![]() ![]() ![]() Some time after delivery, it was modified with a post-mounted red flashing light and a rear-access ladder on the water tank. No photos were supplied of this truck as it was originally built for the Navy, although Bill has found some from the years it served Port Townsend. But this truck was supplied before those restrictions, so it has chrome lights, siren, and other trim, and the instrument panel is stainless steel rather than painted like on later deliveries. The truck has always been red, specified as “official fire department red, with fine coach colors.” Fire apparatus built during WWII was generally devoid of chrome and other bright trim, due to wartime restrictions of strategic metals. The present owner added the small seat on top for carrying kids. The pump controls and the suction hoses are on the right side of older American LaFrance pumpers, the opposite of modern rigs. ![]() Right side US Navy markings are imaginary, since no photos exist of the original paint job. ![]()
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