One big measure of a new book once it arrives here is how much of what’s between the covers is actually new. We’re therefore pretty excited about Crown Coach Corporation, Louk Markham’s 128-page look at the dearly departed Los Angeles firm best known for its fire trucks. There’s a great deal more to the story, […]

We found members of the fire department in Billings, Montana, engaged in a fascinating project that they’re documenting through a photo page on Facebook. International Association of Fire Fighters Local 521 is restoring this nicely complete 1949 Seagrave canopy-cab pumper, a great-looking fire truck if there ever was one. Seagrave first introduced the all-steel open […]

We’ve seen these sorts of hook-and-ladder conversions – meant primarily to ferry kids around amusement parks in the 1950s and 1960s – on Crosleys before, but this is the first one we’ve seen based on a Metro. The seller of this 1960 Metropolitan hasn’t yet included a description of it, but from the photos, we […]