HAND in HAND RESTORATION
Horse Drawn & Early Motorized Fire Apparatus

Kenneth F. Soderbeck, Proprietor

 
 

RESTORATION PROCESS

1912 Knox, built by the Knox Manufacturing Company, Springfield, MA for Ithaca NY.
Builders photo shows the Knox at the factory before delivery to Ithaca.
The second photo on the right shows the stripped down frame with refurbished and decorated wheels installed. Engine and pump were completely disassembled and rebuilt. Body was primarily wood and had to be rebuilt.

knox gauge faces  
1912 Knox photo Torn down to the frame  
     
seat finished  
Seat is being rebuilt and reupholstered Finished