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Lisboa's fire truck
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No: 5188   Contributor: Neil McCarten   Year: 1986   Manufacturer: International   Country: Portugal
Lisboa's fire truck

Fire Truck of B.V. Lisboa.

Photo taken 6/86, Lisbon, Portugal.
Picture added on 23 December 2007
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saddly scrapped a few years ago...

Added by J.L. on 06 April 2009.
This generation of International also showed up for fire service duty in several other European countries in the 1960s and 70s, including Belgium, The Netherlands and Sweden.

The midships pump and enclosed four door cab made for a very long wheelbase, as seen here, which made them less than easily maneuverable in many European city streets.

A common solution, shared by conventional control appliances from other manufacturers, was quite often to install a front-mounted pump...

Added by Rob Johnson on 20 September 2017.
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