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1949 General-Pacific

1949 General-Pacific in Adam-12, TV Series, 1968-1975 Ep. 2.22

Class: Trucks, Fire truck — Model origin:

1949 General-Pacific

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night cub ◊ 2012-11-26 05:49
Pokeoddsponge ◊ 2012-11-26 07:50	http://kurtkamm.com/2012/10/page/2/ Says "1949 Pacific General" I believe the correct formatting would be 1949 Pacific General Fire Apparatus body Also, origin = Canada, built in = US since the chassis and cab would have been built by Pacific in Vancouver and the body and final assembly by General Fire Apparatus in Detroit. -- Last edit: 2012-11-26 07:55:47
RRR ◊ 2013-01-20 02:17	Actually this is a General-Pacific. The General Fire Truck Corporation was formed in 1926 in St. Louis MO. A few years later they moved to Detroit. In 1937 they opened a west coast subsidiary in Los Angeles to be called the General-Pacific Corporation. The last fire apparatus came off the line in 1957. There is no coorelation with a Canadian firm. LA County FD purchased several of these in 1949.
mike962 ◊ 2025-05-17 00:29	^ so all this need renaming to General-Pacific origin US the only reference is that pic which is now offline, that's why such rare things should be saved all of them /vehicle_552774-Pacific-Car-and-Foundry-1949.html /vehicle_337736-Pacific-Car-and-Foundry-1949.html /vehicle_596388-Pacific-Car-and-Foundry-1949.html /vehicle_1098376-Pacific-Car-and-Foundry-1941.html /vehicle_1670706.html -- Last edit: 2025-05-17 00:58:28
mike962 ◊ 2025-05-17 00:42	managed to find pics of one, has "General" written at back it matches with RRR explanation https://fire.fandom.com/wiki/General-Pacific_Corporation -- Last edit: 2025-05-17 00:55:04

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