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were there any other alf towers or rearmonts purchased besides L14's truck?
londonfireguy said:Wasnt TL 14 the first Tower unit in the FDNY in the 70's, i believe there is a book written by a firefighter, about his time at TL14 in the war years
JT
mercurygrandmarquis1 said:were there any other alf towers or rearmonts purchased besides L14's truck?
nfd2004 said:And yes "69mets", I seem to remember a ALF Rearmount that FDNY had. Only one right ?
69 METS said:I don't know for sure if there was only one, but it's the only one that I can recall seeing. Unfortunately, some of the stuff from the late 60's and early 70's is starting to get a little blurry in my mind (probably due to too many 10-26's ... LOL).nfd2004 said:And yes "69mets", I seem to remember a ALF Rearmount that FDNY had. Only one right ?
nfd2004 said:69 METS said:I don't know for sure if there was only one, but it's the only one that I can recall seeing. Unfortunately, some of the stuff from the late 60's and early 70's is starting to get a little blurry in my mind (probably due to too many 10-26's ... LOL).nfd2004 said:And yes "69mets", I seem to remember a ALF Rearmount that FDNY had. Only one right ?
I get a little "Blurry" there myself "69mets". I don't know if its drinking too much "Kool Aid" or if it's too many 10-26s. So lets just forget it, and throw that question out. I think that's the best thing to do. Those "Golden Years" just aren't as shiney as they used to be.
Good thing we got young guys like "r1smokeater" to help us out. He's a good guy and hasn't reached his Golden Years yet. Thanks Jamie.
Here is a shot of it on eBay after it went to LAD*166 after they got rid of their '74 Seagrave Tiller ...... https://www.ebay.com/itm/New-York-City-Ladder-166-1969-American-La-France-100-RM-Fire-Apparatus-Slide/373009017334?_trkparms=aid%3D1110001%26algo%3DSPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D225074%26meid%3Dde0f7e1ccdad417bba28194722da2eb4%26pid%3D100010%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D12%26sd%3D353032320958%26itm%3D373009017334%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2047675&_trksid=p2047675.c100010.m2109R1SmokeEater said:It's in the FAJ book "American LaFrance Apparatus" as a 1969 rearmount #AP-6904, was a "maroon" demo taken by FDNY assigned as TCU-732, repainted the regular red reassigned to L-176, 52, 166 and spare.......