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lizzie Belrose Fire brigade
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No: 29125   Contributor: Ken Morgan   Year: 2006   Manufacturer: Ford   Country: Australia
lizzie Belrose Fire brigade

A 1942 pacific ford blitz fire tanker built in Canada for the RAAF. It has been in Belrose bush fire brigade since 1970, still going strong sorry not going to fires any more. Picture taken out side station 2006
Picture added on 18 August 2011 at 07:51
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G'day Ken, Was she a x RAAF fire truck? I never heard of a Pacific Ford. As she's build in Canada it's known as a Ford Canada (CMP). There should have been a name like that on the left near the headlight.

Added by Fire995 on 21 August 2011.
sorry a bit late in replying the reason it is called pacific is the rear pump is a ford 4cyl with a pacific gear pump attached also 100 gall a min power takeoff pump under tank was made in canada the RAAF used them on the air fields belrose still have it for display only 17/03/2019

Added by Ken Morgan on 17 March 2019.
Thanks Ken

Added by Fire995 on 31 March 2019.
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