Thread: SteveP's SII 88 Fire Engine

Originally Posted by bobslandies

Richard's Series 2 is indeed 142800016 and it was the first trial run down the production line "dispatched in" on 3 March 1958.

There is also quite a bit about it on the Series One Club Forum and a list of its components here:

Originality - The quest Reply 71.

You have to register on the Forum to view it (no lurkers).

Bob

There are a few of us across all these forums, as we all recognise the username and vehicles. I remember when this vehicle turned up and Bulletproof posted for the first time. His restoration of his 80" is amazing. How a restoration should be, and shows a lifetime of acquired skills.

Some of you AULRO gurus need to get out a little more and see what the rest of the world is doing.


Nice little firetruck.

CC

Originally Posted by UncleHo

G'day Lotz-A-Landies

Yes,I did indeed leave a digit out,I left the 8 out so it is [COLOR=Blue]142800016 [COLOR=Black]sorry about that, <snip?>

No problem at all UncleHo

At first I thought the number was a 1420 prefix (1960 Export) and was about to post that, however on second read the 1420 didn't make sense with the other assemblies. So I was very close to making a much bigger mistake than your minor typo.

Surprisingly, it turns out we are all fallible humans.

Diana

Originally Posted by drifter

Steve, I may have a firewall linkage and a radiator support grill here. It might pay to catch up soonish.

Managed to get rid of a couple of items.

If anyone has the accelerator shaft and its mounting brackets that go across the front of the firewall behind the engine going spare, I am sure Steve will be a happy recipient. I'll look around for some, too.

He now has the carby bracket that mounts on the passenger-side guard and a front pipe for a S2a exhaust (needs minor repairs).

We can sort out a bell housing, too, once he gets to that part of the build.


It's all good.

Drifter John - thanks for those parts - it was great to meet you & have a chat. The radiator you gave me, is wider by about 50mm than the one in my car. They changed the brackets & did NOT cut the radiator support on the sides - only at the top by about 25mm. Headlight bowl was not cut either. So I shall recore the one you gave me or get a new one - see how the price works out. no photos 'cause the kids have the connection cord.

The bulkhead has the bolt holes for the carby linkages in the right places as per the photos of yours, so just need to source those parts.

thanks again
Steve

PS - thanks for the info on the LROC of ACT 1982 - it did bring back some memories - just reading thru the list of members, i can remember peoples faces & trips we went on.

regards
Steve

I thought I would resurrect this thread with a few photos. I haven't done much for the last six months but I am ready to start it going again.
Have striped a few things off, just need to move the bulkhead & prepare the chassis. I have to clean up around the place & get organized so i can get into it. Thanks to a few PM's from Drifter I have got the bug again.

regards
Steve




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Hi there Steve

Sorry for the late reply

Wayne - were all fire engines - redwing & they added the PTO pump & valves - or did landrover factory make it with pumps & valves etc

This is a touchy subject with some of the Land Rover Historians - but this is an extract from what i believe could be factual (and I am no expert)

From the outset the Land Rover was recognised as a ­suitable platform to mount such fire fighting gear and a fully equipped fire engine was soon a factory built option for the Land Rover after it was launched in 1948. Indeed, one of the earliest pre-production vehicles – chassis R06 – was converted into a fire engine soon after the Land Rover launch.

Production models were made available from 1949 and were fitted with a PTO-driven centrifugal pump and a small onboard water tank. They could quickly put up to 200 gallons of water per minute onto a fire, it being drawn from the mains, a convenient natural water supply or specially made pond. It would be sprayed either as water or mixed with a foaming compound carried on the appliance.
Available as a ready-built machine from the Solihull factory, they were produced on all the Series One wheelbases and for a short time on both the Series II 88" and 109" chassis. They found a ready-made market in this country, but also exported some abroad and sold still more to a number of government authorities.

They were, however, only ever vehicles that had a low sales volume. Perhaps there was also a realisation that Rover were better off just making the base vehicle, so leaving other companies to complete the modifications. If the finished vehicle types were then approved by the factory, all the warranty aspects applicable to the base vehicle would still be honoured.

So in brief there were a few early Series II Fire enignes made which were factory (and there is only a handfull in Australia) but Land Rover stopped making Factory fire Engine 1960"s. I do like your little truck - but there is alot you need to get it back to its former glory.

I will confess even I am now finding it difficult to find things (lockers, tanks & guage pannels can be re-fabricated but pumps & hose reels are rare)

Fore example I have been on the scrounge for a hose reel for 18 months - they are difficult to find (just not in the right place at the right time)

This is a scanned copy of the original Factory fire Engine configerations (LWB & SWB, which they call regular )









All the best

Wayne

Another thing to add Steve

Is there any holes in the front wings - where the suction hoses lay around the bonnet - attached is a picture of my series I (See the galv hardware)?



The best collection of Land Rover fire Engines - is in NZ

Check these sites out

http://www.111emergency.co.nz/S-W/VintageFire1960.htm

http://www.111emergency.co.nz/S-W/VintageFire1950.htm


All the best

Wayne