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Donald F. Wood & Wayne Sorensen
Softcover
334 pages
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Big City Fire Trucks: 1951-1996 (Volume 2)
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Sound the alarm because America’s fire fighting machines are coming through! Volume II of Big City Fire Trucks presents hundreds of trucks and their specialized equipment in 500 original black and white and full-color photos. Identifying captions include year of manufacture, chassis make, commercial outfitter, and accessories for easy identification of these firefighting pioneers.
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| Weight | 0.850 kg |
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| Dimensions | 27.8 × 21.7 × 1.80 cm |
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