4×4S.ORGTHE REGISTRY NAMED MODEL · 2011
NAMED MODELSpecial · FireUnited Kingdom

Campo de Besteiros VLCI 06

BVVB Campo de Besteiros light fire appliance VLCI 06, with a Series III cab, rear pump, twin hose reels and overhead suction-pipe and ladder storage.

Sources & evidence
Campo de Besteiros VLCI 06 — Unit 1832 VLCI 06, Portugal, 14 June 2011.Alf van Beem · CC0 ↗
BASE VEHICLESeries III 109″CONVERTERCarmichael & SonsIN SERVICE2011OPERATED INPortugalPRODUCTIONOne documented applianceLAYOUT4 wheels · 109″

The record

Alf van Beem photographed unit 1832 VLCI 06 in Portugal on 14 June 2011. The visible side markings identify BVVB and Campo de Besteiros; a Carmichael plate appears beside the rear pump. The reference shows an open equipment bed with checkerplate footboards, a pump-control panel, twin hose reels, suction pipes and an overhead ladder.

The production year and total number of this conversion are not established by the photograph. It carries a V8 badge, but this alone is not sufficient to identify its current engine specification.

Specification

MANUFACTURERLand Rover
MODIFIER / COACHBUILDERCarmichael & Sons ↗
MANUFACTUREDProduction year unknown; photographed in 2011
PRODUCTION RUNOne documented appliance; conversion total unknown
COUNTRY OF ORIGINUnited Kingdom
OPERATED INPortugal
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINESeries III
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE109″
CATEGORYSpecial · Fire

Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.

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Where it was

PT Portugal1980–2015 · Bombeiros Voluntários de Campo de Besteiros
  1. BasedCampo de BesteirosPortugal · 1980–201540.56, -8.13

Sources

  1. 1Campo de Besteiros unit 1832 VLCI 06 ↗Wikimedia Commons / Alf van Beem · accessed 2026-09-10SOURCE
  2. 2https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Land_Rover,_Bombeiros_Voluntarios,_BVVB,_Campo_de_Besteiros,_Unit_1832_VLCI_06_pic1.JPGhttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Land_Rover,_Bombeiros_Voluntarios,_BVVB,_Campo_de_Besteiros,_Unit_1832_VLCI_06_pic1.JPG ↗REFERENCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-16T21:39:58.142Z · status: researched