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Ahrens-Fox has long held great respect amongst firefighting apparatus manufacturers and have long been considered the Rolls-Royce of Fire Trucks. They fall into the enviable position of rolling works of art and remarkably capable. This was the best equipment to have for the firehouse and as such, the Ahrens-Fox brand has become the envy of collectors worldwide.
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The Ahrens-Fox Fire Engine Company was an Ohio based fire truck manufacturer. The company was founded in 1910 by John P. Ahrens and Charles H. Fox and continued the steam fire engine business built by John Ahrens since 1868. The first motorized fire engine build by the new company was presented in 1911. By the end of the following year, production of horse-drawn fire apparatus ceased completely. Since then, over 1500 pieces of fire apparatus were built until 1977.
Although usually ranked third in sales volume, Ahrens-Fox was generally first in innovation and performance. Ahrens-Fox has long held great respect amongst firefighting apparatus manufacturers and have long been considered the Rolls-Royce of Fire Trucks. They fall into the enviable position of rolling works of art and remarkably capable. This was the best equipment to have for the firehouse and as such, the Ahrens-Fox brand has become the envy of collectors worldwide.
Following a period of financial pressure, the very last fire engine built by Ahrens-Fox personnel in Ahrens-Fox's own factory was delivered on Christmas Eve, 1953, to Volunteer Fire Company #1 of New Milford, NJ. Curt Nepper, Ahrens-Fox's Chief Engineer, bought what was left of the company in 1953, including the Ahrens-Fox Company name, and he continued to supply Ahrens-Fox parts and service to fire departments around the world for another 37 years. He even built two more Ahrens-Fox fire engines: one on International Harvester chassis in 1956 for Miami Township, Ohio, and one on Ford C tilt-cab chassis in 1977 for Southern Campbell Volunteer Fire Department of Alexandria, KY.
The legendary Ahrens-Fox name was resurrected in 2002, when this historic nameplate was leased to HME Fire Apparatus, for exclusive use on the company's premium custom fire apparatus chassis. The company is now named HME Ahrens-Fox.
This Model N runs with a large displacement inline six-cylinder engine, also the N designation equates to the fire truck having a 1,000 gallon per minute (gpm) pumper. It is reported this truck has received a total frame-off restoration in 2006 by Delong Fire Equipment in Medina, Ohio. It is stated that all systems have been gone through, including the rebuilding of the engine, transmission and rear end.
This car has covered 250 miles.
