The vehicle on the back in the picture (bottom right corner) is a 1957 GMC Rescue Truck, on a 1 Ton Chassis, with dual rear wheels, formerly owned by the Orange County Fire Dept. First serving Doheny, CA, (Dana Point now) from 1957 to 1972, then to La Palma Fire Station of OCFD 1972 to 1980. In 1980 it was purchased by the La Palma Police Dept. as their very first SWAT Truck, where it remained in various assignments with he LPPD, until it was donated to the California Fire Museum and Safety Learning Center in 2012.
It is completely original, motor has only 17,500 original miles, and all original emergency lighting etc. We recently found another similar vehicle of the 14 owned by OCFD in the 50’s to 70’s, and acquired the original compartmentation and one bench seat in the rear compartment. So this rig now has gone through an $10,000 refurbishment, repainted, and lettered back to original 1957 Fire Dept. look, and CFM-SLC has completely outfitted this Rescue Vehicle with exact period equipment that was carried on this rig while in service. OCFD ran about 14 of these vehicles, and 6 had a small 150 gpm PTO pump, with 200 gal. water tank, with a hose real under the rear bumper.
