PHB 645Y, a 1982 Series III 109 fire appliance of Gwent Fire Brigade in its blue-lit, old-siren livery — side lockers, roof ladders and hoses still aboard — later worked industrially in north-west England, shown on the rally circuit, and sold at Manor Park Classics for £8,050.
BASE VEHICLESeries III 109″BUILT BYLand RoverIN SERVICE1982OPERATED INUnited KingdomPRODUCTIONOne vehicleLAYOUT4 wheels · 109″
The record
County fire brigades kept light Land Rover appliances for the jobs the big pumps could not reach — grass and hill fires, farm incidents, rural roads — and Gwent, covering the valleys and hill farms of south-east Wales, ran this Series III 109 from 1982. It carries the standard light-appliance fit of the period: equipment lockers along the body sides, wire guards over the lamps, ladders and hose on the roof, blue lights and a siren of the old rotary kind.
After its brigade years it went to industrial use in the north-west of England, where recent MOT records show it did little in the last fifteen years, and latterly it has done the show circuit. The engine is the 2.25-litre petrol four — listed by the auction house as 2.3 litres — with manual gearbox and an indicated 31,307 miles, which the vendor believed but the auction house did not warrant. The interior gained a CD player at some point. Chassis SALLBCAH1AA166067; sold for £8,050 including premium and VAT.
Specification
MANUFACTURERLand Rover
MANUFACTURED1982 Series III 109
ENGINE2.25 L (2,286 cc) petrol inline-four — listed as "2.3 litre" by the auction house
PRODUCTION RUNOne vehicle
COUNTRY OF ORIGINUnited Kingdom
OPERATED INUnited Kingdom
STATUSpreserved
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.
Imagery
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Where it was
GB United Kingdom1982–2026 · Gwent Fire Brigade; later industrial use; preserved
BasedGwent Fire BrigadeUnited Kingdom · 1982–199551.65, -3.02
