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Bedford M HCB-A WrC WJE 265L Cambridge
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No: 34930   Contributor: Petros   Year: 1976   Manufacturer: Bedford   Country: United Kingdom
Bedford M HCB-A WrC WJE 265L Cambridge

1976 near Hills Rd catholic church cambridge. A rare rear view of this very interesting bodywork. I have always thought it was by HCBA but one of my reference books says it is by Gladwins, a local Cambridgeshire firm who built several water carriers. See picture 6898. Or was it just rebodied by Gladwin later? This chassis certainly had 2 bodies as my Duxford picture shows.#26124.
Picture added on 10 June 2013 at 18:36
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This is the second 1, 000 gallon (4, 550 liter) tanker operated out of the Cambridge city fire station. Its predecessor was a Bedford RL with a built-in 350 GPM portable pump, while this one has a PTO-driven 500 GPM one.

The older unit had a "pump and roll" capability because of its separate pump. Its not clear if the newer one was geared to permit pump and roll.

Added by Rob Johnson on 19 February 2017.
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