Fire Engines Photos

I believe Baker Perkins is no more. That is a travesty. No more V8-540's to grace our ears.

Added by Andrew Middleton on 12 September 2010.

Andrew BAKER PERKINS built bakery equipment, PERKINS ENGINES is a different Company, they stopped making V8 engines years ago, to hear a V8 find a diesel powered Dodge or Dennis.


Added by Pete Ashpool on 13 September 2012.

Thanks Pete. I bet Frank Perkins will be turning if he knew I said that. Not many Dodge's or RS/SS left in service now so it's down to the old videos I shot.

Added by Andy Middleton on 14 September 2012.

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Added by Oxboard on 25 October 2016.

The original Perkins V8 510 was found in the Ford D1617 and D1317 fire appliance chassis, the first series of ERF appliances and contemporary Dennis F series units, while later Perkins V8s were installed in other Dennis, Dodge and Shelvoke chassis.

The six cylinder Perkins was also an option in the Dennis D series too, as an alternative to the unreliable and thirsty Jaguar 4.2 petrol offering.

So, one fire brigade station could theoretically have three different Dennises, a Ford, a Dodge and a Shelvoke in its appliance room - all with Perkins diesel engines.

Added by Rob Johnson on 08 November 2019.

The Ford appliances came with their own badged up Black Ford V8 , according to one CFO who will not be named or brigade told me " the new Ford appliances have a better V8 engine than the ones in our Dodge appliances " I told him "that was rubbish"! And I proved it when I next met him at a meeting , working at Perkins I acquired off the V8 assembly line 1 plain rocker cover , 1 FORD RCA, 1 perkins oil filter 1 formoco, 1 perkins engine built strip where info is stamped on and 1 formoco got a pass out to take off site then showed him the items they had bought a whole lot of spare engine parts for their Ford V8 they did not need because they already had the spares left over from the Dodge V8 engines!

Added by on 04 December 2019.

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