1928 Ford Model AA Stake Racks Police and Fire Truck

1928 Ford Model AA Stake Racks Police and Fire Truck
Engine no. AA4034016
From 1928 to 1931, one of the more popular Ford AA truck bodies was the 88-A Platform. Built by Midland Steel Products Company for Ford, the big, flat space behind the cab was a veritable genus off which various species of bodies evolved, include Stake Racks, Stock Racks (which had taller sides than the Stake version), Grain Sides (ostensibly a dump truck with a fixed bed) and more.

This truck is reported by the seller to have been ordered as a 188-A Stake Racks truck, which would have had an enclosed cab and 26 inch (66cm) tall stakes surrounding the bed. This body has been since extensively modified into police and fire hybrid with an open cab, a prisoner transport box rear end, and a hodgepodge of fire and crime fighting equipment. Fitted with a front mounted red spotlight, bell, and growler siren to move cars out of the way, hoses, ladders and what appears to be a pumper attachment are all present. The bodywork carries signage for the Carpenter's Corp. in Oceanside, California and paperwork tracking it back to Oceanside prior to 1987. In Colorado from 1987 until the Hartogh Collection acquired it in 1996.

A unique machine that combines both fighting fires and crime, it is sure to bring delight where ever it goes.