though better have deep pockets, due to the fact that they built all their own parts, which of course are now hard to find. AF's were known world-wide for their polished chrome "Pressure Equalization Sphere"or the "giant chrome ball." Due to the physics of piston pumpers, the hoselines can pulsate as the pistons slam up and down. AF developed and patented the spheres- the water would be first pumped into the sphere, (I am not sure of the physics of how it works) which would absorb the pulses, the water would then go to the separate discharges and into the hoselines.

For you 2-Strokers out there....(with emphasis on "strokers") here is a 1927 AF that had the original straight-8 AF gas engine pulled sometime in the 1950's and replaced with a lawn-boy.

Here is a picture I took at the Fire Museum of Maryland's "Gathering of Ahrens Fox Fire Apparatus" held last May 21, 2011. It was the largest (known) gathering of Ahrens Fox apparatus.

The Ahrens Fox appears to be about a 1922-1924 maybe an R-K-4. Agreed, yes they were certainly the "caddy" of fire apparatus back in their day. The Tiller is a 700 Series American Lafrance, and the pumper is an Anniversary Series Seagrave.

Son, later in life, when you are a little older and a bit wiser, you will learn what is called "get behind her." Perfect situation for butterfaces. That and turning out the lights.

I can see when this kid hits puberty he's going to want to see sidewinders wearing miniskirts.......

Mike- My Mack expert is puzzled by this number and asked for you to confirm. He stated the "719" is unusual, and he asked if it maybe has an 8V71, as the number 719 may refer to another vendor's power plant. He is not sure, and is double checking.

The Allentown TK is on Lehigh Street just off I78. If you are familiar it is the same exit you would use for the (newly moved) Mack Trucks Museum, located at what used to be Mack's Research & Development Facility near Queen City Airport.

Here is a pic from a few weeks ago, the young man pictured is a friend of mine who is active duty USAF and had just arrived back in the USA from his 2-year hitch in Rheinland-Pfaltz Germany. He stopped in to visit with the wife and I for 2 days while enroute to Malmstrom AFB Montana. This was our welcome home dinner for him. The ladies were all over him when they found out he was active duty and overseas for 2 years.

In memory of the 1,514 souls who perished exactly 100 years ago tonight and the early morning hours of April 15, 1912. The RMS Titanic was due to arrive at pier 59 in New York City but instead met her fate at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean in some 12,000+ feet of water approximately 338 miles east of Newfoundland.

Considering it's only 15 mins from the house.....I'll be there!!!! And I strongly suggest The Tilted Kilt for lunch!!!!

Mike give me the SN and I will have my Mack expert translate it.

You know what I did see this, I guess that is a situation where chocks should have been used. But also, the ECO and ECC need to think next time about parkng downhill from a working vehicle fire.

Yeah I sort of agree with this.....I guess its better than rusting away, but the guy has to understand that the "average" firetruck collector will not even be able to begin to think about touching that thing for that price- he may as well call Jay Leno to see if he is interested. Anyone ever see the 1926 International Quad Firetruck that someone butchered into a "Monster Truck?" I'd like to kick that guy in the balls, too.

As an antique firetruck afficianado, I almost cried when I clicked on that eBay link. I personally would like to find the guy and beat the living shit out of him,.