Stage 1 fire engines!

sebking · Post by **sebking** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 8:42 pm

I've been sent pictures from Portugal of Stage 1's converted by Carmichael in the UK and used but the Portuguese fire service.

Any one know any more - I'm trying to get the sender to get signed up here!

Seb

5988 · Post by **5988** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 9:13 pm

never seen any ....can you post the pic

serie123 · Post by **serie123** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 11:27 pm

sebking wrote:I've been sent pictures from Portugal of Stage 1's converted by Carmichael in the UK and used but the Portuguese fire service.

Any one know any more - I'm trying to get the sender to get signed up here!

Seb

Hi Sebastian,

here I am, as you asked me to

In Portugal the majority of the Stage ones came to fire service and they were prepared by carmichael.

Here it is my stage one ex-fire service.

It's a 109 truckcab, from 1981 with only 34.000kms on the clock. It's common to find Stage ones with 20/30.000kms or even 10.000kms, because they were used only in the summer to fight the fire and transport water to difficult places and the beside the summer they stayed in the garage. When they bought new cars, and more economical ones, they only use the "guzzling" stage ones when they needed all the cars...

Here it is:

What do you think about this stage one? What are the differences that you recongnise as been done by Carmichel?

Thanks,

Pedro

Mrs Bingham · Post by **Mrs Bingham** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 9:27 am

Very nice. What a difference a decent climate makes – your chassis looks like new and your springs don’t have any rust on them.
If I were to spot the difference then the wheels look like one ton spec with longer spring hangers. The pipe coming up from the exhaust manifold used for heating the air intake is a different design. What is the strange contraption attached to the top radiator hose? The radiator expansion tank is in a different location and it doesn’t look like the heater is present – not that you would need it in Portugal, but having said that it doesn’t do much in the UK either! Interestingly you have no oil pressure gauge.

I like it a lot so look after it….

5988 · Post by **5988** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 11:01 am

most i can see have bene covered
Longer spring shackles...not landrover ones though ....
does it have extended spring monts at the front of the springs?
Wheels lok to be the 6" wide Forward control/1 Ton ones
Something odd with the top hose...heat exchanger for something maybe? ...any other connections to it
Intake system seems to be a stage 1 normal item to me
the frame at the back of the cab looks like the remains of a ladder rack

gary_in_nz · Post by **gary_in_nz** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 9:53 am

yeah i would say longer spring hangers. love to know what that extra box is on the top radiator hose?? how do you find your tires?? they look like Simex or Silverstone's?? very good looking truck and your lucky to find one with such low km's.

primsil · Post by **primsil** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 10:31 am

I would guess its an electric water heater, pretty much a standard fitment to fire engines and ambulances so they are never cold started.

John Roach · Post by **John Roach** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 7:24 am

Happened upon this...

http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-uk/ww ... egLetter=X

Regards,

John

sebking · Post by **sebking** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 8:49 am

oh to have unlimited funds and storage.

sebking · Post by **sebking** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 8:50 am

oh to have unlimited funds and storage.

V8_Disco · Post by **V8_Disco** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 2:15 pm

A dealer in West Yorkshire has a full on Fire Engine Stage 1 Just in looking in good condition

I was shoping for a frend and he turned his nose up! as he wants a camper

A

Andy Dawe · Post by **Andy Dawe** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 6:27 am

Here is one based at the Metropolitan Firearms training school in Kent. lost most of it's kit but otherwise complete

disco2hse · Post by **disco2hse** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 9:55 pm

Very cool. That pump gear looks like it'd be worth as much as the truck on its own.

Jamie_grieve · Post by **Jamie_grieve** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 12:58 am

No photo but there's one in Huambo in Angola too and a realy early 110 V8 also carmichael fire conversion. Maybe they came from Portugal?

22900013a · Post by **22900013a** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 6:11 pm

Quite a few stage 1s (and 1-tons!!!) here -

http://www.bombeiros.pt/galeria/categor ... 69&page=10

My Mrs is Portuguese so I am hoping to see some of these out and about next time we visit her family.

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