This was a standard truck chassis, not a special fire appliance design.
Ford of Europe discontinued fire appliance chassis builds after the Cargo replaced the D series. This was decided due to the low volumes relative to the extra cost of engineering and building them.
But Cargo fire appliance chassis continued to be built in both Turkey and Brazil, where there were local truck factories, and they were quite popular in both countries, as well as being exported to other places...
Ford of Europe discontinued fire appliance chassis builds after the Cargo replaced the D series. This was decided due to the low volumes relative to the extra cost of engineering and building them.
But Cargo fire appliance chassis continued to be built in both Turkey and Brazil, where there were local truck factories, and they were quite popular in both countries, as well as being exported to other places...
Added by Rob Johnson on 06 June 2020.