Fire Engines Photos

2 ex Lancashire Ford Marksman, one of the first if not the first Fords of the modern era. Diesel engined probably Fords own. The photo looks like ICI Hillhouse at Thornton near Fleetwood.

Added by Neal Glover on 02 May 2017.

ICI could have specified a number of different engines for this H registration D600.

The main choices for the actual D600 generation of fire appliances were either a five litre Canadian SVO petrol engine, or the standard six litre British-built diesel. Both were inline slant sixes.

Later models, designated D1040, D1317 and D1617, were all SVO chassis, fitted with either the new Ford five litre L6 turbo diesel engine, or the recently introduced Perkins V8 8.3 litre diesel, which was also used by both Dennis and ERF at the time.

The rather nicely designed four door tilt cab was used by Merryweather, but these ICI units could have had the same cab along with rear bodywork by a different supplier. Pyrene is a possibility, as they used this same cab on some industrial foam pumpers..

Added by Rob Johnson on 03 May 2017.

The first D series fire appliances were ten water tenders and one foam tender, supplied to Gloucestershire in 1967. These had the Canadian petrol engine.

Added by Rob Johnson on 03 May 2017.

For these Merryweather bodied Marksman in service see picture 20445 and picture 23798, ordered by Lancashire but some ended up in Merseyside on transfer April 1974. On served up at Crosby. There is an Australian example on this site too.

Added by Petros on 03 May 2017.

this appliance was originally part of an order for lancashire fire brigade , it had the V8 perkins fitted

Added by Alan Ramsay on 08 May 2017.

"A Reliant-designed and developed crew cab has been supplied to Merryweather and Sons Ltd., for their prototype Marksman water tender. The tilt cab, moulded in glass-fibre, is double skinned with steel reinforcing and is insulated against heat, cold and noise. It has four doors and is very roomy". From Commercial Motor magazine

Added by Ronald Henderson on 13 May 2017.

If in doubt, all you have to do is to wait for Mr. Henderson to answer any question you could possibly think up!

It always looked good, and I can't help wondering how many more SVO D series fire appliance chassis my former colleagues at Ford would have been able to sell if they had offered this cab as a factory option...

Added by Rob Johnson on 17 May 2017.

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