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1954 GMC Panel Van

History: R3, R1

Courtesy Raleigh News & Observer
Model Year 1954
Make/Model GMC
Serial number:  
VIN number: P-38206
License plate: P-23364 (correct?)
Shop number: n/a
Purchase price:  
Delivery date:  

First unit of two-piece Raleigh Emergency Rescue Squad. Purchased with $2,500 appropriation from Wake County. Equipment included two boats and two boat motors purchased by city and carried on trailer designed and built by rescue squad members.

History:

  • Placed in service as Rescue 1 by July 16, 1954.
  • Donated to Zebulon Rescue Squad in December 1974. Mileage when removed from service: 4667.
  • Donated to Hopkins Fire Department circa 1977.
  • Sold as a fire department fundraiser in the 1990s.
  • Presently privately owned.

Courtesy Raleigh News & Observer

Courtesy Raleigh News & Observer
Courtesy North Carolina State Archives

Lee Wilson photo

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