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American LaFrance: Nice too

Most American action films have chases. Chases in which police cars - of course howling sirens and flashing lights and with V8s in them - are driven to scrap metal en masse. What you see a little less often are chase-like or flight actions in which the good or the bad races through New York with such an American icon: a fire truck from the AmericanLaFrance brand.

Dolf Peeters
13th May, 2021
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Articles

A big DAF fire brigade

The 328s were called "Fat Daf" in soldier jargon, because of the characteristic, heavy engine sound and the imposing appearance. The official type designations are composed as follows:

Dolf Peeters
10th May, 2013

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Fire trucks in comics

Fire trucks come in many shapes and sizes. Who wasn't fascinated by these beautiful red cars in the past and who didn't want to become a fireman or a woman when he or she was a child?

Jacques vd Bergh
January 26
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