609albert Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 Attention antique fire apparatus lovers, new magazine out called Vintage Fire Truck & Equipment ,I got a copy at Macungie last week and it looks like a winner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MADDOG93 Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 Got mine also there, looks good . I have had over 15 fire engine's in my hobby and own 4 now. Would have liked to meet up with you Albert maybe next time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxfymn Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 The new magazine is from the publisher of Vintage Truck which I like a lot. They have met with the SPAAMFAA board and have tried to include them in their plans. I hope it doesn't ultimately kill the SPAAMFAA magazine. Quote Money, sex, and fire; everybody thinks everyone else is getting more than they are! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 sounds excellent,,,,fire equipment is always interesting to me,,,and im sure alotta other people here,,,thanks bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Trip Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 where can we subscribe any info? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1958 F.W.D. Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Yes I am also intrigued......more info please Quote TWO STROKES ARE FOR GARDEN TOOLS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loadstar Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Here's the link.......http://www.vintagefiretruck.com/american-lafrance/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brocky Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Got my free copy with the last issue of Vintage Truck..It reads as follows:For new subscriptions,customer service etcVintage Fire Truck & EquipmentCirculation DepartmentPO Box 3013Langhorne PA 19047Phone 888-760-8108Fax 215-788-6887email: ertelpublishing@incfull.comFor letters, stories, etcEditorial OfficePO Box 838Yellow Springs OH 45387phone 937-767-1433Fax 937-767-2726email: jack@ertelpublishing.comWEBSITE: www.vintagefiretruck.com Quote Brocky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxfymn Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 The first "for sale" issue is not scheduled to publish until this fall/1st of the year. Quote Money, sex, and fire; everybody thinks everyone else is getting more than they are! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddeere Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Got a copy with my Vintage truck magazine last week. Great magazine a lot work went into that issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gmerrill0516 Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 I got mine with the with my VT issue and like it. I plan to subscribe myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Blais Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 Late to the party, as usual. Got the first complimentary issue and promptly sent in my subscription. Now we just need a publication for antique snow plows! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRFD1933 Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 Got my subscription...cant wait to get it in the mail! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Blais Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 I wondered if anyone has gotten the second issue yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxfymn Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 I wondered if anyone has gotten the second issue yet?I was wondering the same thing. None of my friends who subscribed have gotten it yet and neither have I. Quote Money, sex, and fire; everybody thinks everyone else is getting more than they are! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mack58B42 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Well, I just subscribed. I hope they haven't faltered already!! No mention of any issues on their website..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
609albert Posted January 24, 2016 Author Share Posted January 24, 2016 I received the second edition a few weeks ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackb67 Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 I already wonder about their accuracy, the Huntington Beach FD Seagrave is definitely not a Suburbanite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MADDOG93 Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 1/25/16 nothing here yet ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxfymn Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 I finally got the second issue today. So far I am not impressed in that it seems to contain more factual errors than I would expect from any publication. Statements such as the one that "Mack purchased Ahrens-Fox" are simply not true (they bought out Beck for the bus business and ended up with the remnants of A-F including the design of what would become the C model) and I would hope any publication would do a better job of fact checking before an article is published. Here is a link to the history of the purchase: http://www.bigmacktrucks.com/index.php?/topic/35258-mack-beck-inter-city-buses/And not to be too much of a nit-picker, but the article on the Pompano ALF states "no expense was spared in the restoration" and goes on to feature a photo of the back step where two building type soda-acid extinguishers are mounted; something that would have never been on the original piece. Quote Money, sex, and fire; everybody thinks everyone else is getting more than they are! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Blais Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Today I got the first issue, which I got last summer, along with the second issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
609albert Posted January 31, 2016 Author Share Posted January 31, 2016 hopefully they will get better , topics on how to do items ,where to find etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxfymn Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 hopefully they will get better , topics on how to do items ,where to find etc. I hope so, but I'm pretty pessimistic. For a magazine called "Vintage Fire Truck" I thought they could have done a much better job of identifying the trucks in the gold leaf article. At the very least a quick model and year identification. I subscribe to magazines like this because I like truck porn and I want more of it.One of the things they always stressed in classes I attended that taught us how to deal with the media is that the media are media experts, not experts on the subject matter you deal with. I think this is a classic example of this; they know how to put a magazine together, but they don't know old fire trucks. 1 Quote Money, sex, and fire; everybody thinks everyone else is getting more than they are! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mack58B42 Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 I already wonder about their accuracy, the Huntington Beach FD Seagrave is definitely not a SuburbaniteTo their credit, they did correct that in Issue 2 and noted that they had mis-identified that rig as a Suburbanite...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxfymn Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Got issue 3 today. No big boo-boos that I saw. Quote Money, sex, and fire; everybody thinks everyone else is getting more than they are! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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