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Ford Stanley from Leyland
1923 Commercial motor says
(Leyland) also showed the Stanley engine, which is a fire-pump mounted on a 1-ton Ford chassis specially adapted for the purpose, extra provision having been made for cooling the water and oil. This pump is of the single-stage turbine type, and it will deliver between 50 and 200 gallons per minute at engine speeds of from 800 to 1,000 r.p.m.
archive.commercialmotor.com/article/5th-june-1923/29/mode...
also in 1926
the Stanley fire-engine. This embodies a light turbine pump, which may be mounted either on A Ford touring chassis or on a Ford 1-ton chassis. The former is called the Stanley Junior, the latter the Stanley. The capacity of the pump is up to 200 gallons a minute.
archive.commercialmotor.com/article/5th-june-1923/29/mode...
Kirkintilloch 'Town Council has acquired a motor fire-engine of-the Stanley type. It is built on a Ford ton chassis. The body is fitted to carry from eight to ten men, and the pump has a double delivery valve, and can work up to a pressure of 100 lb. It throws two jets over a three-storey building,and is driven from the engine's flywheel by enclosed gearing.
archive.commercialmotor.com/article/17th-june-1924/4/whee...
Courtesy Geoff Pritchard collection acquired via the Fire Brigade Society.
1923 Commercial motor says
(Leyland) also showed the Stanley engine, which is a fire-pump mounted on a 1-ton Ford chassis specially adapted for the purpose, extra provision having been made for cooling the water and oil. This pump is of the single-stage turbine type, and it will deliver between 50 and 200 gallons per minute at engine speeds of from 800 to 1,000 r.p.m.
archive.commercialmotor.com/article/5th-june-1923/29/mode...
also in 1926
the Stanley fire-engine. This embodies a light turbine pump, which may be mounted either on A Ford touring chassis or on a Ford 1-ton chassis. The former is called the Stanley Junior, the latter the Stanley. The capacity of the pump is up to 200 gallons a minute.
archive.commercialmotor.com/article/5th-june-1923/29/mode...
Kirkintilloch 'Town Council has acquired a motor fire-engine of-the Stanley type. It is built on a Ford ton chassis. The body is fitted to carry from eight to ten men, and the pump has a double delivery valve, and can work up to a pressure of 100 lb. It throws two jets over a three-storey building,and is driven from the engine's flywheel by enclosed gearing.
archive.commercialmotor.com/article/17th-june-1924/4/whee...
Courtesy Geoff Pritchard collection acquired via the Fire Brigade Society.
Ford
Ed: I know from my work on West Ham FB that the son of the Chief called Jones fell off and was killed in a street near where I live. Mind you that was 1884 so horse drawn no doubt.
Added by Rob Johnson on 09 April 2024.