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1982 Bedford TKG HSC WTL Kinale Fire station
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No: 12451   Contributor: Tim O'Donovan   Year: 2008   Manufacturer: Bedford   Country: Ireland
1982 Bedford TKG HSC WTL Kinale Fire station

Enclosed is pic of 435-OZB. our old 1982 Bedford TKG HSC WTL BUILT BY HCB ANGUS OF SOUTHHAMPTON now in semi retirement at Kinale Fire Station.Its main uses include transport for Santa and Vintage runs etc..We have had it from new and it doensn't have power steering and has 5 speed manual box.
Picture added on 17 November 2008
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Glad to see that you have been able to carry this old girl on, as a "Parade Engine", thereby by-passing the junk-yard phase, or, left-in-a-field phase, before getting rescued.

More power to you; you have a great Fire-Engine for us to see...

Regards, from Canada,
Pat_R-B

Added by Pat Rivers-Bowerman on 17 November 2008.
Tim:

Were these the same as the earlier CSV safety cabs, in terms of their protection for the crew members in the event of an accident?

I ask because the front cowl looks an awful lot like fiberglass, while the CSV was sheet steel...

Added by Rob Johnson on 21 March 2018.
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