Green Goddess Fire Engine

[iandromiskin]

At some point (money depending of course) I would love to buy one of these. Not sure what I would do with it, but I'd be happy just looking at it But does anyone have any idea of any sites where these are advertised for sale so that I can keep an eye on the availablity and selling price ??? Not much on the internet currently.

[ASL642]

Witham Specialist Vehicles Ltd of Grantham Lincolnshire sold 15 in 2007 on behalf of the Government for £3,500 + VAT each.

[LouiseM]

Here's their website - they deal in the sale of MOD vehicles: http://www.mod-sales.com/ You can register and sign up for their news letter.

[ASL642]

Oh dear must not sign up..... something I always wanted Wonder if the neighbour wants to rent a bit of his drive out?

[LouiseM]

I expect having 5 Minors on the drive has already lowered house prices in your area so I don't think the neighbours would be best pleased

[ASL642]

Cheek! ...Well at least we drive our cars. Most of the neighbours venture out once a week to the supermarket and then put the car back in the garage Some of them are too elderly to drive any more ......empty garages!

[Plin]

Great idea Ian - I only saw one of them the other night and thought goodness haven't seen one for years (am old enough to remember them being actually used when the firemen were on strike in my teenage years!). Mind you they are quite big, had to give it some room down our silly 'traffic calming' road!

[d_harris]

3.5k? That sounds like a bargain to me!

[iandromiskin]

There are some nice landrovers for sale too.

Think I could fit this on my lawn http://www.mod-sales.com/direct/vehicle ... zelle_.htm

I only found one tired Goddess so far but it needs work http://www.farmingmachines.co.uk/machinery/M13626

[ASL642]

I fancied the armoured tracked carrier Might stop the people who park down our road to collect their children (15/16 yr olds who don't appear to have legs) from school - we live in a cul de sac

[mike.perry]

Have you ever driven a Bedford RL? Its hard work! And the fuel consumption of the petrol engine
Don't let me discourage you!

[iandromiskin]

Oh I'd imagine the petrol consumption is something to behold all right. Never driven one. Just a dream of Bedford ownership. Some people at my age want a mercedes or a bmw, I want an old fire-engine

[ASL642]

I was thinking of it more of a deterrent! There are times of the day when we simply can't get out of the road! They park on both sides Have driven an outside broadcast vehicle round the pound once. They were enormous and heavy

[chrisd87]

I remember the green goddesses from the firefighters strike a few years ago. From memory the top speed was something like 40 or 45mph! Can you drive them on an ordinary car licence, or would you have to take another (7.5t?) test?

[ASL642]

I think you need an HGV or CDL not sure which.

[mike.perry]

You need an LCV Class C (HGV3). You can budget that into your costings. But don't let me put you off

[ASL642]

Well it would certainly be something "different" to enter in the Open Class!

[iandromiskin]

Has anyone seen this ?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/DENNIS-F8-FIRE-EN ... 415b9aca0c

Cheap at half the price but then it has two days to go yet.

[StaffsMoggie]

Above all, one of these vehicles needs undercover storage. Much of the rear body is made of wood and like Minor Travellers they deteriorate dramatically if left exposed to the weather.

Unless you have somewhere to store the vehicle indoors, and they are bigger than they look, I would advise against purchasing one.

[Trabantdave]

How about one of these for controlling the local yout?

It's a Volkspolizei Robur from East Germany!

Regards

Dave