![]() Museum Senior Curator and Restoration Manager Tom Czekanski, who is leading the restoration effort, said the LaFrance was the most common fire truck used on the Home Front during the war and was intended to put out structural fires. The flathead V-8 was one of the first V-8 engines produced for the mass market, and is still popular today for use in hot rods. The Truck’s engine is a Ford flathead V-8, specifically a 239-cubic-inch displacement engine. Owen purchased the Truck from Dallas-Selfville Volunteer Fire Department in Trafford, Alabama, in 1985. This is a general-purpose model built for the US Army that could have been used at an airfield, a military post, or a defense plant. The fire truck, donated to the Museum in April 2009 by Steve Owen of Pell City, Alabama, will be restored as an Army fire engine and repainted wartime green. ![]()
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