Shite emergency vehicles

[sheffcortinacentre]

Cortina & Granada ambulances were available.

[High Jetter]

3 hours ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

Cortina & Granada ambulances were available.

Well they did FTP quite often 🤣

[martc]

Can you get any shiter? I think the ladder is a Germanic joke, but the rest of it is genuine.

[SunnySouth]

On 12/10/2024 at 00:04, Datsuncog said:

The irony of an asthmatic Marina on’Mobile Cardiac’ duties…

[Wibble]

23 minutes ago, SunnySouth said:

The irony of an asthmatic Marina on’Mobile Cardiac’ duties…

Er, that’s a Vauxhall Viva.

[martc]

26 minutes ago, SunnySouth said:

The irony of an asthmatic Marina on’Mobile Cardiac’ duties…

Good job they used the red hot Viva, with it's ripsnorting 1256cc engine then.

Beaten to it by the equally fast off the mark Wibble.

Edited October 26, 2024 by martc
seconds too late (like a Marina ambulance)

[SunnySouth]

2 minutes ago, Wibble said:

Er, that’s a Vauxhall Viva.

Well bugger me, so it is! They should have used a Marina, obviously….🤪

And I should learn to look at idle internet wibble properly!

[sheffcortinacentre]

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HB would be 1156, but I believe these were 2.0 slant 4 ohc.

[Wibble]

29 minutes ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

HB would be 1156, but I believe these were 2.0 slant 4 ohc.

My Mum’s HC estate was 1256, as was her Chevette that followed.

[High Jetter]

2 hours ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

HB would be 1156, but I believe these were 2.0 slant 4 ohc.

That was the Magnum, shirley? Most HC's were 1256 IIRC.

[sheffcortinacentre]

HB's & early HC's had an 1156 (HA's 1053), HB's had the 1600 & 2000 slant 4 ( same as the FD victor & early HC/CF's).

HC viva SL was avl with 1256/1800/2000 while GLS was available with the 1256/1800/2300.

Firenza 1256/2300

Magnum 1800/2300

Droopsnoot 2300 TC 5speed, sportshatch 2300 SC 4 speed.

Chevette 1256 , HS/HSR 2300 TC 5 speed.

HA vans mirrored the cars ohv .

Mate has had loads over the years Inc 2.0efi pinto powered HC EST through the 00's as a daily (we built & a BOB engined Firenza they needed decent engines in them)

His HA telecom van has won best in class the last two years at the AGM ( which for some reason he's highly embarrassed by?????).

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[martc]

The 'Satsuma Fire Brigade' at Nikkozan Rinnoji, which had everything from its own Subaru fire engine to aluminium heat resistant clothing.

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, martc said:

The 'Satsuma Fire Brigade' at Nikkozan Rinnoji, which had everything from its own Subaru fire engine to aluminium heat resistant clothing.

....but no boots?

[Metal Guru]

11 hours ago, High Jetter said:

....but no boots?

Only the two on the LHS of the vehicle will be fighting the fire. The two on the RHS , will just pray.

[shampooefficient]

Seen on Facespace this morning. Think it's MOD police. 

[shampooefficient]

How about this - gifted to Cleveland County Fire Brigade by a German brigade. "Er. Thanks?"

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[captain_cal]

Xmas rapid* response vehicle

*GPS verified 50mph on the bypass

[bezzabsa]

On 26/10/2024 at 18:25, SunnySouth said:

The irony of an asthmatic Marina on’Mobile Cardiac’ duties…

That Hospital wasn't too far from me in Dugleeee

[High Jetter]

4 hours ago, captain_cal said:

Xmas rapid* response vehicle

*GPS verified 50mph on the bypass

Treemendous!

[martc]

'Emergency Traumatological and Obstetric-Gynecological Care' ambulances on UAZ-452 and RAF-2203 chassis,  Dmitrovsky Polygon, Moscow Oblast, 1982.
The conversions were made by Tamro, a Finnish company based in Helsinki.

Here's a couple more, including a GAZ-24. Note the Tamro logo on the door and the Finnish reg plate overlaying the Soviet one. The RAF has Hella auxillary lights.

[rml2345]

On 26/10/2024 at 17:04, martc said:

Can you get any shiter? I think the ladder is a Germanic joke, but the rest of it is genuine.

Is that the one they'd send round to make sure you were having a fire and not lying to the authorities so you'd get extra water or something?

[martc]

It's not really an emergency, and not really shite, but here's an Ikarus 601 based mobile X-Ray unit from the Estonian SSR.

[martc]

Skoda ambulances in the USSR.

[PhilA]

I was following one of our local police cars this morning, 2006 Chevy Impala. 

That's pretty good going, they were once everywhere, civilian and police, but are a much more rare sight these days.