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Dodge Kew HCB Isle of Wight GXM627
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No: 43957   Contributor: Petros   Year: 1982   Manufacturers: Dodge, HCB Angus   Country: United Kingdom
Dodge Kew HCB Isle of Wight GXM627

One of a group of five that first saw service with the Auxiliary Fire Service, it was sent to HCB Engineering for conversion from Type A to Type B water tender - source: Aiden Fisher's 2012 book on HCB Angus. (Plate 1 in colour section)

Since 2016 a man called Dave Battersby started to converted it back to a mobile dam unit in battleship grey removing the body seen here. See
picture 7392 and picture 16338

Courtesy Geoff Pritchard collection acquired via the Fire Brigade Society.
Picture added on 23 January 2023 at 14:32
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