My wife, Annette, and I met Gary today at the Burbank car show. Extremely nice gentleman who explained a lot of what he did with the gorgeous Bentley he was showing. Thank you, Gary, for spending a little time with us!

American Lafrance is about 5-6 minutes away from my house, and to add to it, both of my grandfathers on my mothers and fathers side worked there, i actually have pictures of my grandpa on old fire trucks! Elmira New York! nice to see that the craftsmanship is appreciated so much!

The one thumb down was the horse.

one of the most fun early episodes! Everyone loves a firetruck! Still my favorite Gary Wales production... classic American LaFrance

It is amazing to see how well preserved, this thing is, something else that amazes me is that basic mechanics has not changed in 93 years...

Man I just love the unique cars and trucks. I really enjoy seeing old relics cherished and fully operational.

Wow, every little thing on that truck is a work of art. Also Jay kind of beat a dead horse to coin a phrase.

Only jay can hit the hood on the fender and not have the guy get pissed

i need to say a big thanks to jay not only for the great old vehicles, but also for not monetising his channel, it's great to watch a decent video in yt and not to have to sit thru any adverts.

my deepest sympathy and love to all the people of California who's families, homes, and communities are burning.

Mt. Clemens’ volunteers have a 1923 Ahrens-Fox that has belonged to the city since new. When there was a fire at Kellett’s five doors from me around 10 years ago, they had it out anyway, and ended up using it as a backup engine on that fire. Mostly, however, it is used in parades and city festivals.

Chain drives were used to allow suspension movement without universal joints. They were simple and quick to maintain in the field, allowed quick changes in final drive ratio, reduced unsprung weight, and allowed use of the drivetrain in different length chassis.

I used to drive a 1929 Buffalo fire truck (Buffalo Fire Appliance Company, Buffalo, NY.) HUGE Waukesha twin-plug motor, one plug fired off a coil and distributor, one off the magneto. Was in active service from 1929 to 1986. Very high-tech for its day- it has four-wheel hydraulic brakes- just not power brakes. To stop quick, you put both feet on the extra-wide brake pedal, grab the bottom of the steering wheel, and stand up! No chain drive, though by '29- standard rear end. That truck pumped for a week straight when the town's main water pump quit. The first couple of nights, they babysat it. After that, they'd just fill up the gas tank at night, come back and check on it a few times a day. My old department still has their old Silsby steam pumper, and that has been restored to operating condition. Next project is to get the old Buffalo pumping again- still runs and drives. And actually, wooden ladders are safer than aluminum ladders or fiberglass ladders. Fiberglass melts and burns much faster than wood, and aluminum will weaken at high temperatures. After a couple of bad accidents, they had to make aluminum ladders stronger, so wooden ladders are now lighter for the same weight. They don't conduct electricity, either.

We pulled a horse out of a frozen pond once. That was a nice, cold night.

I remember my fire department using a 2001 Ford F-550/S&S mini pumper to rescue four cows from a frozen pond. Two didn't make it. We actually tied a rope to the cows and pulled them out. The first fire truck I ever drove was a 1976 Dodge Power Wagon/American LaFrance brush truck. The Ford replaced the Dodge.

Hahhaha! Jay just wouldn't let him get away with that pulling horse off a ditch comment! XD

Great to see it running. I was the last to drive the 1921 LaFrance that was operated by the City of Superior, Wisconsin. It is due for a restoration.

4:01 Up yours Jay LOL!

God I love old fire trucks great show Mr Leno.

saw a American lafrance in denmark 4 years ago im a mecanic and love all engines as i remember it was a 28000 ccm engine and the transmission was a chain the guy was looking all over and did find a factory in italy makeing rollercoasters they could make this special chain i did study this freak big engine exhaust was short pipes like in old war plane engines and that torque transfered via a chain like the fiat s76

American LaFrance was the Pride of Elmira New York When American Machinists were the finest in the world. Elmira is my dads home town and I grew up listening to stories of the industry that originated there. My Grandpa worked in the Eclipse plant until the day he died in 1957, and we are told he set up assembly lines. I believe they made bicycle brakes there, and in WWII they made truck transmissions and machine gun parts. My dad remembers laying in bed at night (during WWII) hearing in the distance the heavy trucks going up and down a test hill trying out the transmissions just installed that day.

