Cars and bikes I’ve come across in my travels

Exmoor beast said:
This was parked outside my place, ex German ( Stuttgart?) aerodrome fire truck, although outwardly original- now a living / camper.
Turns out I know the guy , he went back to the airport on spec and met a guy who used to drive it back in the day, they were stunned when it drove in all those years Later.
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Volunteer Firefighters Bürmoos... Austria.

Not necessarily aerodrome only.

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Exmoor beast said:
This was parked outside my place, ex German ( Stuttgart?) aerodrome fire truck, although outwardly original- now a living / camper.
Turns out I know the guy , he went back to the airport on spec and met a guy who used to drive it back in the day, they were stunned when it drove in all those years Later.
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Cool story 👍
I imagine it would be a good base for a camper, although old: probably cheap, low mileage and well maintained?
Looks like it could do with an extra leaf at the back, campers must be heavier than fire pumps 🤔
 
Depends on whether it has a big water tank to fight fires, which weighs a lot. I follow these people. They first converted a huge MOG in Oz and did heaps with it. They still own it, but lately they bought an ex-Swedish Military 6-wheel drive and converted that to a Camper. That thing looks like a soviet ira Nuclear Missile transporter. At the moment, they're limping to Germany to swap out the buggared Volvo Petrol engine for a Turbo diesel Merc engine. It's great watching.
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Wheeler Dealers on the TV restored one of those ex German fire department Transits, made a fair old packet when they sold it if I remember correctly.
 
I like that model of CB175. I have a CL175 sloper in bits here with most of the parts to build it into a CB175 K0. That was the very first CB175 with a spine frame like the CB160, good engines in those little bikes.
 
Exmoor beast said:
This was parked outside my place, ex German ( Stuttgart?) aerodrome fire truck, although outwardly original- now a living / camper.
Turns out I know the guy , he went back to the airport on spec and met a guy who used to drive it back in the day, they were stunned when it drove in all those years Later.
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Spotted this converted fire truck in Bremerhaven a few years ago.
I must admit I fell in love with it the moment I saw it.
 

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Charley said:
Spotted this converted fire truck in Bremerhaven a few years ago.
I must admit I fell in love with it the moment I saw it.
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Very popular vehicle in the 70's and 80's with German globetrotters.
Friend took one to India and back, only repair required was a new set of rear axle leaf springs.
If you can live with the engine noise in the cabin and lack of power steering they are great vehicles.
 
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