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1920 AHRENS-FOX MODEL J-M-3 PUMPER
Chassis No. MS 970
Red with black leather seats
Engine: six cylinder, in-line, T-head, 612ci., 90hp; Pump: Ahrens-Fox four cylinder piston, 750gpm (gallons per minute); Gearbox: three speed manual; Suspension: front and rear solid axles with leaf springs; Brakes: mechanical drum. Right hand drive.
Horse-drawn steam powered fire pumpers were the standard fire fighting apparatus of the late 19th Century, almost all of them using boiler technology patented by Charles Fox of Cincinnati, Ohio.
Chris Ahrens began building fire apparatus in 1870, forming Ahrens Manufacturing Company in 1875. By 1910 the company had become known as Ahrens-Fox.
In 1919 the company introduced the first modern triple-combination, self propelled pumper. While other manufacturers used centrifugal or rotary-type pumps, Ahrens-Fox preferred a 4-cylinder piston pump which was well proven in the field and widely known and accepted by fire departments. Ahrens-Fox, perhaps reflecting Charles Fox's experience as a fire fighter in Cincinnati, became known for the high quality of its apparatus. Their last example was delivered in 1952, interestingly to Hope Hose Company #1 in Tarrytown, New York.
The Model J was known in the trade as the 'Baby Fox'. It was built on a 6" shorter and 2" narrower frame from Ahrens-Fox's larger engines. Fitted with a 750 gallon-per-minute four cylinder piston pump, the Model J was characterized by the bright chrome-plated air chamber ball. (Fire department humorists claim this is similar to a fortune teller's crystal ball and that by concentrating deeply on Ahrens-Fox's air chamber, a good fire fighter can predict the next fire.) The air chamber and smaller intake cylinder smoothed out pressure pulses from the reciprocating pump and provided a steady and manageable stream of water through the hoses. Ahrens-Fox built the Model J from 1919 through about 1930.
Due to the cost of Ahrens-Fox's equipment, only about 1,500 units were built over the marque's lifetime of which about 1000 were pumpers. About half of these, however, are thought to exist today, with a few still in service in the early 1990s, a testament both to their quality and to the charisma of the marque's products.
The Model J offered here was delivered on September 18, 1920 to Engine Company #3 in St. Paul, Minnesota. It remained in service there until 1962, a forty-two year service life that demonstrates the remarkable quality and durability of Ahrens-Fox equipment. It is fully equipped with all its bells and whistles, including brass siren, ladders, pump, pedestal-mounted spotlight, booster tank and suction hoses. Restored in the 1980s, it was acquired by Donald Weesner who saw it on a Minneapolis street corner and couldn't resist adding it to his collection. It has not run for several years. The restoration needs only the generous application of gold leaf decoration and identification to be complete.
An Ahrens-Fox Model J is widely felt to be the most collectible fire engine. At 750 gpm, its capacity is comparable with that used today in most small town rural fire departments. This early Model J, the quintessential Ahrens-Fox, is a particularly collectible example, although with its extensive history, the air accumulator is more likely to recall the past than tell the future.
most small town rural fire departments. This early Model J, the quintessential Ahrens-Fox, is a particularly collectible example, although with its extensive history the air accumulator is more likely to recall the past than tell the future.
Chassis No. MS 970
Red with black leather seats
Engine: six cylinder, in-line, T-head, 612ci., 90hp; Pump: Ahrens-Fox four cylinder piston, 750gpm (gallons per minute); Gearbox: three speed manual; Suspension: front and rear solid axles with leaf springs; Brakes: mechanical drum. Right hand drive.
Horse-drawn steam powered fire pumpers were the standard fire fighting apparatus of the late 19th Century, almost all of them using boiler technology patented by Charles Fox of Cincinnati, Ohio.
Chris Ahrens began building fire apparatus in 1870, forming Ahrens Manufacturing Company in 1875. By 1910 the company had become known as Ahrens-Fox.
In 1919 the company introduced the first modern triple-combination, self propelled pumper. While other manufacturers used centrifugal or rotary-type pumps, Ahrens-Fox preferred a 4-cylinder piston pump which was well proven in the field and widely known and accepted by fire departments. Ahrens-Fox, perhaps reflecting Charles Fox's experience as a fire fighter in Cincinnati, became known for the high quality of its apparatus. Their last example was delivered in 1952, interestingly to Hope Hose Company #1 in Tarrytown, New York.
The Model J was known in the trade as the 'Baby Fox'. It was built on a 6" shorter and 2" narrower frame from Ahrens-Fox's larger engines. Fitted with a 750 gallon-per-minute four cylinder piston pump, the Model J was characterized by the bright chrome-plated air chamber ball. (Fire department humorists claim this is similar to a fortune teller's crystal ball and that by concentrating deeply on Ahrens-Fox's air chamber, a good fire fighter can predict the next fire.) The air chamber and smaller intake cylinder smoothed out pressure pulses from the reciprocating pump and provided a steady and manageable stream of water through the hoses. Ahrens-Fox built the Model J from 1919 through about 1930.
Due to the cost of Ahrens-Fox's equipment, only about 1,500 units were built over the marque's lifetime of which about 1000 were pumpers. About half of these, however, are thought to exist today, with a few still in service in the early 1990s, a testament both to their quality and to the charisma of the marque's products.
The Model J offered here was delivered on September 18, 1920 to Engine Company #3 in St. Paul, Minnesota. It remained in service there until 1962, a forty-two year service life that demonstrates the remarkable quality and durability of Ahrens-Fox equipment. It is fully equipped with all its bells and whistles, including brass siren, ladders, pump, pedestal-mounted spotlight, booster tank and suction hoses. Restored in the 1980s, it was acquired by Donald Weesner who saw it on a Minneapolis street corner and couldn't resist adding it to his collection. It has not run for several years. The restoration needs only the generous application of gold leaf decoration and identification to be complete.
An Ahrens-Fox Model J is widely felt to be the most collectible fire engine. At 750 gpm, its capacity is comparable with that used today in most small town rural fire departments. This early Model J, the quintessential Ahrens-Fox, is a particularly collectible example, although with its extensive history, the air accumulator is more likely to recall the past than tell the future.
most small town rural fire departments. This early Model J, the quintessential Ahrens-Fox, is a particularly collectible example, although with its extensive history the air accumulator is more likely to recall the past than tell the future.