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1952 AEC Regent III Merryweather Turntable Ladder 
Class: Trucks, Fire truck — Model origin: 
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◊ 2009-01-29 05:38 |
NSW Fire Brigade vehicle![[Image: aec4rz8.3387.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/0is142/aec4rz8.3387.jpg) ![[Image: aec2sj8.2475.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/0is142/aec2sj8.2475.jpg) ![[Image: aec3zt3.7400.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/0is142/aec3zt3.7400.jpg) -- Last edit: 2009-01-29 06:54:57 |
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◊ 2009-01-29 09:20 |
Unless anyone has a NSW Fire Brigade fleet list, AEC is about the closest you can get. It is likely to be a Regal or Regent bus chassis, or a just possibly a Mercury or Monarch truck chassis with pump escape appliance equipment. Merryweather or locally sourced? |
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◊ 2009-02-01 22:48 |
I remember a similar vehicle in the NSW Fire Brigade Museum being listed as a Merryweather |
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◊ 2009-02-01 22:54 |
Link to "www.museumoffire.com.au" Listing includes a 1952 AEC "Merryweather" turntable ladder which would match the description of this truck |
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◊ 2009-02-02 11:20 |
Probably an AEC Regent III Merryweather source: http://maudslay.fotopic.net/ AEC built at the Maudslay factory From March 1950 to April 1957 some 138 AEC Regent III passenger chassis were assembled at the Maudslay Motors factory in Alcester and supplied to fire brigades in the UK and around the world. With its low centre of gravity the Regent III was particularly suitable mount for a 100' turntable ladder and in its shortened form as a pump escape. Each had a standard Maudslay 5-digit chassis number, the 'P' or 'D' prefix denoting petrol or diesel engine, and the 'L' or 'R' suffix standing for left or right hand drive. Ladders and pump equipment were manufactured by Merryweather & Sons Ltd of Greenwich, S.E. London. Bodywork was by Merryweather, or by Park Royal Vehicles Ltd. |
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◊ 2009-02-02 18:23 |
Probably the exact NSW vehicle although listed as Maudslay rather than AEC. http://www.aecsouthall.co.uk/regent3_fire/2tl.htm |
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◊ 2009-02-03 12:01 |
Well done Sunbar. By the way, the photo in the second link is the same vehicle in the NSW Fire Museum, and may well be the same vehicle in the movie |
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◊ 2009-02-03 12:25 |
I believe so, Valiant1962... The only other one in Australia appears to be an earlier Merryweather turntable ladder of exactly the same design but built on a Leyland bus chassis. The open cab appears on both and looks to be Australian in origin. |
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