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Homeville ENGINE 3, 1954
Homeville Antique Fire Dept.

ENGINE No. 3

This truck was originally purchased by the Village of Suffern New York Fire Department. It was delivered on December 30, 1954. It is a 700 series Type Spartan 710PJO. The unit has a 1000 gallon per minute American LaFrance two-stage "tripleflow" centrifugal fire pump. The motor is the American LaFrance "J" series 12 cylinder gasoline engine which develops 215 horse power, it is coupled to a Fuller 4 speed manual transmission. The motor is equipped with dual Zenith downdraft carbureators. It has 24 spark plugs, two per cylinder powered by two distributors. This apparatus is equipped with a 200 gallon booster tank.

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