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Austin ATV GGX 689 Loch Lomond
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No: 20736   Contributor: Petros   Year: 1981   Manufacturer: Austin   Country: United Kingdom
Austin ATV GGX 689 Loch Lomond

owned by a hotel in 1981. History of this applaince covered in Fire Cover magazine No. 117. see also picture 19968 for an auxiliary towing vehicle from the same series, but in its original grey.
Picture added on 22 November 2009 at 12:47
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it looks to have been converted to a Hose Reel Tender. Small water tank inside and hose reel pump with five way valve on the nearside. The roller port is for the hose to be paid out.
Now we would call them a Small Fires Unit or Targeted Response Vehicle. Nothing new!!!!


Added by Barrie Green on 22 November 2009.
I sold this machie to the Inversnaid Hotel in 1973 - having bought it at Glasgow Car Nart in 1972. It was sold direct from Lanarkshire fire service. I wonder where it is now

Added by Willie Hunter Smith on 20 May 2010.
yes hope it survived

Added by Barrie Green on 20 May 2010.
This machine now in the hands of Strathclyde Fire & rescue preservation group
www.strathclydefirepreservationgroup.org/appliances/GGX_689.htm

Added by Steve Bonner on 20 May 2010.
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