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No: 36274 Contributor: Geraint Roberts Year: 2013 Manufacturers: Carmichael, Other Country: United Kingdom
Ex Berkshire & Reading/Royal Berkshire Karrier WrT
Photographed today (08/10/13) at Beale Park near Pangbourne in Berkshire. No details other than it is a 1964, ex Berkshire and Reading FB/Royal Berkshire FB, Karrier/Carmichael WrT. The tax disc in the windscreen had an expiry date of the 30/08/10 and the appliance doesn't appear to have moved for a while. See picture 10139 and picture 10143.
BJB30B
Photographed today (08/10/13) at Beale Park near Pangbourne in Berkshire. No details other than it is a 1964, ex Berkshire and Reading FB/Royal Berkshire FB, Karrier/Carmichael WrT. The tax disc in the windscreen had an expiry date of the 30/08/10 and the appliance doesn't appear to have moved for a while. See picture 10139 and picture 10143.
BJB30B
Carmichael built several appliances with this cab on different chassis. This one is badged Karrier. There were also Albion, Bedford, Commer, Dodge, Ford and Leyland chassis versions.
In gneral, most other British fire engine builders at the time used a modified lorry cab supplied by the chassis builder, although some developed their own cab on a Bedford chassis.
This approach of offering the same cab on several different chassis was unique to Carmichael in the UK, but it was and is still a common practice in north America, where specialist fire engine chassis builders do not supply their own cabs.
The numbers of these Carmichaels which were sold was rather small. This was mainly because their cab did not offer any significant practical advantages over any of the standard lorry cabs available at the time. All of these were built in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Added by Rob Johnson on 09 October 2013.
In gneral, most other British fire engine builders at the time used a modified lorry cab supplied by the chassis builder, although some developed their own cab on a Bedford chassis.
This approach of offering the same cab on several different chassis was unique to Carmichael in the UK, but it was and is still a common practice in north America, where specialist fire engine chassis builders do not supply their own cabs.
The numbers of these Carmichaels which were sold was rather small. This was mainly because their cab did not offer any significant practical advantages over any of the standard lorry cabs available at the time. All of these were built in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Added by Rob Johnson on 09 October 2013.
Alan there is a reason for this. Carmichael of Worcester build a standard body including cab and could drop it onto a number of chassis - Albion; Karrier; Bedford; Commer; and simply added the chassis maker's badge to the front. So they all look very similar. Without this badge they can be quite hard to distinguish. There are numerous examples in this site. I like the look of these appliances personally.
Added by Peter Williams on 09 October 2013.
Added by Peter Williams on 09 October 2013.
Berkshire had 3 of WRTs , BJB 30 B was allocated to Stn 3 Mortimer (now Stn 11) it then went to reserve.
The other two went to Stn 7 Pangbourne and Stn 20 Wantage (now in Oxfordshire, That part of Berkshire that is on loan to Oxon!!!).
Alan Jones Ex Berks Stn 1
Added by Alan Jones on 10 October 2013.
The other two went to Stn 7 Pangbourne and Stn 20 Wantage (now in Oxfordshire, That part of Berkshire that is on loan to Oxon!!!).
Alan Jones Ex Berks Stn 1
Added by Alan Jones on 10 October 2013.
There is a nice rare Ford example at picture 13892 from Eire. There are New Zealand Albions on this site too.
Added by Peter Williams on 11 October 2013.
Added by Peter Williams on 11 October 2013.
Carmichael
Added by Alan Ramsay on 09 October 2013.