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brandweer Soest GMC Jimmy watertender
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No: 15698   Contributor: Louis van Telgen   Year: 2006   Manufacturer: GMC   Country: The Netherlands
brandweer Soest GMC Jimmy watertender

This 1943 GMC CCKW353 "Jimmy" watertender with Boudewijn bodywork and Bean high pressure pump was in service with the fire brigade of Soest in the Netherlands. It is still in they hands, it came in service in 1949 and was use well in to the seventies.
Picture added on 02 March 2009
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This ex US army 2.5 ton 6X6 GMC truck was among hundreds - if not thousands - which were converted by European fire services after WWII. They turned up in Belgium, Austria and Luxembourg as well as the Netherlands, but the greatest numbers were in service in France.

They were primarily destined for service as brush pumpers, and as the conversions were done by many local firms in different countries, they varied widely in specification, equipment and style.

Many were not much more than a tank and a portable pump on a standard chassis-cab, but some - like this example - had a much more elaborate custom body treatment.

Added by Rob Johnson on 24 January 2018.
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