ANNOUNCEMENTS AND SERVICES
Welcome to the new home of Announcements and Services. This section has been moved to it's own page to allow for expansion without causing a delay in reaching the apparatus ad section. The apparatus ads are the most popular section of the advertising pages and this move will make getting to the apparatus ads that much quicker and easier.
Northeast Ohio Emergency Vehicles Services has open a new shop
in Ohio to restore antique fire trucks.
We do minor to major repairs of your older equipment. Full frame up restoration
of your older truck.
Wrecked truck repair, engine repair and trans repair. Brake system air and
hydraulic, water tank and pump system repair. Body work and paint and any other
repair. Complete airport fire trucks repair and antique government truck repair.
We work on trucks from 1930 to the new trucks.
dbutterfield1@aol.com
248-762-3949 (04/28/08)
FOR SALE: Postage stamp covers in commemoration of 1992 SPAAMFAA convention hosted by Pennsylvania Pump Primers, one each for July 9, 10 & 11, plus cover for 1982 convention. Make offer. Jack Ramsey, Box 746, Asheville, NC 28802-0746. 828-687-0741 or zmar@charter.net (10/14/07)
Att: SPAAMFAA and non-members alike!!
I currently have for fellow Historic & Antique owners a great Computer software
program that can help you manage your Antique or Restoration vehicle(s) and
projects; and can also be very useful for personal vehicles as well!
This software gives you the ability to track several categories and provide
various reports. Some Features include the following:
Maintains Detailed Records of All Vehicle Service, Maintenance, Expenses, Fuel
Usage etc; Repairs, Maintenance, Parts, Fuel Usage, Additions/ Improvements,
Trip Log records. Includes descriptions, dates, associated costs, images and
much more.
• Helps you maintain and stay "up-to-date" on your vehicle maintenance and
service schedule; Automotive diagnosis and troubleshooting! Includes a
Trouble-shooting database of "symptoms and causes" that can provide valuable
information on what may be wrong with your vehicle.
• Detailed Cost Analysis (cost/mile, cost/year, Investment value, Accumulated
costs, Operating costs); Performs an in-depth cost analysis that shows you when
and where your money is being spent, how much you have invested in the vehicle,
and when you may want to consider trading it in.
• Tracks fuel usage and fuel economy--Automatically calculates average Miles Per
Gallon (MPG) and displays it in graphical form so that you can monitor fuel
usage trends. Check your vehicles Fuel Economy and watch for trends that can
alert you to potential problems in the future.
• Automatically compiles a personal Parts List. As you enter Maintenance
and Repair records a Parts database is automatically compiled for each vehicle.
Easily search your Parts List to determine what parts have been replaced
previously.
***The program can be downloaded for $31, or I can send you your own personal CD
copy for $37 postage paid. I take checks, credit cards, cash (more risky tho).
All updates and upgrades are FREE! Please contact me for more information or a
spec. sheet emailed to you or mailed! Contact Rod Prast, Firescapes, PO Box
2006, Mesa, Az 85214. email:
ffpm65@netzero.net ; cell: 480-313-2928 (11/26/06)
Anthony Rzucidlo, emergency vehicles photographer, recently had
his book, Emergency Management Mobile Command & Response Vehicles: A
photographic review of emergency units, published by AuthorHouse.
This publication showcases the various types of vehicles that are utilized by
"First Responders" be it from the public sector or private industry to respond
to an assortment of emergency incidents. Specifically, this book will take a
look at vehicles that are utilized as mobile command units by Incident
Commanders to maintain command and control of an incident. In addition, this
publication will spotlight emergency support vehicles that can be called for by
an Incident Commander at the scene of an incident to provide additional
resources to emergency response personnel. 153 black and white photos
representing emergency vehicles from 14 states and two foreign countries appear
in this book. Some of those vehicles are of unusual, unique and hard to get
photos of response units.
To order a book you can go to the following web site at
www.emergencyunits.com or you
can call AuthorHouse at 1-888-280-7715 to order using credit cards or a check.
