Fire Engines Photos

A credit to its owner, who I know spent many hundreds of hours and a small fortune restoring this unique type of fire appliance.

Added by Bob James on 09 June 2011.

These are a great piece of kit and a shame that more weren't produced. They came about due to a new shopping centre being built and the need to get an appliance inside the building. These were designed and built to be light enough to drive on the mezanine levels. My good friend Bob Wright has a Mk1 currently undergoing restoration and has photo's of them in action. I believe there were also 2 or 3 Mk3's built on Dodge chassis but understand none survive, unless someone out there has one tucked away in a barn!

Added by Matt Ireland on 09 June 2011.

I'm looking forward to Bob's restoration of his MkI getting back out of the road - if its anything like his F8 it will be outstanding. That said, as you probably know he's got a lot of work in front of him.
Funnily enough I've always known the Dodge versions as MkIIa's, or that was what ours at Knightswood Fire Station was designated as - dreadful crew compartment, facing backwards with our knees hard against the rear bulkhead panel, not a successful design.

Added by Bob James on 10 June 2011.

The original Mark 1's under the'G'registration were built on the Dennis'D'chassis with J.C.Bennett bodywork of which there were three.The second batch were known as the Mark 11's and were manufactured by Dennis on their F46A chassis and again had bodywork by J.D.Bennett.There were a total of 5 in the second batch, two had'H'registrations and the other 3 had the'J'registration.
The last six Scooshers were ordered for delivery in 1973 and were all on Dodge K850 Tricentrol chassis with bodywork by Carmichael & Sons of Worcester.All 6 were'L'registered and were actually unofficially known as the Mark 11A Scooshers.

Added by Pete Matten on 11 June 2011.

You can buy a dvd film called the fire chasers from Amazon in the film you see a mk1 scoosher at some of the fires.

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