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WO NEW vehicles from heshire Fire Engineering Ltd I Winsford, Cheshire, were n show at last week's FireTh 77 exhibition in Brighton. CFE has, for the first time, one from building onto chasis cab units to starting with a hassis cowl then placing its wn full -width integral driing/crew cab.
The body incorporates a ght all-steel square section .ame in place of the more .aditionalwoodenframework, ad is panelled in zinc steel wet.
A 1818 litre (400 gallon) alvanised steel baffled tank is 'counted immediately behind le cab area, while three large ,orage lockers are provided tch side to house a Godiva ;htweight portable pump four 2.44m (8ft) lengths of ction hose enclosed by aluinium roller shutters.
The Bedford 500.160 8.198-lit DO cum) diesel engine is used iving through a Turner type i-400 five-speed gearbox th synchromesh on all gears cept first.
The second vehicle, a light aergency tender based on e Ford A Series A0610 chas', has a top speed of over mph and is powered by a litre V6 petrol engine driving rough a five-speed ZF gearoz.