We are in the press

The Münchner Merkur newspaper has reported on the Anzinger Oldtimer Feuerwehr LF8 and us. We are delighted about the appreciation and attention. It is an honor for us to be able to support the Anzinger fire department!

You can read the whole article here:

Anzing – After the Anzing Fire Department's vintage vehicle suffered serious transmission damage in June, it has now been repaired thanks to numerous donations from the Anzing community and support from the Anzing-based company WALLNER Classic.
June 19, which was Corpus Christi this year, was a bitter day for the Anzing Fire Department.

On the way back from the Bavarian Vintage Fire Engine Meet in Wattenweiler, Swabia, the Anzing Fire Department's vintage “LF8” fire engine suffered serious transmission damage.
On the way back from the Bavarian State Fire Department Vintage Vehicle Meeting in Wattenweiler, Swabia,
the Anzing Fire Department's vintage “LF8” (a fire engine) suffered major transmission damage on the highway and had to be towed back to Anzing.

Was this to be the end of the fire engine, which had been owned by the Anzinger fire department since 1963?

No, said the team that had spent hundreds of hours over the past few years
volunteering to restore the vehicle. Most recently, they had even got the centrifugal fire pump
working again, meaning that the vehicle could still be used to fight fires
fire. So the fire department's “LF8 team,” led by
Stefan Belmer and honorary commander Josef Reither, initiated a fundraising campaign for
the vehicle.

At the fire department's open house and in the Anzinger Gemeindeblatt newspaper,
a call was made for donations to repair the vintage vehicle.
And indeed, numerous monetary donations were received.
In addition, there was a stroke of luck: the WALLNER Classic company has been based in the Anzinger industrial park for several years.
It specializes in the restoration of Mercedes-Benz vintage vehicles.
The company owners offered to take a look at the transmission of the The company owners offered to take a look at the transmission of the
LF8—also a Mercedes-Benz. The experts' initial diagnosis was devastating for the vintage car enthusiasts at the Anzing fire department: the transmission was completely destroyed and beyond repair, and a complete transmission replacement was the only option.

But there was also good news: WALLNER Classic still had a replacement transmission
for exactly this type of vehicle in stock. And it got even better: WALLNER Classic offered to carry out the repair at a “friendly price” that could be covered by the donations received.

“We are delighted that we were able to give something back to the town of Anzing,” said managing director Rouven Genz when the vehicle was handed back to the fire department.

Their commander, Tobias Bönte, was impressed: "Without the generosity of the people of Anzing and the helpfulness of the Wallner company, the transmission damage would probably have been the end
of our vintage car."

The fire department is proud and grateful that the vehicle is now fully operational again at the Anzing fire station just a few weeks after
the damage, according to Bönte.