If you’re in the mood for a little classic thundering motoring the Speedster is due to hit the auction block with RM Auctions on October the 11th this year with an estimated sale price of between $50,000-$60,000 USD, click here to check out the official listing. He spent over 2 years on the build and he’s done a brilliant job, the dashboard is a valhalla of brass, gauges and classic switches and from what we’ve read, the Speedster makes so much noise people can hear it coming from half a mile away. The American LeFrance Speedster was built by a guy called J.S. It was built from a 1916 American LaFrance fire truck and is nicely finished in cream with tasteful red pinstripes, which match the red chassis and. The 200hp V12 looks for all the world like a locomotive engine and it has an interesting twin-spark set up (as you can see in the engine image further down), she’s apparently capable of 75mph and maybe more, though no one brave or stupid enough has yet been found to take her above that speed. Throughout the history of the tape own 168 American LaFrance manufactures the most famous American brand of fire trucks. It's a simple enough process and one that yielded a thoroughbred-like.
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Since the dawn of time, humanity has had many a good idea: donuts, slippers, domesticating dogs, and converting old fire engines into massively overpowered speedsters. Debate rages as to whether the Speedster and the early Gow Jobs/Hot Rods are one and the same, I looked to one explanation from someone with authority on the subject. Nevermind the bugs in your teeth, an American LaFrance speedster is an experience you won't soon forget. The coolest single element is possibly that monocle windshield, we don’t see those very often and I think that’s a damn shame as they look fantastic. American LaFrance is one of the oldest companies in North America and is a manufacturing business unit of Freightliner Corporation, is part of the Daimler Chrysler. Since the early American LaFrance fire trucks were built using large displacement T-head engines and chain drive, they are the perfect candidates for early speedsters.
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With wooden buildings the rule, fires were a constant plague, and the American LaFrance company (formed in 1903, with a plant in Elmira, N.Y.) made thousands of basic but sturdy apparatus through the Brass Era. Many of the Speedsters were powered by the monolithic pair-cast four-cylinder engine. has been recognized as one of the fastest-growing private companies in the United States, successfully making the Inc. Classifieds for Classic American LaFrance Vehicles. Many of American LaFrance vehicles were built on their fire truck chassis and used the same basic running gear. Classic American LaFrance Vehicles for Sale. It sits atop a 142-inch wheelbase and powered by a four-cylinder engine with dual chain drive. The American LeFrance Speedster is a V12 custom built steam punk-esque monster with a 200hp engine, a chassis from a 1923 American LeFrance and so much attention to detail I’m convinced that it was built by a man with clinical OCD. Back in the day1914, in this caseAmerican LaFrance ruled the roost as the primary source of fire engines for U.S. This vehicle is a 1922 American LaFrance Speedster.