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No-one offered an explanation or even disclosed it was not running when I brought it back home. The engine will not turn over by hand I do not know if it hydrolocked while it was running, or if it is seized as a result of sitting with water in a cylinder.

A sub-head gasket blew sometime between 20, and it allowed water to creep into the oil. It does not currently run and will need to be trailered to its final destination. Its cosmetic and mechanical condition unfortunately deteriorated while it was there. It sat, unattended and somewhat neglected, in a warehouse for the ten years I did not own it (2005-2015).

I have owned this particular ALF twice and just recently got it back from the person I had sold it to in 2005. Originally from the Owosso (Michigan) Fire Department. Check out the video below to hear this piece of history start.I am selling my 1952 American LaFrance 700 Series Fire Engine. It just burbles away and sounds great when the operator gives it som revs as well. The smoothness of this thing when running is amazing. The smaller bore kept horsepower right around 160. The engine is mechanically identical outside of the fact that the Auburn version uses a 3 1/8″ bore and the same 4 1/4″ stroke. Interestingly this is a larger version of the famed engine used in the Auburn 12 models od the day. Short geared fire trucks would be working the driver to keep this thing off the redline in the city, no doubt. We do not have a torque rating on it but it’s got to be twice the horsepower as one would expect. The engine uses a 3 5/8″ bore and a 4 1/4″ stroke to achieve its 216 peak HP at 3,400 RPM. As this engine was the backbone of their trucks, American LeFrance had little choice but to step up to the plate and become and engine manufacturer as well.

Originally designed as the Lycoming BB engine, American LeFrance was nearly forced to buy the design, tooling, and blueprints for it when Lycoming decided to get out of everything but the aircraft engine business. This engine was a stalwart and hung in there for many years, powering lots of fire trucks around towns and cities in America. Today we finally give the big 527ci American LaFrance V12 fire truck engine its due. We’re sure you have all been wondering why we’ve missed this “displacement day” for years but now the wondering is over.