America's Fire Engine
As World War II drew to a close, America''s premier fire apparatus builder--the American-LaFrance Foamite Corp. of Elmira, N.Y.--bet the company''s future on its radical new cab-ahead-of-engine 700 Series fire engines. In a spectacular gamble to capture the superheated postwar market, all of the company''s existing products were discontinued and its customers were essentially told to "take it o...
As World War II drew to a close, America''s premier fire apparatus builder--the American-LaFrance Foamite Corp. of Elmira, N.Y.--bet the company''s future on its radical new cab-ahead-of-engine 700 Series fire engines. In a spectacular gamble to capture the superheated postwar market, all of the company''s existing products were discontinued and its customers were essentially told to "take it o...
