juddy

I knew I had some more pictures of Salamander's somewhere. Took this one at RAF Cosford a few years ago, before the Cold War hanger had been built! There had been a show on the week before and this had been left there so they had fenced it off.

What a fantastic looking truck. Any idea on how many were made/survive???

thanks for that.... will have to do some more digging...

Had a look at Angus and nothing on there....

I have found that my pump is in fact one from a company called Trinity Pumps, i have never heard of them before, can anyone shed any light on this make???

Clive. can you email me the pdf, of these??????

Thank you for that, some good info there...

Heres some scanned pics of vehicles used in the war..

This pic was taken at Ajax Bay, can anyone identify the loader in the water??

This is HQ staff of 3 commando, on the BARV

Blues and Royals, before the breakout from san carlos

Ajax Bay, Bridgehead.

POW Camp, Ajax Bay Note Land Rovers!!!

Field Hospital at Ajax, assorted Army loaders?????

Eager Beaver, at teal Inlet ( commando Logistics )

Kit on its way down, unsure of ship......

Are these still available from any suppliers in the UK...

if you do a web search, nothing comes up showing stuff there during the war, the Raipers however must have been pulled by something...

I cant seem to find much information on what was taken down there, other than the 10 or so tracked ones, anybody have a list of equipment....

Can anybody help in identifying what sign writing this would have had on whilst working at the ROF????, and where i may get photos from, or indeed, find who once drove it????

Welcome Juddy, you have found a nice toy there. There are some pictures on the Fire truck thread. The FC series two is a rare beast. They did have a brief moment of glory as fire engines, then it was found the standard Land Rover could do the same job, cheaper. PS when you say Royal Ordnance Factory, any idea which one?

Royal Ordinance Factory Featherstone near Wolverhampton. I am told...

I found the Forward Control 2B to be a very disappointing vehicle. Mine was not a fire truck, but 1 1/2 ton load carrier.

The steering was horrendous, the vehicle rolled heavily from side to side, was unpredictable on the road and when cornering.

 

I suffered two gearbox failures on mine. Steering ball joints needed half replacing every single year to go througfh the MOT. The steering box is unique to this model, and unobtainable. The case hardening had failed on mine, I paid £250 for the last new box I could find and it didn't improve the steering.

 

Half shafts were next to impossible to source 20 years ago when I had mine, so whether there are any out there I don't know,

 

The 2B was the Land-Rover that never should have been built! Everything is completely overworked and overstreesed, it uses too many stndard L.R. components in the build and these are not up to the extra weight.

 

Personal opinion, you may get on with it.

Oh dear, lets hope we dont have the same problems, i belive you drop by on our across the pond site??? you had a really good thread going on those big trucks of yours.....

If this is the one from Gordon its one of 3 purchased by the HMG for use at civillian establishments, yours was allocated to the Royal Ordinance Factory Featherstone near Wolverhampton.

TED

Thank you Ted, for the info, do you know any more about it?? or indeed the type???? ie why someone decided to paint it camo??

We recently went on a fantastic outback Land Rover Heritage, thought these pics maybe of interest..

Further Land rover pics of this event can be found here.

http://www.olrhd2010.com/photos.htm

We arei purchasing a Land Rover FC2B HCB Angus Firelfy. IT was once used in a MOD Ordnance factory, from 1971 onwards, and i would like to find out as much info on this Land Rover, and the type itself.

I would welcome any info or pictures anybody may have on these types, and assistance with parts etc.

We will be shipping this 2b all the way to Australia later this year, and it will be the only one of its kind here.

The plan is to have it ready for the 65th Anniversary event in 2013, so we have a lot to do.....

Just wanted to say a big hello from Oz.....

The main reason i have joined the HNVF, is because i am purchasing a Land Rover FC2B HCB Angus Firelfy. IT was once used in a MOD Ordnance factory, from 1971 onwards, and i would like to find out as much info on this Land Rover, and the type itself.

The plan is to have it ready for the 65th Anniversary event in 2013, so we have a lot to do.....

Please reply to info request in this thread http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?19349-ex-Army-FC-2b-Fire-truck.....&p=211440#post211440