The book costs $25.00 plus shipping. (11/19/06)
Webmaster's note: The following advertisement is a different direction for our classified advertising. I am pleased to list our first Fire Related Real Estate advertisement for a firehouse in Milwaukee, WI. There is no question that it qualifies as "Fire Related!!". The owner sent along a note with the ad:
I am selling my firehouse in Milwaukee WI. I thought your members would enjoy looking at actual inside photos of a firehouse instead of the usual exterior photos. Possibly one of your members is looking for the ultimate garage for their apparatus. Enclosed is a link to my Yahoo photo album which you have my permission to use any way you see fit. This firehouse has served my limousine service for 16 years and is a great old building with a lot of history Thank You John Gagliano.
FOR SALE: FIRE STATION:
MFD Engine 32 / Ladder 9 Firehouse Zoned LB2
Historical Value: First House Built Exclusively For Motor Apparatus, First House
Designed By A City Of Milw. Architect. About 1915, the city's Bureau of Bridges
and Public Buildings took charge of the design and construction of firehouses.
As trucks replaced horses, Brand's work was supplanted by that of Charles E.
Malig of the bureau who, like his predecessor, was a fixture in the engine house
design role for several decades. In the first decade that the Bureau of Bridges
and Buildings took over design, two known firehouses were built, both in 1915,
Engine Company House No. 32 at 3920 W. Vliet Street, and the fireboat station
for Engine No. 15 at 105 North Water Street. Permit records show Charles Malig
as the architect of record for both. While the building on Vliet Street can be
considered Classical Revival in style, the two-story form and vertical emphasis
carry over from the earlier station models. The fireboat house is more eclectic
in style befitting its more unique function, and is two stories in height but
with a horizontal emphasis. It was not until the 1920's that station house
design would take a dramatic turn. (Quote from City of Milwaukee report on
ladder 5 historical designation hearing) Built In 1915: Minutes to D.T.
Milwaukee
30Ft Wide X 85Ft Long 35Ft Tall. Roof View Of Harley Davidson, Miller Park &
Brewery, Downtown Milwaukee. First, Second Floor And Roof Are Reinforced
Concrete.
Last Old Style House Built. Very Over Engineered. No Load Bearing Interior
Walls. Lot 60Ft Wide x 120Ft Deep. Full Basement. Contact John Gagliano at
milwlimo@hotmail.com With Your
Name , Number And Best Time to Call. $300,000 Or Best Offer. Link to photos
is below:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/milwlimo@sbcglobal.net/album?.dir=/e715&.src=ph&.tok=phau_uEBQ.yOrrpc
One of the services that we receive a lot of requests about is gold leaf decoration. There is not a large number of people doing this type of artwork that are available to do small jobs (like one antique truck). It is a pleasure to list an artist known to many fire departments on the East Coast and who is willing to work with antiques. Bruce Cambriello is a retired Revere, MA firefighter and worked for years for Mack of Boston doing much of their firetruck decoration and commercial painting. Feel free to contact him for further information. (03/14/06)
ANNOUNCEMENT: My name Dale Butterfield. We have a small shop to restore antique fire fighting equipment. The shop is located west of Detroit Mich. We do complete restoring of fire trucks and other repair work and minor restoring. We restore fire trucks from 1960 to newer - we will work on any make of fire truck. My cell no is: 248-762-3949. Thank you - Dale Butterfield. (12/26/05)
FOR SALE: The removable bumper sticker for your fire truck and car from the Rekindle Society in South Carolina. This will make a great addition to anything this magnet can stick to. It shows who you belong to and shows support for SPAAMFAA. This magnet is six inches in size and is thick enough not to get stuck to your car and last a long time. this is a fundraiser for the Piedmont Area Antique Fire Apparatus Asso. to help fund our organization. Price is $6.00 each which includes shipping- $7.00 to Canada. To order email Travis Stafford shaggyff44@yahoo.com or call 864-809-6320 or send check or money order to Rekindle Society Po Box 922 Spartanburg SC, 29304 - We thank you for your support. (09/11/05)
AMERICAN LAFRANCE OWNERS NETWORK
Serving the owners of American LaFrance fire apparatus
and others interested in fire apparatus.
