{"id":1486,"date":"2016-11-23T06:50:42","date_gmt":"2016-11-23T11:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/?p=1486"},"modified":"2016-11-23T21:24:27","modified_gmt":"2016-11-24T02:24:27","slug":"vintage-photo-of-cleveland-community-engine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/vintage-photo-of-cleveland-community-engine\/","title":{"rendered":"Vintage Photo of Cleveland Community Engine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This was recently posted to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/61776127093\/\">SPAAMFAA group on Facebook<\/a>, 1956 (?) Chevrolet 6400 home-built pumper that served the Cleveland Community Fire Department in Rowan County, from 1975 to 1980. Dave Schlosser provided and\/or took the picture. Bruce Anderson in the group notes the truck&#8217;s fascinating history, which we&#8217;ve bullet-ized here:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Originally served Colmar, PA.<\/li>\n<li>Body originally 1939 Chevrolet, which they added a small school bus body bought in 1942 from a local junkyard.<\/li>\n<li>Members built the fire truck body as a composite of angle iron, wood, and fiberboard.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Installed 300 GPM Hale pump, with Chrysler six-cylinder, flat-head, industrial engine, and had pump &#8216;n&#8217; roll capabilities.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Sold 1951 to truck dealer, who re-sold to Towamenc, PA.<\/li>\n<li>New chassis 1956.<\/li>\n<li>Sold 1974 to Cleveland Community, NC.<\/li>\n<li>Sold 1980 to private owner in Kulpsville, PA.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Talk about a history! Look for more vintage North Carolina rigs on the group, by searching for &#8220;NC&#8221; or &#8220;Carolina.&#8221; Click to enlarge:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016-11-23-ccfd.jpg\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1488\" src=\"http:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016-11-23-ccfda.jpg\" alt=\"2016-11-23-ccfda\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016-11-23-ccfda.jpg 600w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016-11-23-ccfda-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>Courtesy Dave Schlosser<\/p>\n<div data-animation=\"no-animation\" data-icons-animation=\"no-animation\" data-overlay=\"on\" data-change-size=\"\" data-button-size=\"0.7\" style=\"font-size:0.7em!important;display:none;\" class=\"supsystic-social-sharing supsystic-social-sharing-package-flat supsystic-social-sharing-content supsystic-social-sharing-content-align-left\" data-text=\"\"><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-8 counter-standard without-counter facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Flegeros.com%2Fblog%2Fvintage-photo-of-cleveland-community-engine%2F\" data-main-href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u={url}\" data-nid=\"1\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"1486\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Vintage Photo of Cleveland Community Engine\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-facebook\"><span>Share<\/span><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap standard\"><span class=\"counter\">0<\/span><\/div><\/a><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-8 counter-standard without-counter twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Flegeros.com%2Fblog%2Fvintage-photo-of-cleveland-community-engine%2F&text=Vintage+Photo+of+Cleveland+Community+Engine\" data-main-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url={url}&text={title}\" data-nid=\"2\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"1486\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Vintage Photo of Cleveland Community Engine\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-twitter\"><span>Share<\/span><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap standard\"><span class=\"counter\">0<\/span><\/div><\/a><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-8 counter-standard without-counter pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Pinterest\" href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/link\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flegeros.com%2Fblog%2Fvintage-photo-of-cleveland-community-engine%2F&description=Vintage+Photo+of+Cleveland+Community+Engine\" data-main-href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/link\/?url={url}&description={title}\" data-nid=\"7\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"1486\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Vintage Photo of Cleveland Community Engine\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-pinterest\"><span>Share<\/span><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap standard\"><span class=\"counter\">0<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This was recently posted to the SPAAMFAA group on Facebook, 1956 (?) 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