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Description
Dodge WC51, 1943
Fire engine for the Corpeau Fire Brigade
Petrol engine, 6-cylinder, 17 CV (tax rating).
Original US military bodywork designed for the Normandy landings, converted into a fire engine. Opening windscreen, canvas soft top.
In excellent condition and beautifully restored. Vehicle sold without a roadworthiness test or warranty of any kind.
Equipment:
- High-pressure system: 40 litres per minute at 40 bar.
- 300-litre water tank.
- Two hose reels, each containing 40 metres of 12 mm diameter high-pressure hose.
- Two high-pressure nozzles.
- Orange rotating warning light
- 100 kg dry powder fire extinguisher.
Equipment: 1 battery charger, 1 x 2 kg CO₂ fire extinguisher, 1 x 6 kg ABC powder fire extinguisher, 1 x 100 kg ABC powder fire extinguisher, 1 additive canister and gloves, 2 x twin-cylinder self-contained breathing apparatus, 1 x 70 mm diameter hose.
Origin:
- Corpeau Fire Station, Côte d’Or;
- Jean-Claude Picot Collection in Beaune, Côte d’Or.
Documents provided:
- Collection registration document;
- Most recent roadworthiness test dated 18 June 2013;
- Maintenance log detailing all work carried out (approximately 428 hours);
- File of invoices.
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