Sweet looking truck. I love original, un-restored, restored to original, not modified vehicles. Thanks for the ride. That was awesome!

I've pulled cows and some horses out of feed bunks, ditces, dugouts. I once lifted a cow out of a well with a front end loader. They have a thick neck, so dragging or lifting by the neck isn't a problem.

Jay Leno should make a TV show about his cars after he stops the Tonight Show.

Our FD has a 1921 American LaFrance as well. I love seeing them still running.

Grew up in Elmira, NY, home of American LaFrance. Used to walk past the paint shop on my way to school.

I don't even drive but this is my favorite youtube channel!

Jay, you sound sick in this one, cold?

This is Jay's go-to vehicle when it comes time to judge the wet tee-shirt contest.

My friend you have a very beautiful history treasure here, I would never sell it, extremely well done 👍🏻

Pulling horses out of ditches and muddy holes still goes on in 2018! I was a Health & Safety Officer for a semi rural municipality outside of Vancouver BC. Our fire department rescued horses about 25 times a year. They even had a full sized practice dummy horse called Marco they used to train the new recruits on horse rescue! :)

I met a guy last weekend who has a 1929 one of these that he's in the process of restoring!

I used to operate an extremely large film developing machine which was chain drive. Heck of a heavy chain. Jay sure had fun with the hose!

Fire trucks are just plain cool.

I love this show even more than him on the Tonight show!

Great vid, Gary is an extremely nice and knowledgeable guy.

Jay never disappoints.

Nice to finally see one that's not butchered up.

Gary Wales episodes are the best!

It would be hilarious to see Jay drive by a fire in that thing LOL.

Why do i envision Jay doing stuff like this to his staff everyday while they are working? :)

At 4:03..."hey buddy, don´t make that sign to me, what´s the matter?", lol...

A house by my high school has 4 old fire trucks. A 1940s Kenworth, a 1915 Ford Model T, an unknown 1930s model, and in the way back of his side yard, a 1924 American Lafrance.

That's the funnest way to water your lawn

Holy crap that thing moves! makes a damn good fire truck for back then!

Jay Leno is really an awesome guy, not some arrogant Holly-Weird type, just an average Joe with a wee bit more money than the rest of us.

The horse don't need to be pulled out the ditch . you put the polish push rope on to push the fire truck down the road. man o man I love that truck. thanks for keeping it going.

I wish Jay would visit our railroad, we run steam engine and a couple other neat trains. I think he'd have fun

beautiful! my fire company has a 1924 REO speedwagon that was our first (motorized) fire engine...i cant believe how well the pump and hose worked, you couldve probably knocked alot of fire down with 40 gallons of water back then as everything was made of natural materials such as wood which doesnt burn as hot or as intensely as today's plastics and other petrolium products.

A nice shiny truck. Jay should've pulled up to the local Fire station 1 in that thing.

Kids and their toys. The City of Lancaster, New Brunswick, Canada had a newer La France, but it was still had chain drive, when I was growing up, It was great for getting up to forest fires. It's in the National Museum of Technology in Ottawa, Ontario, along with a Bricklin sports car.

Wi have a 1956 American LaFrance, hydraulic brakes and a 12 volt positive ground electric system. Never did the horse thing. Great video thanks.

Those are true fire engines. These are classic trucks.

What a cool fire engine. We now use Scania and volvo,s in Ireland. Lovely looking truck, hope it will be on the road for St Patricks day.

Jay sounds a bit sick, get well soon buddy!

