When starting any case on the Vice desk simply look left from where Roy's car is and you will see it on the other side of the wall.ĭespite not being classed as a police vehicle, the player will continue to receive radio alerts from dispatch regarding Street Crimes they may attend whilst driving the Fire Engine, and it has its own, unique fire engine siren complete with clanging bell. Lycoming is now known for its aircraft engines. Lycoming (as a subsidiary prior to the Auburn-Cord-Rosenberg bankruptcy and subsequent breakup) also made the V-8 engines used in the Cord vehicles depicted in the game. Many of the American LaFrance vehicles were powered by a Lycoming V-12 engine. The truck seats two in the cab with room for at least six on the side running boards and the rear step (still known in the fire service as "riding tailboard"), as it was in service when firemen could still ride on the outsides of fire apparatus. Typical of many southern California fire apparatus it has an open "convertible" top due to the often warm dry weather of the locales it served, as well as being an easier mode of exiting the vehicle at the scene of a fire. It is one of the first streamlined fire apparatus of its day and was equipped with 500, 750 or 1250gpm pumps. It is easily identifiable as being a 1941-46 narrow body model commonly operated by many Engine Companies of the Los Angeles Fire Department. If you’re in the mood for a little classic thundering motoring the Speedster is due to hit the auction block with RM Auctions on October the 11th this year with an estimated sale price of between $50,000-$60,000 USD, click here to check out the official listing.American LaFrance Type 500 Fire Engine is a service class vehicle available in L.A. He spent over 2 years on the build and he’s done a brilliant job, the dashboard is a valhalla of brass, gauges and classic switches and from what we’ve read, the Speedster makes so much noise people can hear it coming from half a mile away. The American LeFrance Speedster was built by a guy called J.S. The 200hp V12 looks for all the world like a locomotive engine and it has an interesting twin-spark set up (as you can see in the engine image further down), she’s apparently capable of 75mph and maybe more, though no one brave or stupid enough has yet been found to take her above that speed. The coolest single element is possibly that monocle windshield, we don’t see those very often and I think that’s a damn shame as they look fantastic. The American LeFrance Speedster is a V12 custom built steam punk-esque monster with a 200hp engine, a chassis from a 1923 American LeFrance and so much attention to detail I’m convinced that it was built by a man with clinical OCD.
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