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In 1937 General Detroit made a 600 gpm pumper using their own chassis, a
Packard Eight engine and Ford cab, and the following year several pumpers
using complete Packard V-12 chassis, also equipment on other chassis
including Ford, G.M.C. and Federal. In 1939 they offered a complete range of
apparatus including ladder trucks and quadruple combinations. In 1948 a
subsidiary in Los Angeles started making custom chassis pumpers of their own
design under the name General-Pacific, while the Detroit company built on
Available, Duplex and other chassis. One of the last fire engines made by
General-Detroit was a quad combination on 1955 Federal chassis.
ad in 1953 Silver Book pp86 celebrating their 50th anniversary
A division of the General Detroit Corp. New York, Atlanta, Chicago and
Dallas, West Coast distribution by the General Pacific Corp. of Los Angeles,
San Francisco and Seattle
A "Commando" built on a Willys 6-226 special fire truck chassis by the
General Fire Truck Co. of Detroit in 1954.
Many trucks released by the Willys factory as pickups or "stripped
chassis" were adapted by after-market manufacturers including the General Fire Truck Co. of Detroit. These conversions also included Forward Control fire trucks built from
the cab-over-engine trucks produced by Willys from 1956-65.
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