FDNY Retro Look?? yay or nay

[Capttomo]

With more and more departments around the country going to solid red cabs ( no white or black or grey over red). I wondered what new FDNY rigs would look like with the total red color and current striping scheme. Kind of a retro look back to the 70's and early 80's. What do you think ?

 

[TRAC@1854]

What they could do id bring back the lime green engines. East Harlem had one for Engine 58.I loved them

 

[RES551CUE]

What they could do id bring back the lime green engines. East Harlem had one for Engine 58.I loved them

Yeah, why isn't lime green a choice?

 

[Capttomo]

Yeah, why isn't lime green a choice?

 

[-Fdnyrigs]

ill get back to you with a proper photoshopped original scheme

 

[RES551CUE]

 

[3511]

How about rainbow?

 

[RCL]

Yeah, why isn't lime green a choice?

They could do fluorescent orange and white like a dept here in FL did.

 

[Capttomo]

They could do fluorescent orange and white like a dept here in FL did.

Clearwater Florida had Fluorescent Orange rigs. The paint on the Rigs faded so rapidly that they were repainting them every 5 years, $$$$$. I believe they have since gone back to traditional red

 

[RCL]

Clearwater Florida had Fluorescent Orange rigs. The paint on the Rigs faded so rapidly that they were repainting them every 5 years, $$$$$. I believe they have since gone back to traditional red

That's who I was thinking of. My dept bought one of their heavys as our first heavy rescue. I actually heard a funny story about a certain FDNY member who taught a class there when the rigs were orange.

 

[RES551CUE]

Drove this brand new in 2000 when it went into service as Wyoming Hose Company#1 E-141. "It ain't easy being green."

 

[Capttomo]

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Drove this brand new in 2000 when it went into service as Wyoming Hose Company#1 E-141. "It ain't easy being green."

Leave it out in the Sun long enough and it will ripen into a shiny red rig LOL

 

[RES551CUE]

Leave it out in the Sun long enough and it will ripen into a shiny red rig LOL

 

[Bulldog]

Yeah, why isn't lime green a choice?

Probably because it's ugly!

 

[stretch]

Clearwater Florida had Fluorescent Orange rigs. The paint on the Rigs faded so rapidly that they were repainting them every 5 years, $$$$$. I believe they have since gone back to traditional red

The color is called German Red

 

[-Fdnyrigs]

Just had sometime past few minutes, quickly did this not complete but a representation from a original photo I took of 33's new rig of how the old 1988 CF - 33 would look on the new one.

 

[Darrell]

The all red colors are better on the old apparatus, but all red on the modern apparatus looks ugly to me. Also the old lights on the apparatus from the late 80's to the early 2000's need to make a comeback and just not on the spares.

 

[columbusfire]

I think that the company logos/patches stand out better on the white cabs. Best looking rigs around in my opinion. I did like the block style gold numbers on the ladder boards better than the white.

 

[-Fdnyrigs]

Note* For the correct era from the 80s into 91/92 - At that period in time the Department did not add companies patches to the rigs , for ladders no ladderboard until 1993. If you saw them on the rig, it was most likely done in house. 33’s rig one if not the only truck to have the white company numbers in contrast to the older font numbers that are also found as magnets to put on spares.

 

[-Fdnyrigs]

ill give a shot at the lime green when I get a chance to