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The Engine 17 Project: May 2013
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The Engine 17 Project. The story of my discovery and acquisition of Tacoma Fire's former Engine 17, one of the eight 1970 American LaFrance Type 900 pumpers once owned by the TFD and revered during my childhood, and its hoped-for road towards restoration. Thursday, May 30, 2013. Living in a Fire Station is apparently of national interest. We had a structure fire near our place recently, and due to extremely good luck and favorable circumstances, we were able to save the house. I am getting Facebook reque...
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The Engine 17 Project: May 2011
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The Engine 17 Project. The story of my discovery and acquisition of Tacoma Fire's former Engine 17, one of the eight 1970 American LaFrance Type 900 pumpers once owned by the TFD and revered during my childhood, and its hoped-for road towards restoration. Tuesday, May 3, 2011. Anyway, this post serves to let you know we're still here. Hoping to get a few things done in the coming weeks and months of good weather. Stay tuned. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). What is this blog all about? 9679; The Beginning.
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The Engine 17 Project: Pickup Day - Part II
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The Engine 17 Project. The story of my discovery and acquisition of Tacoma Fire's former Engine 17, one of the eight 1970 American LaFrance Type 900 pumpers once owned by the TFD and revered during my childhood, and its hoped-for road towards restoration. Sunday, August 2, 2009. Pickup Day - Part II. The brother in law was just heading out the door to pick up the nephew in the north end. Sister parks the Explorer and in a flash she has an evil plan. You have a what? Next stop: Mom's house. Living by ...
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The Engine 17 Project: June 2013
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The Engine 17 Project. The story of my discovery and acquisition of Tacoma Fire's former Engine 17, one of the eight 1970 American LaFrance Type 900 pumpers once owned by the TFD and revered during my childhood, and its hoped-for road towards restoration. Friday, June 14, 2013. We wind up the Q2B to goodness gracious - HQ video. Here ya go. What a lovely, lovely sound! Thursday, June 13, 2013. Well, that was more of a chore than I anticipated. Ran a new 4-gauge wire right from the battery selector switch...
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The Engine 17 Project: August 2010
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The Engine 17 Project. The story of my discovery and acquisition of Tacoma Fire's former Engine 17, one of the eight 1970 American LaFrance Type 900 pumpers once owned by the TFD and revered during my childhood, and its hoped-for road towards restoration. Monday, August 2, 2010. When we left off, I was trying to install the Whelen Commander strobe light and found things not exactly in a plug-and-play configuration. On the day of the Krang, 17 was parked on this side of the building like this, but pulled ...
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The Engine 17 Project: June 2011
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The Engine 17 Project. The story of my discovery and acquisition of Tacoma Fire's former Engine 17, one of the eight 1970 American LaFrance Type 900 pumpers once owned by the TFD and revered during my childhood, and its hoped-for road towards restoration. Friday, June 17, 2011. So, Dad called me out of the blue yesterday. I'm at the fire department's surplus sale, he says, and asks what I might need, and describes some of the stuff lying around. And the prices. Dirt cheap prices! They also have numerous ...
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The Engine 17 Project: June 2012
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The Engine 17 Project. The story of my discovery and acquisition of Tacoma Fire's former Engine 17, one of the eight 1970 American LaFrance Type 900 pumpers once owned by the TFD and revered during my childhood, and its hoped-for road towards restoration. Friday, June 15, 2012. Ending the Hiatus, and a Tale of Fun. Man it has been soooooo long since I posted, I am so sorry. I resolved that I needed to write something and get back in the groove, and then noticed that it is two days short of a year. E17 ar...
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The Engine 17 Project: November 2010
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The Engine 17 Project. The story of my discovery and acquisition of Tacoma Fire's former Engine 17, one of the eight 1970 American LaFrance Type 900 pumpers once owned by the TFD and revered during my childhood, and its hoped-for road towards restoration. Sunday, November 7, 2010. Wearing a Fire Engine Disguise. Well, OK then! So I picked up my kid and several of her friends right at the ticket gate. It made quite a scene, not unlike when I picked my boys up after school one day. Your dad owns a fire tru...
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The Engine 17 Project: September 2010
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The Engine 17 Project. The story of my discovery and acquisition of Tacoma Fire's former Engine 17, one of the eight 1970 American LaFrance Type 900 pumpers once owned by the TFD and revered during my childhood, and its hoped-for road towards restoration. Wednesday, September 29, 2010. Welcome, PNW SPAAMFA members. I got my periodic SPAAMFA PNW newsletter the other day, sat down with the pile of mail to peruse through it. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). What is this blog all about? The 02¢ version is in...
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The Engine 17 Project: July 2010
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The Engine 17 Project. The story of my discovery and acquisition of Tacoma Fire's former Engine 17, one of the eight 1970 American LaFrance Type 900 pumpers once owned by the TFD and revered during my childhood, and its hoped-for road towards restoration. Thursday, July 8, 2010. First Parade Detail Coming Up. Ready or not, the date is coming up fast. OK, no problem. A little sealer, some new holes, we're good. Then I looked at the Whelen base. It has three tabs spot-welded to the inside, about halfwa...
