Series IIA 1964 Land Rover Fire Engine.

[firefighter_sa]

Hi there

The second of my vehicles is a 1964 Ex Army Fire Tender - after is Military life it was used at the now closed township in the far North of SA (Kingoonya) - histroy is a little vague but believed to be bought by the Kingoonya township people for fire protection.

I purchased the vehicle in 1999 and it it currently being totally rebuilt as the bore water through the pump has had catastrophic effect (total rebuild of the pump).

It has a 500 gallon per minute PTO driven center mounted pump (Coventry Climax) but with a water carrying capacity of 450Lt.  When it was purchased it was still fully stowed (Hoses-branches and a set of unusual black diamond rescue gear)







Thanks for looking

Wayne

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[firefighter_sa]

Update report on the rebuild.

The pump has now been rebuilt and back running - the vehicle is due to be painted in the next few days (depending on the weather)







Enjoy

Wayne

[corocfs]

nice work... id love a project like that, but im sure that knowing em id get half done then give up cos its too incredibly hard

[firefighter_sa]

Hi there all

Sorry I have been a bit slack with posting some new pictures of the rebuild.  Its progressing well and I hope you like.





Wayne

[Robert-Robert34]

Nice work fire fighter_sa how i wish i had something like that to drive around  :-) it would come in handy if my trainee cams licence upgraded to grade 4 so i can use it at SEAC motorsport events as my fire marshal vehicle

[rescue5271]

Very nice not to many old one around,so what are you going to do with them?? I know the VFBA is looking for old units for its museum...

[firefighter_sa]

Hi there

Been a bit slack - the restoration is complete and it was used in the 15 minute of flame event at the Adelaide Show.

Many thanks to ashes for the pictures.

Wayne




This picture was taken prior to going to Adelaide - enjoy