ALF Apparatus Registry
for antique, newer & in-service apparatus
(searchable online database including pictures)
Registry input provision
Forums for various subjects
Calendar of events in forums
Document Archives
Event Pictures
Resources
Links
Open, no cost site membership (in forums) & registry
www.alfowners.org
Automotive historian Tom Saal has just published a new 48-page
booklet titled Not Without Honor, An Account Of The Life And Times Of John
Walter Christie. This is an exact reprint of the story by Arthur Lee Homan and
Keith Marvin which appeared in two consecutive issues of Antique Automobile,
May-June and July-August 1965. The original story was first published in four
issues of the Upper Hudson Valley Automobilist, October and December of 1960 and
January and July of 1961. With permission from Mr. Marvin and the Antique
Automobile Club of America, Tom has financed this printing on his own in order
to acquaint a whole new generation of automotive historians with Christie¹s many
accomplishments, first and foremost of which, of course, were his early
experiments and successes with front wheel drive in race cars and taxicabs. Less
well known are Christie¹s designs for naval gun turrets, fire engine tractors,
military tanks and gun carriages. In 1923 one of his tanks, an amphibious model,
successfully crossed the Hudson and then drove off at 35 mph. As a matter of
fact, most tanks used in World War II by the United States, Great Britain,
Germany and Russia owed much to Christie designs going back to WWI. Christie
died at age 77 on January 11, 1944, with little recognition and less money to
show for his various contributions to the art of mechanical engineering.
The price of the booklet is $8.00 plus $1.29 postage. Tom is the sole
distributor of this and other booklets of interest to automotive historians. His
mailing address is 5901 West Breezeway, North Ridgeville, OH 44039 and his
E-mail address is thomsaal@xcelnet.net.
Review copies are available upon request from hobby and industry publications.
(03/20/05)
FOR SALE: FIRE DEPARTMENT HISTORY BOOKS FOR SALE: St. Matthews Firefighters - 84 Years of Firefighting In St. Matthews, Kentucky by Al Ring. The first illustrated and documented story of the St. Matthews Fire Department from its beginning in 1919 through 2003. There are 84 years of documents, letters, interviews, newspaper articles, pictures and more that vividly tell the story of the fire service and firefighters. Hard bound with 208 pages for $34.95 with free shipping in the U.S. Send check or money order to St. Matthews Fire Department Alumni Association, Inc., % Bill Andriot, 3818 Leland Road, Louisville, KY 40207, You can contact Bill at 502-329-5280 or email boatz@bellsouth.net. The book is also available at Border's Bookstores. (11/20/04)
FOR SALE: Collection of annual Visiting Fireman magazine,
1969-2004, one of each, to be sold individually on a first come/first served
basis, or as a complete collection. Price $10 each including shipping book rate;
add $3 each for 1st class or UPS.
Also still have a stock of my 1998 book, Crown Firecoach History, normally $60
each. Special one-time price of $49.95 to those mentioning this ad in
Enjine!Enjine! Book rate postage included; add $5 each for 1st class or UPS.
Still have 5 copies of History of the American Water Towers by Bill Hass, 1989.
Autographed by the author. Publisher's original stock, never sold. Minor cover
blemishes due to smoke exposure in a car fire (an ironic fate for a book about
fire engines) but otherwise in excellent condition. This book commands $268 on
amazon.com and $325 on E-Bay. My price $200 each including book-rate postage
(add $10 each for 1st class or UPS), until all 5 are sold.
Reprints of 1913 two-page Delco Electric ad featuring Ahrens-Fox Model A, $7
each including shipping.
