1950 Mack L-Series

1950 Mack L-Series in Airplane!, Movie, 1980

Class: Trucks, Fire truck — Model origin:

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Author	Message
wickey ◊ 2006-01-02 00:03
LH ◊ 2006-01-02 23:31	Why have old fire trucks in an airport
wickey ◊ 2006-01-02 23:35	for fun I think
firebird86 ◊ 2006-04-14 01:28	Because its hard to be funny sitting on the hood of this http://www.legeros.com/fire/int/de_airport.jpg
sixcyl ◊ 2006-04-14 07:49
firebird86 ◊ 2006-08-24 02:22	1940 Mack L Model link
Richard Davies ◊ 2009-01-23 19:51	LH wrote Why have old fire trucks in an airport The makers were trying to give the film a 1950s look in homage to Zero Hour, the film this was loosely based on.
police car fan ◊ 2013-09-13 20:09	-- Last edit: 2013-09-13 20:11:18 (walter)
RRR ◊ 2020-02-15 23:47	This is a 1950 Mack L Type 85 serial 85LS1364, delivered to LA County FD. It originally served E69 and later E157, and it is now part of the County of Los Angeles Fire Museum.