Stage 1 fire engines!
Stage 1 fire engines!
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
Any one know any more - I'm trying to get the sender to get signed up here!
Seb
1970 Spitfire MKIII
1981 Laser 1 88643
1982 Stage 1 v8 SW
1992 Laser 2 9101 "Purple Reign"
2000 Laser Pico 4050
2001 Brompton M3L
2010 VW California GP 140 SE
2010 Brompton M6L
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1981 Laser 1 88643
1982 Stage 1 v8 SW
1992 Laser 2 9101 "Purple Reign"
2000 Laser Pico 4050
2001 Brompton M3L
2010 VW California GP 140 SE
2010 Brompton M6L
2010 Venture Ranger 16 Canoe
2010 Cube Ltd Pro
Re: Stage 1 fire engines!
Hi Sebastian,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
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
serie I 86' 1956
serie II 88' 1959 petrol
serie II 88' 1959 diesel
serie II 109' 1960 Petrol
serie III 88' diesel
Stage one V8 1981
serie II 88' 1959 petrol
serie II 88' 1959 diesel
serie II 109' 1960 Petrol
serie III 88' diesel
Stage one V8 1981
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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….
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….
1983 Stage 1 V8 Hardtop (Mrs Bingham)
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
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
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i like that
oh to have unlimited funds and storage.
1970 Spitfire MKIII
1981 Laser 1 88643
1982 Stage 1 v8 SW
1992 Laser 2 9101 "Purple Reign"
2000 Laser Pico 4050
2001 Brompton M3L
2010 VW California GP 140 SE
2010 Brompton M6L
2010 Venture Ranger 16 Canoe
2010 Cube Ltd Pro
1981 Laser 1 88643
1982 Stage 1 v8 SW
1992 Laser 2 9101 "Purple Reign"
2000 Laser Pico 4050
2001 Brompton M3L
2010 VW California GP 140 SE
2010 Brompton M6L
2010 Venture Ranger 16 Canoe
2010 Cube Ltd Pro
i like that
oh to have unlimited funds and storage.
1970 Spitfire MKIII
1981 Laser 1 88643
1982 Stage 1 v8 SW
1992 Laser 2 9101 "Purple Reign"
2000 Laser Pico 4050
2001 Brompton M3L
2010 VW California GP 140 SE
2010 Brompton M6L
2010 Venture Ranger 16 Canoe
2010 Cube Ltd Pro
1981 Laser 1 88643
1982 Stage 1 v8 SW
1992 Laser 2 9101 "Purple Reign"
2000 Laser Pico 4050
2001 Brompton M3L
2010 VW California GP 140 SE
2010 Brompton M6L
2010 Venture Ranger 16 Canoe
2010 Cube Ltd Pro
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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.
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.