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Looks like the back of Swindons Drove Road Fire station to me..

Added by Jon Godden on 25 November 2014.

How the world has changed in 50 years! This machine is so light by today's standards! (Six stud wheels/hubs give this vehicle a Gross weight of no more than 8 Ton 10 cwt - 8640 Kg.)

Added by Peter Goodall on 30 November 2014.

It was based at Swindon and the body was by Mumfords

Added by Tony Morris on 08 December 2014.

probably HCB , it has their trademark twin screens and you are bang on about weight , we should have lighter appliances , more economical and better agility , there is no need for about 70% of the equipment carried on a standard appliance these days , a fleet of smaller lighter appliances of around 10 tons or lighter to avoid the huge expense of hgv would be ideal first strike in towns and rural alike with the larger appliances used for more appropriate turn outs

Added by Donny Maclean on 09 December 2014.

Bodywork by Mumfords

Added by Tony Morris on 10 December 2014.

Famously there was the Bedford TK/Mumford Emergency Tender YJY999 built for Plymouth, a similar big Bedford. It is on the CCMV website. Mumford was a Plymouth firm.

Added by Peter Williams on 10 December 2014.

Mumford also bodied the Hose Foam Tender and a Water Tender for Plymouth. All on Bedford chassis

Added by Tony Morris on 11 December 2014.

Mumfords also built an order of L4P's and RT for Staffordshire in 1964 based on the Carmichael Redwing with slight variations so likewise the ET may look like HCB but has a higher roof line and other small additions.
I am restoring ERF 725B a L4P

Added by Brett Clayton on 15 December 2014.

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