Pulled a cow that was stuck in a pond once with a tractor. Thanks for the vids.

Wonderful video. Got back to kid age viewing it!

Fun, fun, fun

This is beautiful..... Thank you Jay....

Thank you!

what a incredible pieceof history

Simply amazing

That's such a cute little fire hose.

good work there jay getting the helmet strap under the chin and the hose down of the minions at the end too boot

Nice looking firetruck. It is look like a lower jeep.

Neat, Cool, I like. Thanks!

Hats off for pushing through a cold. Great episode, as ususal

Jay has a cold.

Now that's a moonshine runner!!!

Love the Jay-Mon....every episode of the Jay+Mon Garage is like Cocoa/Majic!!! Merry Christmas to you and all your crew and families!!!

Nice. Jay sounds like he's got a cold.

American LaFrance made in NYS Was fortunate to go to the factory just prior there closing. Had to calibrate the scales used in both the painting area along with the truck scale where the would weigh the finished product.

Just last year we pulled a horse out of a mud-hole with one of our rigs... Horse and vehicle both survived!

That thing was bad ass.

These are the videos I like. Fantastic truck.

Used to drive and work on a Buffalo Fire Appliance truck that was very similar. That huge Waukesha engine had massive torque, especially if you turned on both plugs. (2 plugs per cylinder, one run off magneto, one run off distributor. Four wheel hydraulic brakes- very advanced for the day. But not power brakes! To stop in a hurry, you put both feet on the wide brake pedal, grab the bottom of the wheel and stand up! That truck pumped for a week straight when the town's main water pump died.

It's true Jay, sometimes horses get stuck in swamps, bogs, rivers, ditches,etc., and have to be pulled out with vehicles or winched out. Less so today as there is less chance of getting stuck. I almost lost a horse that wondered into a quick sand bog area.

Beautiful vehicle and never seen this one, thanks for sharing.

Jay was beating a dead horse with that joke

No trip out onto the freeway with this one!

Love the American La France engines ! You should try to find the 1939 ALF cab forward ladder truck !

Thank you guys, totally awesome

Wow, beautiful machine!

Jay wearing that helmet reminded me of the horse in the ditch.

Jay beating a dead horse :-)

Never give a comedian ammo. Jay must have learned from thousands of hecklers over his career. ;-)

Well done fighting the man flu! That is quite a piece of hardware. Can't believe the size of those spark plugs, useful in a bar room brawl :-)

Our Auxiliary Fire Brigade has a 1921 American La France. Santa Claus rides through town every year. We bought it from the Hugo,Oklahoma Municipal Fire Department. Would like to compare notes with Jay and Gary..

Best line ever in a car video "let's go look for a horse"

Jay was like "stop ringing that #$@% bell !!",lol.

I remember the town I grew up in had an American LaFrance... Think it was based off a Ford COE chassis. Cool truck.

That was simply awesome!!

I WISH you a speedy recovery jay.

WOO! Reppin' Chapel Hill!

who the fuck gives jay's videos thumbs down...

Great restoration! She runs and looks excellent. I enjoyed this video! Couple things I noticed: -Jay wasn't wearing his Fire Chief Helmet while driving. -Jay wasn't wearing sunglasses while driving. No windshield? Ah that must have sucked. -Jay sounded a little under the weather, it is okay, many are catching the flu. -Jay wont live down 'pulling the horse out of the ditch' hahahahaha touche! I am a long time subscriber! And look forward to more Video uploads! Maybe we will get another episode of that Expensive Jet Car!! =]

That thing going 45! Scary

Need me a ride like this 🚒🔥😫

The fire company i'm from, Millville Vol Fire Co Sta 84, Millville, Delaware our first engine was a 1922 La France. The fire got rid of it in 1945 and purchased a 1945 Autocar. They transferred all the equipment off the La France to the Autocar. We still have the engine today.

Looks like the firehouse five plus two should be riding that.