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It isn't easy, it isn't cheap and it takes a lot of determination, dedication and attention to detail. I salute you on taking on the task of restoring an antique fire engine. Save your time and try the three places that I mentioned, and it will give you a good start. I'm not saying they won't help you, but I got nowhere or nothing from either of those two places. The same can be said about Ken Soderback. I have been trying to get information from the American LaFrance Factory and museum for the last 7 years and those guys STILL won't give me the time of day. If Mahlon doesn't have the parts, he'll be able to direct you to who can. Mahlon Irish - Mahlon maintains a website under the name of " Homeville Antique Fire Department" he has a ton of parts and his collection is well over 10 trucks. SPAAMFAA- They also have a website that has a forum where parts can be bought, sold and traded.ģ. American LaFrance owners network - They have a forum just like AACA that is dedicated specifically to American LaFrance.Ģ. I can't help you, but I have three places where you can find help:ġ.
The truck is undergoing a frame up resto, and I have been working at this total engine rebuild for approximately a year now.We have two American LaFrance trucks, but nothing that is as old as yours. Our department bought the last set of copper head gaskets that ALF had in stock, for our engine, and the next to last con rod bearing set. I know that there are quite a few of the V-12s out there, but parts are extremely hard to locate.
Newark also has an ALF Caison truck - used for funerals. Most, if not all of Newark's 700s are gone, but I do know of a tiller steer with the V-12, that is in the throes of restoration.
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Although the NY parts reserve was largely scrapped years ago, a few of the 700 series trucks still exist there. Chassis were fleet trucks, sold to large cities - NY, NY, and Newark, NJ had hundreds of them, for example. They were used across almost all of the ALF line, many being used in the 'Cities Service' chassis. The basic engine was built from the mid 1920s until the early 1960s, when diesels replaced them.
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The ALF V-12 was their license built version of the Auburn auto engine. The 'only 4 built' refers to the quad 4 type of that year (1948), Sorry for the confusion. I've never run across anyone who rebuilt dist caps, but it might be worth checking with some dist rebuilders to see what they do for orphan parts they can't find ģ: possibly modifying/cobbling together other 12-outlet dist's or caps? Some (if not most) of the Hall-Scotts used in fire trucks had dual ign on their 6's, both Delco and AL don't know if H-S made a V12 or not, but various others have.
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SO:ġ: cast your net wide: post to every old truck site you can find, every fire/fireman/fire truck site and the farm /tractor sites too (old iron collectors often have wide interests) Ģ: salvage yours? Unless the bakelite is cracked or the contacts worn beyond use, carefully cleaning the contacting surfaces might work. I'm not familiar with these, but if I understand your post only four of those engines built, or only four with your specific dist's? Even assuming the engine continued in production with your dist's, it's probably a low total prod engine, which makes finding parts mostly praying for miracles.