1927 American LaFrance Speedster - A Serious Machine!

Description for Other Makes American LaFrance 1927

View our eBay StoreSign up for our Email Newsletter 1927 American LaFrance Speedster offered with a reserve This very nice example sports a 14. 3 liter motor. Dual Chain Drive. and a very nicely done body with rear facing passenger seat. Everything is nicely detailed and pinstriped and the car features a nice Red leather interior and large period correct spotlight. This powerful and attractive beast is one of the nicest we have seen and was obviously professionally built to high standards. We have many more photographs of this car. please click on any image to be taken to our full-size image list! The American LaFrance Fire Engine Company is one of the oldest fire apparatus manufacturers in America. With roots that go back to approximately 1832. the companies that went on to become American LaFrance built hand-drawn. horse-drawn. and steam-powered fire engines. Founded in 1873 by Truckson LaFrance and his partners as the LaFrance Manufacturing Company selling hand powered equipment. The International Fire Engine Company. corporate predecessor of American LaFrance. built some steam power fire engines between 1903-1907. Apparatus built by International included horse drawn steamers. hose wagons. and hook & ladders to chemical engines. water towers and combinations. The American LaFrance Fire Engine Company was formed in 1903. Its corporate offices and manufacturing plant were in Elmira. New York. It also operated a Canadian plant in Toronto. Ontario. where it sold apparatus under the name Lafrance-Foamite. until 1971. ALF delivered its first motorized fire engine in 1907. Over the years. American LaFrance built thousands of fire trucks including chemical engines. combination pumpers. aerial ladder trucks. Aero Chief snorkel trucks. and airport crash trucks. The classical style of the American LaFrance apparatus is easily recognized. Some of the company's innovations led to changes in the industry. most notably the cab forward style cab. The company has recently undergone a major rebirth and is once again producing custom fire trucks and other emergency vehicles. The rugged reliability and poweful. heavy duty chassis and engines makes this platform the perfect base for Brass Era Speedster conversions many of which have been built. Its rumored that Fire Chief cars were built by the factory back in the day. Our Ebay Policies: Significant Cars is one of the largest Collector Car Brokers and Dealers in the Country.  Since 2003 we have worked hard to "change the way collector cars find new homes" by providing unparralleled web presentation of the cars we are representing.  Most of our cars have over 30 photographs. and these can be viewed by visiting our website (our eBay handle dot com). or by clicking on any of the photographs in the black background area of our EBay listings.  We welcome your call with any questions about any of our listings at anytime at 800-837-9902 and certainly encourage your personal inspection of any of the cars we are selling-just call us and we will be happy to set up an appointment for your to see and test drive the car. We realize that eBay is a difficult venue to properly evaluate an item as complex as an automobile.  You can feel secure bidding with confidence on any of our cars since we guarantee your satisfaction!  Should you win the auction and come to see the car and decide you do not want it for any reason. no negative feedback will result. any deposit you may have paid will be cheerfully refunded. Description images and copy © 2004-2014 Significant Cars. Inc.