AROUND THE SHOW
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This Mercedes Atego 1018 is destined for the Ministry of Defence police force for general cargo duties. The box body from GRP (Westbury) incorporates an Anteo taillift. S MacHeillie and Son of Walsall produces a disparate range of conversions, ranging from hearses to a Mercedes (stage fire appliance crewcab. This Sprinter 413 firearms unit is about enter service with Sussex Police at Gatwick Airport; it is equipped with the SprIntShift automated
gearbox.
MacHeillie also showed the
I scariest vehicle of the show—a tatty old Toyota Mace fitted with a wealth of covert video and audio surveillance equipment for use by a surprising assortment of government agencie, The first examples of the Dennis Dagger compact fire appliance are about to enter service. This one—one of two for West Sussex—is heading for Horsham. The engine is a B-litre Cummins ISBe, rated at 250hp and driving through an Allison 2000-Series five-speed auto.