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100% Guildford built vehicle (eBay+beer=oops!)
By: NoelC Date: December 13, 2016, 3:06 pm
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A purchase from about a year ago, 1993 Dennis Rapier. Long story
made short-ish. Remember it being delivered to my local fire
station back in '93, driven by a family friend who served nearly
30 years with Surrey FRS and said it was the best pump he'd ever
driven. The Rapier won the design award the year it launched,
stainless steel space frame chassis more akin to an F1 car than
a commerical vehicle, independent front suspension, steering
lock better than a London black cab (truely insane), Cummins
6CTA 8.3 litre performance tune, Allison auto, grosses at 11
tonnes with the disc brakes off a 44 tonne tractor unit. Goes
like shit off a stick. Stops just as well. The last and best
proper fire engine. Everything built since is a lorry with a
pump and Brian the snail in comparison. With 6th gear unlocked
these Rapiers will get to 120mph... wdesmle
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Re: 100% Guildford built vehicle (eBay+beer=oops!)
By: Puddlejumper Date: December 14, 2016, 1:15 am
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lkebtn
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Re: 100% Guildford built vehicle (eBay+beer=oops!)
By: 94mharris Date: December 14, 2016, 7:40 am
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drll Awesome piece of kit! :D
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Re: 100% Guildford built vehicle (eBay+beer=oops!)
By: frecko Date: December 14, 2016, 12:52 pm
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holy moly! 11 tonnes at 120 mph would need some cajones!
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Re: 100% Guildford built vehicle (eBay+beer=oops!)
By: oddjob Date: December 14, 2016, 1:39 pm
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That's a beauty.
Convert it into a stealth camper and travel the world!
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Re: 100% Guildford built vehicle (eBay+beer=oops!)
By: Viamphie Date: December 16, 2016, 3:35 am
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Every school boys dream. Love it lkebtn
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Re: 100% Guildford built vehicle (eBay+beer=oops!)
By: 1960SeriesII Date: January 3, 2017, 2:25 am
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Lovely old truck with the benefit of personal memories. I always
loved the shiny red fire trucks when I was a kid.
The top speed of this one looks a bit scary though. Although it
probably never reached any similar speeds when in service,
stopping it when loaded could have been interesting.
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