1940 Ford Regular Fire Truck: Making Itself at Home

摘要

The residents of Big Rock Township, Illinois, bought their first fire truck in spring 1940. They-and their descendants-still have it. Big Rock's new fire engine was a Champion model mounted on a Ford lV2-ton Regular-series chassis. It's now a keepsake owned by the Big Rock Fire Protection District, successor to the volunteer force that first used the truck to serve residents of the small community about 50 miles due west of Chicago.