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Commer/Miles Wilts UWV560
Photo taken by Lester Solway and published with his full permission. I cant find the comment but I'm sure I read on this site recently that this appliance is currently undergoing restoration. It shows the appliance on the run at Salisbury where it spent its last couple of years. This was the last Commer/Miles delivered to Wiltshire Fire Brigade and was also the last one on the run. I think it started life as a pump escape but was later converted. I have also posted a rear shot.
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Photo taken by Lester Solway and published with his full permission. I cant find the comment but I'm sure I read on this site recently that this appliance is currently undergoing restoration. It shows the appliance on the run at Salisbury where it spent its last couple of years. This was the last Commer/Miles delivered to Wiltshire Fire Brigade and was also the last one on the run. I think it started life as a pump escape but was later converted. I have also posted a rear shot.
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lovely machine.......pity about the reflective plaques !!!!
Added by Barrie Green on 17 December 2011.
Added by Barrie Green on 17 December 2011.
I now own uwv560 and along with two of my brothers am trying to restore her to her former glory.we are restoring back as original pump escape
Added by Keith Lister on 18 December 2011.
Added by Keith Lister on 18 December 2011.
This was my very 1st fire engine I never bought.. and the very 1st month I got her.. I had a visit from a D.O. from WILTSHIRE a gentleman called DAVE CHURCHILL (oh yes oh yes) He left Cleveland Fire to go to work in Wiltshire.. I'd been on nights and got knocked out of bed by him.. I thought it was a P take but he showed me his ID he had friends who lived a couple of doors away and he was visiting them.. when I had her she had a 50 foot Metal Wheeled Escape on the back..
Added by Dave Todd on 18 December 2011.
Added by Dave Todd on 18 December 2011.
Barrie, I thought they were rather sedate considering what came in the years to follow, , , ,
Added by Pav on 20 December 2011.
Added by Pav on 20 December 2011.
Decidedly sedate, Pav !
When it makes it on here, I've posted the last Northumber;land Commer WrE -ATY 401B - which carried Victor Healey name plates, even though it was to Miles design.
Added by Ian Moore on 20 December 2011.
When it makes it on here, I've posted the last Northumber;land Commer WrE -ATY 401B - which carried Victor Healey name plates, even though it was to Miles design.
Added by Ian Moore on 20 December 2011.
I always though it a pity that Miles did not configure these appliances with slightly different bodywork. This would have taken advantage of the fact that these Commer chassis were designed from the beginning to accommodate full front doors with a nice low step ahead of the front mudguards.
I guess it was cheaper just to build them like a Bedford with a Pinnochio nose, because most of the parts would remain the same.
But its much too late now!
Added by Rob Johnson on 23 July 2017.
I guess it was cheaper just to build them like a Bedford with a Pinnochio nose, because most of the parts would remain the same.
But its much too late now!
Added by Rob Johnson on 23 July 2017.
Commer
Added by Dave Todd on 17 December 2011.