Do you privately own it, or as part of a club etc?
Very interesting indeed, and 10mpg is certainly an impressive figure...makes our Omega's look very economical.
I own it and got it for quite a steal considering it's immaculate and fully kitted out, and especially looking at some of the prices alot lesser machines go for on the likes of ebay! The insurance is next to nothing aswell!
My dad's has got some aswell. He's got a 1952 Commer Pump Escape from Perth & Kinross which is believed to be the last in the country. This has a 3.8 petrol straight six with crash gearbox and is in very good condition due to the body being aluminium. This is on stands due to getting the brakes overhauled after I bust them! He's also got a 1962 Bedford TJ with a 5.0 litre petrol straight six and crash gearbox! A very similar set up to the green goddesses, but only a smaller chassis. They are both split screen and look like toys or something off Noddy!
He had an old Dennis F12 pump escape with a straight 8 Rolls Royce petrol engine putting out 250 bhp, that was an awesome engine, but he got rid of it.
The Dennis in the pictures I think is good as to the untrained eye, from the front it look quite new-ish, but from the back of course you can see it is old.
Again, very interesting. The insurance issue is why I asked whether you owned it yourself. Your 8 years older than me, and I imagined the insurance would be fairly hefty...even if insured as a classic vehicle.
I have come across a few 1991 to 1997 Volvo FL6 units over the past year that have been very cheap...but I think they would not be classed as classics and would therefore attract a much higher insurance premium.
Maybe you'll have to bring yours to an OOF meet 
They aren't fire appliances! The only real appliances were built by John Dennis Coachworks of Guildford, Surrey! 
Well insurance is very cheap through NFU. They must've made a big loss as I claimed for a windscreen (poor pigeon) and paid the excess of £90, Shame the screen costs £600 though and was specially made!
I'm familar with the FL614s. They aren't purpose made fire engines, but adapted, and not very well. Tyne and Wear have just got rid of a load, and got new purpose made Volvos which are, well, that's another story!
The FL614s have a straight 6 litre turbo diesel, and the chassis is rated at 14 tonnes. The fuel consumption is terrible and the acceleration and turbo lag in particular is unacceptable to the point of being dangerous when pulling out at junctions.
When first made, the brakes which were the same ones that were used on the big lumbering furniture lorries, weren't upto the job and couldn't stop a 14 tonne machine with blue lights on flying towards a junction so they had to be upgraded!
As the FL6s aren't purpose made, the front cab is in two sections. The two sections are bridged by a gap with a rubber seal, but when there is an adverse camber on the road, the two sections move independently and break the seal, allowing water/muck/noise in etc - not very good!
As for the insurance, well when i did my LGV at 23 I went straight onto driving the Bedford and insurance wasn't increased. I think it's because of the kind of vehicle it is, and the low mileage. Obviously I'm not going to be behaving like a boy race in a Saxo in that doing wheel spins - although they can be done!!!!
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