Copies made directly from factory-original, side-elevation layout drawings,
large poster size, suitable for framing: 1915 Ahrens-Fox Model M-K-2 of New
York. 1924 Seagrave water tower of Detroit. 1947 Ahrens-Fox junior aerial lader
truck for Hagerstown, MD (never built). $20 each including shipping (frame NOT
included). Ed Hass, 9315 East Lake Drive, Elk Grove, CA 95758,
916-683-0976, email
hasses@frontiernet.net (05/24/04)
FOR SALE: Maxim Fire Apparatus Photo History. Released through Iconografix in March 2004, this follow-up to the "Maxim Photo Archive" paints a more complete and comprehensive history of the Maxim Motor Company. Eight chapters of information and 120 B&W photos follows the history of the company from 1914 until they closed their doors in 1989. Family history, employee stories and product details on many of their projects are contained in this softcover book. Cost is $25 each (which includes priority shipping in bubble-protected mailer). Please send money orders or personal checks to: Howie Smith, 13 Walter Road, Danvers, MA 01923 or email for more information HmaximS@aol.com (4-20-04)
FOR SALE: GREATER BOSTON FIRES OF THE 50'S AND 60'S BY
JAMES H. BLOMLEY
134 Pages, 250 Full All Color Photographs of Multiple Alarm Building Fires in
Boston and surrounding Cities and Towns. See Boston's water towers and fire
boats at work, apparatus of the 50's and 60's including 10 pages of Ahrens Fox
Apparatus. See an era of fire fighting that is now history. This book has been
described as one of the Greatest Fire Action Pictorial ever published.
FIRE APPARATUS FIGHTING FIRES, BY PETER ALOISI
154 Pages 292 Full Color Photographs of Apparatus from New England to California
representing equipment from over 30 manufacturers. Fireground action photos of
over 90 multiple alarm fires from 30 Massachusetts cities and towns and from
Providence, New York, Chicago, Las Vegas and Los Angeles from 1972 to 1990.
APPARATUS AND FIRES ACROSS AMERICA, BY PETER ALOISI
255 Full Color Photographs, 136 pages featuring 79 former FDNY Apparatus now in
service in 16 states from Maine to Indiana. Also included East Coast Crowns,
Sacramento's Fire Birds, Rescues, Command Posts, Haz-Mats, Aircraft Crash
Apparatus, Apparatus Wrecks, and Firehouses across America. See 60 Multiple
Alarm Fires in Massachusetts and 6 other states from 1990-1994.
All Books $14.95 each. Price includes Postage and Handling in U.S.
Chariot Publishing Co. Inc. 210 Broadway, Suite 206, Lynnfield, MA 01940
(781) 581-7541 or email:
Chariot210@aol.com. (04/20/04)
NEW BOOKS on the Great Baltimore Fire of 1904: “Fire Department
Operations: A Technical Report - the Great Baltimore Fire, February 7, 1904”, by
Gary E. Frederick. A technical publication on the operations of the Baltimore
Fire Department during the Great Baltimore Fire of February 7-8, 1904. Includes
sections on fire department personnel by company, department casualties, alarms
during Fire, Board of Fire Commissioners, Operations, and Mutual Aid fire
departments. Spiral bound; 135 pp. Available now. Price: $7.95
“No Reason to Burn! The Story of the Great Baltimore Fire” by George R. Welden.
This year commemorates the Great Baltimore Fire of February 7-8, 1904. Written
from the viewpoint of a firefighter, this publication takes the reader through
all phases of the Fire, from early discovery to the Baltimore Jubilee of 1906 to
celebrate the rebuilding of Baltimore. Paper cover, c.100 pages. 80+ black and
white photographs, many never before published. Available May 1, 2004. Price:
$14.95
Sales Tax: 5% for Maryland Residents. Shipping: $4 (1-2 books), $5 (3-5
books).
Order form available on Museum's website at:
www.firemuseummd.org or send check or
money order to: Melissa Heaver, Fire Museum of Maryland, 1301 York Road,
Lutherville, MD 21093.
NEW BOOK – “Fairfax County, Virginia – 80 Years of Fire
Apparatus History 1923-2003”, by Pete West and Mike Sanders. A fire apparatus
pictorial history book of Virginia’s largest fire department. Covering apparatus
from the early 1920’s through today, this book is loaded with photographs of
engines, ladder trucks, rescue squads, ambulances, and support vehicles. Book
will be ready in January of 2004.
