The G. Paoletti Company also known as Paoletti or GPC was a truck body manufacturer located in San Leandro, California. The company built fire apparatus from the 1970s though the 1990s.
History[]
Paoletti was an established truck body builder when it expanded to include fire apparatus in 1975. The company primarily built commercial chassis pumpers, water tenders and brush trucks. In addition to building new apparatus, they also rebuilt and repurposed older fire apparatus. The company went out of business in 1995.
Sources[]
- McCall, Walter M.P. Illustrated Encyclopedia of American Fire Engine Manufacturers. Hudson, WI: Iconografix, 2007. ISBN 9781583882528