Fire Engines Photos

Yes it is a Rolls plaque.....very much sought after item nowadays

Added by Barrie Green on 09 November 2009.

This served at Wrexham and then was transferred to E9 Mold to replace GDM81K there. It was replaced there in 1989 by F888AKC Volvo/Fulton&Wylie.Im not sure what happened to it then but it was not in reserve in 1991 like most petrol R types were. Lovely picture of a classic Clwyd Dennis,Bedford TJ/HCB Angus OUN177G next to it too.

Added by Gary Simpson on 10 November 2009.

Beautiful machine, by far the nicest looking of all the dennis Fire appliance models I think.

Added by Michael O' Dwyer on 22 December 2009.

They were Michael,they made you proud to be seen in them. And in the case of the Rolls Royce petrol engined ones like LJC heard in them too!

Added by Gary Simpson on 24 December 2009.

Fitted with an Allison automatic gearbox

Added by Alan Woodward on 16 February 2010.

Really? - you had the Allison Automatic Transmissions(Gear-box), way back then....

They have only been showing up in our area, in the past decade or so.

Regards, from Canada,
Pat_R-B

Added by Pat Rivers-Bowerman on 18 February 2010.

Actually it was a Morse Self Changing Gears box (which I beleive was built under licence) possibly an Allison licence. Eitherway you could use it semi-automatic with the dashboard gearshift lever. RJC918T was the the delivered to Clwyd with a Dash Leverchange supposededly exported prior to xmas to Netherlands (perhaps editors could help?). LJC487R spent most of her life at E9 Mold(Ret) after Wrexham,Most of it with a black painted bumper,which at least LJC489T out of the batch also carried.

Added by Gary Simpson on 19 February 2010.

Does anyone have info on any hereford and worcester fire brigade R series. I remember them having a few of these lovely machines. They were T reg i think, but were fitted with perkins V8 diesel with the auto box.

Added by Matt Ireland on 06 May 2010.

Matt, see picture 9556.

Added by Dusty on 12 September 2010.

Weren't the B-reg Dodge's the last to have bells?

Added by Adey on 12 September 2010.

The last appliance was C256SJC the third and final Dodge/Fulton&Wylie which served at Corwen (then Station E5).It was withdrawn after suffering damage in a rollover accident on 14.2.1996. It turned over on the A5104 at Pontybodkin whilst en route to a firecall in Treuddyn, it was running as a spare at Mold (then E9) whilst their Volvo was away for repair.

Added by Gary Simpson on 13 September 2010.

I always thought the grille on this series looked like an afterthought, resembling nothing more than a piece of leftover metal fencing, or perhaps a farm gate? Of course I know all fire trucks are there to do a job, not to look elegant, but its no excuse to bring out the ugly stick...

ED: there was a matt black version as well

Added by Rob Johnson on 10 July 2021.

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