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boardmansteve

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American Snorkels
« on: September 29, 2007, 03:56:34 PM »
Pawhuska, OK
1962 Ford/American #MC281462
Gas/manual
750/300/65'
Unit 505
(ex-Abilene, KS)

A delivery (I assume) photo of this girl can be seen on Page 312 of Walt McCall's AMERICAN FIRE ENGINES SINCE 1900.

(Steve Loftin photo)

* Pawhuska Snorkel_001 (Medium).jpg (80.32 kB, 800x524 - viewed 1206 times.)
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Re: American Snorkels
« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2007, 04:25:35 PM »
What a doll!

Independence, KS
1963 Ford/American #MC-342963
Gas/manual
750/0/65'
Snorkel 1

(Steve Loftin photo)

* Independence Snorkel_001 (Medium).jpg (82.43 kB, 800x514 - viewed 1157 times.)
« Last Edit: April 21, 2009, 06:03:52 PM by boardmansteve »
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Re: American Snorkels
« Reply #2 on: December 30, 2007, 04:22:43 PM »
Liberal, Kansas
1963 American/Ford 65 foot

* Liberal, Kansas 1963 American-Ford 750p 65 foot.jpg (29.29 kB, 640x355 - viewed 1065 times.)
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Re: American Snorkels
« Reply #3 on: May 03, 2010, 08:56:09 PM »
Quote from: boardmansteve on September 29, 2007, 03:56:34 PM
Pawhuska, OK
1962 Ford/American #MC281462
Gas/manual
750/300/65'
Unit 505
(ex-Abilene, KS)

A delivery (I assume) photo of this girl can be seen on Page 312 of Walt McCall's AMERICAN FIRE ENGINES SINCE 1900.

(Steve Loftin photo)

Here's that photo:

(Snorkel postcard, SL collection)

* Abilene KS Snorkel_002.jpg (192.44 kB, 854x562 - viewed 523 times.)

* Abilene KS Snorkel_006.jpg (140.79 kB, 1672x1108 - viewed 514 times.)
« Last Edit: May 04, 2010, 02:54:24 PM by boardmansteve »
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Re: American Snorkels
« Reply #4 on: May 04, 2010, 06:30:40 PM »
Quote from: boardmansteve on October 27, 2007, 04:25:35 PM
What a doll!

Independence, KS
1963 Ford/American #MC-342963
Gas/manual
750/0/65'
Snorkel 1

Sadly, she's not such a doll anymore.  In the mid-1990s she was sold to an industrial department in Kansas, which used her for a while and then left her outside.  They recently donated her to the fire department in Nowata, OK; the NFD is not quite sure what they'll do with this once-classy girl:

(SL photo)

* 63 Snorkel_001.jpg (72.75 kB, 879x575 - viewed 492 times.)
« Last Edit: May 04, 2010, 08:46:42 PM by boardmansteve »
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