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The Real Land Rover Fire Truck.

Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 11:59 pm
by cody6268
I accidentally stumbled upon this a number of months ago. As it turns out, the Land Rover Fire Truck is modeled after a Carmichael FT6, which is based on a Land Rover Series II chassis.

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Here's the brochure.

http://www.fourfold.ca/mloiodice/ft6crt/variat3.htm

Re: The Real Land Rover Fire Truck.

Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2014 6:13 pm
by Lummox
Fascinating. Thank you for this!
So Carmichael was basically an outside coach builder.

Must have been made in VERY small numbers.
A friend of mine is a long-time well know Rover restorer, and has never heard of this one.

Re: The Real Land Rover Fire Truck.

Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2014 7:32 pm
by SMS88
Forward control Landies would be special order so not stocked by most dealers - probably hundreds rather than thousands made. This one must be ex military because its a 1960s example with a 1977 numberplate.