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Walter M. P. McCall
Softcover
128 pages
80 colour & 220 B&W photos
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Fire Trucks of the 1950s
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American motor fire apparatus design reached its high-water mark in the 1950s. Every one of the nation’s major fire apparatus manufacturers boasted uniquely individual custom fire truck designs. Unlike the look-alike cookie-cutter shoeboxes of today, back then a fire fighter could instantly identify these makes a block away. From conventional Fords to the custom rigs of fire apparatus manufacturers, all the most popular, unique, and industry-changing designs and innovations are featured in this long-overdue tribute to the fire trucks of the Fabulous Fifties!
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| Weight | 0.5 kg |
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| Dimensions | 27.94 × 21.59 × 0.95 cm |
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