FSM
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Our FSM may or may not be complete – we have not started work on it yet but we do have a lot of bits – more than we seem to need so can’t be sure yet.
We got it on a trailer and are keen to find out the history of both esp. as this is not the triler we seem to see in pictures with FSM pumps….
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So if you recognise it and can fill us in we’d love to know more. The Trailer has a plate stating “Trailer Manufacutred by Iso-Speedic Co., Friars Road, Coventry. to the design of Coventry Climax Engines Ltd. Type FWT Serial No.5611245.”
Interestingly Iso-Speedic also made speed regulators for early Land Rover Generators and Fire engines.
There is also what appears to be a Ministry plate – with the following three lines:ER
MWF
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FWP
We don’t own one of these (yet 🙂 A lot of these seem to have been green military units. To find out more have a look at this chap’s page… Coventry Climax FWP Page (The photo here came from his page)
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GPF573/574
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We have 3 of these,they were in service carried on Tenders until very recently, the 573 is pull cord start and the 574 (which we don’t have) is an electric start. All 3 are ex Gloustershire brigade and came to us not running. This one just needed a good serivce – plugs points etc and some clean petrol and it started – amazing how easy it is to pull start a 1 litre four cylinder engine!
We welded up the twisted frame and cleaned and painted it all – all that is left is to sort the instruction label and we can show it off with pride…
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