From the truck’s auction page on Sotheby’s website: “Befitting ‘Liberty No. 5’s’ deep coffers, their American LaFrance was specially finished in white and was unusually ornate for the time period, including especially dramatic 23K gold leaf decoration with scroll work not just on the body but also the fenders, rear-mounted parade torches, unique cowl lights, and dual nickel-plated copper soda ash chemical tanks, as well as a statue of Liberty atop the bell!’
