Ford N-Series

[Quickfarms]

Now 30 years younger with all the skills and resources I have now would be the ticket

[Hayseed]

1 hour ago, Quickfarms said:

Now 30 years younger with all the skills and resources I have now would be the ticket

You & Me Both..

[doubleclutchinweasel]

23 hours ago, Red Horse said:

Same note-  my wife said.."I wish I was 30 years younger".  I said...."No- you wish it was 30 years ago"

There's a lot of wisdom there.  I would not want to be 30 years younger NOW...but I do wish it was 30 years ago!  Or 40!  LOL!

[GA_Dave]

Engine 1, Reynolds, NC

1970 Ford N-750/American LaFrance

1000/750

[General Ike]

Cashtown PA Engine 4-1

1963 Ford N???  500gpm 1000gal tank.  Retro Fitted by Lady & Taylor with a dump valve in the '80's.

Retired in 2001.  This rig ran 2nd due into Gettysburg for calls on the western side of town.  Saw it at many a job.

[GA_Dave]

2 hours ago, General Ike said:

Cashtown PA Engine 4-1

1963 Ford N???  500gpm 1000gal tank.  Retro Fitted by Lady & Taylor with a dump valve in the '80's.

Retired in 2001.  This rig ran 2nd due into Gettysburg for calls on the western side of town.  Saw it at many a job.

Built by American Fire Apparatus.  The flying eagle emblem at the bottom of the pump panel was their logo.

[Red Horse]

8 hours ago, General Ike said:

Cashtown PA Engine 4-1

1963 Ford N???  500gpm 1000gal tank.  Retro Fitted by Lady & Taylor with a dump valve in the '80's.

Retired in 2001.  This rig ran 2nd due into Gettysburg for calls on the western side of town.  Saw it at many a job.

Its a Super Duty so its an N-850 or 950-and in 63 the big SD V-8's had not be ruined by emissions yet.

[General Ike]

You are correct... For years, American built out all their apparatus.  They were big fans of Fords.  They ran a C Model cab forward 1984 pumper, a 1968 F750 pumper, and a 1946 model 698T (I think) pumper.  All built by American Fire Apparatus.

[GA_Dave]

Powder Unit, Center Point, AL

1966 Ford N-500/Ansul

0/0/2000DC

[Red Horse]

10 hours ago, GA_Dave said:

Powder Unit, Center Point, AL

1966 Ford N-500/Ansul

0/0/2000DC

Now that is one big Ansul extinguisher!😎  Must have been a lot of flammables going through that town.

[mowerman]

On 9/17/2020 at 11:13 AM, GA_Dave said:

Engine 1, Reynolds, NC

1970 Ford N-750/American LaFrance

1000/750

hey dave,,,i was just wondering if that was a recent photo?????????? looks like it,,,truck is gorgeous...bob

[GA_Dave]

7 hours ago, mowerman said:

hey dave,,,i was just wondering if that was a recent photo?????????? looks like it,,,truck is gorgeous...bob

That pic is at least 20 years old, but it is still in service at Reynolds as their parade rig.  I would say that it still looks just as good.

[mowerman]

Excellent that sure is a good looking SOB my favorite one and this post thanks for the info..... bob

[bulldogboy]

Hollis, NH Fire Department's former Engine 363, a 1968 Ford "N-950"/Moody. It was later rebuilt into a tanker by 

Valley Fire Equipment Company.

  

[other dog]

On 9/2/2020 at 10:53 AM, doubleclutchinweasel said:

Here's a picture off the internet that someone posted of an old Ford N-Series.

Anybody remember driving one of these?  I never drove one, but I used to see a lot of them around home, back when the world was young and so was I...

I never could figure out if they were a thing of beauty, or if they were...uhhh..."aesthetically challenged".  But they sure had a tough look to them.

 

I never drove one, but I always liked the looks of them, and the similar looking 7000 GMC.