Open Cabs

[raybrag]

OK, G-man . . . I guess I shudda copyrighted my comment last January.  See the 7th post at this link:

http://nycfire.org/forums/index.php/topic,5425.0.html



8) ;D :

At least we agree . . . . . . . . they were  REALLY fugly

 

[69 METS]

69METS in regard to your reply #8 above.......you are right i completely failed to acknowledge any Tower Ladder Rigs....they were  not left out by design i just was not thinking about them....Thanks for adding them.....but then again since you know me .....you know my true feelings about them 

I think I do boss ...

 

[69 METS]

I was riding with E 248 when we had to give up our Mack to E 244 and we got their WLF.  Several years later, after Coney Island had burned down and E 244 was disbanded, our Captain worked long and hard to get our Mack back.  He was successful and we had the Mack until it was replaced by (I believe) a 1970 Mack.

If my memory serves me correctly, the Capt. of 244 at that time eventually became the Capt. of 248 ...

 

[guitarman314]

OK, G-man . . . I guess I shudda copyrighted my comment last January.  See the 7th post at this link:

http://nycfire.org/forums/index.php/topic,5425.0.html



8) ;D :

At least we agree . . . . . . . . they were  REALLY fugly

DEJAVU ALL OVER AGAIN ;D ;D I stole that from Yogi  ;D

 

[fdce54]

Just a question that maybe the Chief or Gman can answer. The photos of E231 and E232's Mack C pumpers shows the exhaust on the right side of the rig on the cab going up the side and dumping at the top of the cab with a shield around it. Was that how they were delivered from Mack or a shops retrofit?

 

[guitarman314]

Yes, I remember when those 1965 diesel powered Macks were delivered to my home 1st due company, E60 and nearby E41. When E232 was organized in 1966, they got E65's less than 1-year old rig. E65 wound up with a 1954 open cab Mack, reg. #1099 that had previously served as E10 then E83's wagon. In 1968 I worked at United Camera Exchange which was next door to E65's firehouse so I got to see E65's '54 Mack and Rescue 1's Mack turning out while at work.

 

[tbendick]

guitarman314 any photos from back then.  You can still find pots and pans in 65's quaters that are marked "E65 R1" on them.
Just goes to show you they don't make them like the old days.

 

[guitarman314]

Sorry, I never took one photo even though I had the best cameras and photo equipment of that time all around me, go figure? :-[

 

[lucky]

The '65 Mack pumpers arrived with that type of exhaust. They also had a distinctive whistling noise from the motor during acceleration.

 

[fdce54]

Thanks Lucky.

 

[raybrag]

For all you young guys . . . here's what a REAL open cab foo fighter looks like:

What else can I say but NOTARY SOJAC


Who else remembers??

 

[johnd248]

Of course I do, and Willy D ought to, but his memory is failing.

 

[guitarman314]

Damn, I must be old too 'cause I remember Notary Sojac ;D ;D ;D ;D

 

[L 147]

103-2's 1956 ALF 85'  with the plywood  roof
156 1953 ALF 85' with plywood roof
174 1955 FWD  with plywood roof
http://img861.imageshack.us/i/hl10321956alf.jpg/

http://img220.imageshack.us/i/hl1561953alf.jpg/

http://img163.imageshack.us/i/hl1741955fwd.jpg/


http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/815/hl1741968alf.jpg/

 

[68jk09]

147...Excellent once again ......where do you find these ?......the '53 & '56 ALFs were 3 speed stick w/an 85 Ft. Aerial....i liked to drive them when we got one as a spare but did not like missing the extra 15 Ft. of the Ladder. 

 

[nfd2004]

I agree. "H & L 147", They sure are some Great Pictures.

  And Johnny D is right. I don't remember Notary Sojac. Must have been before my time.

 

[L 147]

153's 1955 FWD with plywood roof. The rig looks real good must have been around annual inspection.
153's  I think 1927 Seagrave



http://img827.imageshack.us/i/hl1531955fwd.jpg/


http://img855.imageshack.us/i/hl1531927seagrave.jpg/

 

[L 147]

Chief here is one you might have seen already from Bill Noonan's collection.
108's 1949 International tractor with a 1933 or 1934 Walter's tiller


http://img148.imageshack.us/i/hl1081949internationalw.jpg/

 

[811]

Smokey's' Chief was named Cash U. Nutt, he had a brother named Sol T. Nutt.

In some panels their car was numbered 6 7/8.

FOO

 

[memory master]

153's FWD really looks good in that picture. The chauffeur, Officer and tillerman have some protection from the misguided cretins of the day but the poor guys hanging on the side are wide open.