Price is $35 plus $3 shipping (Total $38). Send check or money order to: Pete
West, PO Box 186, Philomont, Virginia, 20131. (10/23/03)
The Gateway Fire Historical Society of Metro St. Louis still has available 2003 Summer Convention souvenir medallions. They display a high quality image stamped into a heavy metal alloy blank. They measure 3 1/2" high. If you failed to pick one up at the event or did not attend, this is your chance to pick up a collectible from that memorable event. Submit $13.00 which includes postage to: Jim Braun, Treasurer, GFHS, 9532 Sophine Lane, St. Louis, MO 63123. (08/21/03)
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FOR SALE: The Gateway Fire Historical Society (Metro St. Louis Chapter of SPAAMFAA), host of the Summer 2003 National Convention and Muster, is selling 2003 convention shirts at this time. This beautiful 50/50 blend shirt was designed using an original poster from the 1940's, promoting the St. Louis Fire Department's Rodeo. Convention participants who prepay for shirts will receive a similar design printed on ash to commemorate the event. Price is $19.00 including shipping. Orders may be submitted to: GFHS Convention, Mike Stemmler, 29 Ridgemoor Drive, Clayton, MO 63105. (02/26/03)
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INFORMATION: In the course of my search for parts and services in the restoration of my 1948 White/Vanpelt, I have learned a lot about White Trucks and have located good resources for parts and services. I am willing to share this information with others in need. Contact: Josh Gatkin at (925) 449-4076 or email: JGatkin@1pfire.org. (02/26/03)
FIRE APPARATUS TRANSPORT. Retired firefighter plus lowboy tractor trailer equals savings for you. Running or not, winch service available. Ground level loading. Size, weight & mileage based flat rate. Service to all 48 States. Call or email for quote. Brian Sullivan, Middletown, CT. Phone: 860-518-4851 or email: sullivanheavyequip@yahoo.com. (contact info updated 03/16/03)
Need a past issue of Enjine-Enjine?? SPAAMFAA has a number of back issues available in case you missed one. Not all issues are available but you can contact Rick Canfield, 159 Cemetery Hill, Shoreham, VT 05770-9999, ph: 802-897-8591, to check availability or to place an order.
FOR SALE: Peter Pirsch Fire Apparatus Photo Archive--It's here!! The book that many of you have been waiting for is finally available. Written by SPAAMFAA member Roger Bjorge and local Kenosha historian Ron Doerring, the book contains 128pp and approx. the same number of photographs, many of them factory photos of custom and commercial units. It is one of the latest printed by Iconografix of Hudson, WI. The cost is only $31.95 which also includes $3.00 shipping and handling. Only checks and money orders are accepted. The book is available from: Roger Bjorge, 404 Cherokee Ct., DeForest, WI 53532. You may order online at bjorgers@aol.com and post subject: "Pirsch Book Request" Phone number is 608-846-5368. (12/07/02)
FOR SALE: Navy and Marine Corps Fire Apparatus: 1836 - 2000 Photo Gallery, written by SPAAMFAA member Bill Killen, is an outstanding pictorial history of Navy and Marine Corps fire apparatus. This book contains more than 400 black and white photographs of hand drawn, horse drawn, early motorized and modern era fire apparatus from Navy and Marine installations around the world. Published by Iconografix of Hudson, WI. SPAAMFAA members can get a signed copy direct from the author for $24.95 (US) including shipping. Send check or money order to Bill Killen, 526 Whitetail Road, Church Hill, TN 37642
FOR SALE: Now available for the first time, the Ward laFrance Fire Truck photo archive book published by Iconografix. Written by SPAAMFAA member John J. Burzichelli and co-edited by SPAAMFAA member and former Ward laFrance President Richard Gergel, this 126 page soft-bound book is a must for any fire truck enthusiast. Visit the official Ward laFrance web site for details. www.wardlafrance.com
FOR SALE: TASC Fire Apparatus 1946-1985 Photo Archive Book. Authored by SPAAMFAA member Scott Mattson and published by Iconografix. This book is illustrated with pre-delivery photos as well as the images of some of the finest apparatus photographers in the hobby. Autographed copies are available from me, the author, at the price of $30 each which includes shipping. Contact: Scott Mattson, 611-A Acacia Avenue, Point Pleasant, NJ 08742 or email: rsm57wlf@aol.com.
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