Take an exciting look at one of the most distinctive fire engines in American fire apparatus history. High-quality builders photographs reveal the 19-year production life of the Seagrave 70th Anniversary Series. Photographs range from stock-model pumpers and ladder trucks to custom-built one-off specials such as a huge rescue truck, a foam truck for the protection of oil refineries, and some of the 70th Anniversary models built by Seagraves Canadian subsidiary. Photos of factory-fresh rigs are complemented by shots of models in production and in action at major fire locations.

Seagrave 70th Anniversary Series Photo Archive

Engineering & Transportation

McCall, Walt

Automotive

Ertel Publishing, Inc.

Large photographs and detailed captions take readers through the development of motorized hearses, flower cars, and funeral service cars from the turn of the century to today. The emphasis is on 1950 to 1975 funeral vehicles built on U.S. luxury car chassis from Cadillac, Packard, Buick, and LaSalle. This book is sure to appeal to classic car lovers, and is a welcome companion to Classic American Ambulances Photo Archive by the same authors.

Classic American Funeral Vehicles: 1900 Through 1980 Photo Archive

McPherson, Tom

Iconografix

Fire apparatus aficionados Walt McCall and Matt Lee, have assembled these beautiful photographs to illustrate the wide range of body designs used on the classic Seagrave chassis. See all kinds of Classic Seagraves, ranging from wide-open doorless cab models with sporty one-piece fold-down windshields, to radically streamlined completely enclosed Safety Sedan bodies. This design was utilized for virtually every type of fire apparatus - pumping engines, aerial ladder trucks of both the straight frame and articulated tractor trailer type, city service ladder trucks, quadruple and quintuple combinations, and special units like rescue squad trucks and hose trucks. The classic Seagrave is timeless. Its distinctive waterfall grille is widely regarded as a high mark in the 20th Century American fire engine builder's unique art. If you're a fire apparatus enthusiast, you'll want to add this book to your collection.

Classic Seagrave 1935-1951: Photo Archive

Lee, Matt

LEE, MATTHEW

Two books for the price of one! Covering the early and classic time period of ambulances and funeral vehicles, two out-of-print yet in demand Iconografix books have now been combined into one book and restored for your enjoyment. Classic American Ambulances 1900-1979 Photo Archive is a photographic history of the evolution and sudden demise of the passenger car-based emergency ambulance while Classic American Funeral Vehicles 1900-1980 Photo Archive shows hearses, flower cars and funeral service cars. Anyone involved in the funeral or ambulance industry will enjoy seeing these classic luxury cars, as will any car enthusiast, restorer, modeler, and historian.

Classic American Ambulances & Funeral Vehicles: 1900-1980 Photo Archives

An Extinct American Genre - Here is a vivid photographic history of the evolution and sudden demise of the passenger car-based emergency ambulance. See the development of the motor ambulance from its infancy through the real glory years - the fabulous 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, when raised roofs, two-tone paint jobs, big chromed sirens, and myriad flashing lights were the norm. This is the ONLY book on this largely unresearched area of automotive history to feature large, clear factory photographs of ambulances built by all of the industry's major players. These include interior views showing typical equipment, ambulances in action at accident scenes, and fleet deliveries. Emphasized are ambulances built on U.S. luxury car chassis - the classic Cadillacs, Packards, Buicks and LaSalles - which were once the pride of the American professional car industry, with custom coachwork by such well-known names as Superior, Miller-Meteor, S&S, Henney and Flxible.

Classic American Ambulances 1900 Through 1979: Photo Archive