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Built by a separate company from Stutz passenger cars, the Stutz fire
engine was made in pumper, ladder truck and combination form, with 4- and
6-cylinder Wisconsin engines. Their peak period was the mid-1920s when
deliveries were made to fire departments all over the country, and also to
Tokyo, Japan. In 1926 they turned to their own 175hp 6-cylinder ohc engine.
A new company was formed in 1931 which was no longer under Harry Stutz'
control. In 1939 they built the first American fire engine to be powered by
a diesel engine (Cummins), which was delivered to Columbus, Ind. Despite
this pioneering development, New Stutz was too small to compete
successfully, and they delivered their last appliance, a triple combination
pumper, in 1940.
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