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Ex East Sussex Jeep rescue tender
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No: 9824   Contributor: Adam Floyd   Year: 2002   Manufacturers: Angloco, Jeep   Country: United Kingdom
Ex East Sussex Jeep rescue tender

The East Sussex brigade had two of these unusual rescue tenders on Jeep J20 chassis-cabs with Scothorn 6x4 conversions and Angloco bodywork. A779 EPN was based at Lewes and is now preserved, as seen at the Banbury Steam Society rally in Bloxham, Oxfordshire, in June 2002.
Picture added on 08 August 2008
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They actually had four of these, an early prototype which I believe was preserved, then A778/9 EPN then a B registration which was written off !I owned A778 EPN for a couple of years and only sold it to make space for another vehicle I sold it to a recovery firm in the London area who used it for airbag recovery, it was a fantastic vehicle to drive - you could actually 'flex' the chassis simply by 'blipping' the accelerator.

Added by Rick Loudon on 09 August 2008.
I saw this last in 2007 at RAF Manston. Obviously now taken out of preservation, was rotting away when saw it.

Added by Mike Hughes on 19 October 2010.
you can see the Sussex Jeeps on this site by putting J20 in the search field. They are a particular favourite of mine. A plea - please vehicle registrations in the title line of your photos if at all possible. Make searching fanatics like me very happy! Staffs had Jeeps as well of course.

Added by Peter Williams on 20 October 2010.
As of September this year she was still as the Manston Museum close to the Manston Airport, sitting outside faded red paint looking rather sad.

Added by Gordon Smith on 21 October 2010.
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