September 10
From reader Micah Bodford as well as this SPAAMFAA Facebook group posting, here’s the history of the rig, as well as four earlier photos. Click to enlarge:

Credits left to right, top to bottom: Jack Wilson; Maxim Factory Photo / Max M. Smith Collection; Tucker Dempsey; Jack Wilson.

• 1968 Maxim Model 262R, Serial Number 2532.
• Five Points Fire Company, DE, first owner. Delivered September 12, 1966. Sold circa 1976.
• Wilmington Manor, DE, second owner, circa 1976 to 1979. They repainted to yellow and purportedly removed the original body. Photos don’t support the latter claim. Sold in 1979.
• Tenth District, Marbury, MD, third owner. Sold in 1982.
• Northhampton, PA, fourth owner. Rescue 4241.
• Rehabbed by Hamerly in 1990s.
• Sunset Beach, NC, fifth owner.
• Sold to construction company in Brunswick County area at some point.

September 7
From the files of reader/contributor David Raynor, here’s something we don’t see often in the Old North State.

Maxim rescue truck at Sunset Beach Fire Department. Rescue 1180. Photographed 1995. Looks like a 1960s model. Most certainly served elsewhere. Click to enlarge: