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Thornycroft dual purpose DP 2 RAF 26AG14
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No: 41930   Contributor: Petros   Year: 1979   Manufacturer: Thornycroft   Country: United Kingdom
Thornycroft dual purpose DP 2 RAF 26AG14

looks to be moving quickly!! With a bigger water tank and monitor, the DP 2 was a larger and more effective version of the DP 1 - 1000 gallon tank, part domestic water tender and partly to charge foam vehicles. Look up rafanddfsa and see also




Late Alastair Collins collection - used with permission.

Picture added on 24 June 2020 at 17:09
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this is a DPII Dual Purpose Fire Truck RAF Fire service 6X4 Contents 1000 galls water 65 galls Foam concentrate, used in Back up to Major foam tender, also as Foam truck using 20x Monitor controls by drivers position pump was a 350/500gpm Coventry climax single stage, had 2 2 1/2" delivery outlets and 1 3" to feed Mk6 Mk7 foam tender with water. manual 4 speed gearbox pto for pump , engage front wheel drive by engaging switch. No power steering.

Added by Bob Ewing on 25 June 2020.
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