A former fire truck converted to a car hauler, it’s a 1966 Ford F600 for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: This truck has been stored for the last 10 years and will need some brake...
It’s a 1940 GMC Fire Truck for sale on Hemmings.com, Dalmatian not included. From the seller’s description: Originally used in a small southern Colorado town where it got minimal use and great care. ...
In need of restoration 1954 American LaFrance for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: The engine still runs, but the truck is in need of some work to get it to the point of driving i...
Hahn-built 1968 International Scout fire truck for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: built by Hahn Fire Apparatus for use within the Siemens Production Plant. It has 4,689 original...
Co-Founder William Besserdich on the first four-wheel drive steam vehicle. Photo courtesy of the “FWD Four Wheel Drive Museum” Facebook page. The Four Wheel Drive Museum of Clintonville, Wisconsin, w...
Diesel-converted 1962 Mack B85F tractor with 1950 American-LaFrance tiller-steer ladder trailer for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: This American LaFrance fire truck originally w...
Brush truck 1981 Renault TP3 for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: 4 X 4 brush truck from the sleepy village of Sondernach in northeast France. The truck spent it’s whole life insi...
Unrestored 1977 Chevrolet K30 dually for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: This 1977 Chevrolet Custom Deluxe 30 pickup, 1 ton, 4 x4 pickup with 400 CI engine, automatic transmissio...
Photographs courtesy The Museum of Off-Road Adventure. While most four-wheel-drive enthusiasts would argue that the proper place for any such vehicle is a trail, a beach, or a mud bog, a group in Mic...
From the seller’s description: I am selling my 1956 Ward LaFrance fully operational Fire Truck . All lights, sirens, bells, brake lights, running lights, pump, and gauges function. Tires are mint, th...
1938 Autocar tanker. Photos courtesy AACA Museum, unless otherwise noted. Without commercial vehicles, modern life would grind to a halt rather abruptly. Despite their importance, these workhorses ar...
Anyone with more than a passing interest in classic and vintage cars has run across the name Stutz, most notably its Bearcat, a pre/post WW1 sports car. But like many of the early automobile pioneers...
San Francisco’s got an impressive collection of its former fire trucks, including one that fought the 1906 fire, but seeing them is problematic because they’re essentially couch surfing across the ci...
From the seller’s description: 1966 Unimog S Type 404. This is a very clean, very original and complete cab and chassis that was imported as a fire truck. It has been converted to a working hydraulic...
1938 Packard Super Eight fire engine. Photos by Mike Maez, courtesy Gooding & Company. By 1938, Packard had been out of the truck manufacturing business for 15 years, but a brief collaboration with t...
From the seller’s description: This 1957 GMC Napco Panel Truck was built as a ‘GMC 4-Wheel Drive All-Emergency Rescue Vehicle Model 101 Panel.’ It has factory installed Napco 4×4 running gear, a PTO ...
1959 American LaFrance “Little Mo.” Photos courtesy Auctions America. Walter Lewis “Army” Armstrong was a mechanical jack-of-all-trades with a particular passion for the fire service. He’d eventually...
A single-cylinder 1908 Brush is among the oldest trucks to be displayed. Images courtesy the Gilmore Car Museum For all its popularity today, the pickup truck has not always been highly cherished in ...
Original and maintained 1940 Chevrolet COE fire truck for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: completly original. The paint is original, old and shows the scars from the years on dut...
Boyer-bodied 1924 Willys-Knight fire truck for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: It is super rare, in excellent condition, drives and runs really well, and is a whole lot of fun to...
In Vermont, we’re still in the grips of winter, but one sure sign of spring is the increasing hours of daylight. That alone is enough to make one optimistic that warmer days (and in Vermont, plenty o...
SPAAMFA’s 2012 National Muster. Photo courtesy of Dan Jasina. What do fire apparatus do? They spray water by the ton onto raging flames, or extend ladders so that panicked victims can be plucked from...
As we’ve already seen, brothers Cliff and Larry Read have a talent for not only improving existing diecast models, but also transforming them from their original configurations to something entirely ...
By William Hall. Photos by the author. At the annual Mecum Spring Auction held in Indianapolis each May, you can find many beautiful examples of your favorite classic cars for sale. You can find the ...
It’s a good bet that many of you started following Jay Leno’s old car exploits after he got involved in the subculture of giant tank/airplane/firetruck-engined roadsters, and he returned to that form...