4×4S.ORGTHE REGISTRY NAMED MODEL · 1971–80
NAMED MODELUnited Kingdom

Chubb Pathfinder.

The 37-ton airfield crash tender the Pursuer was scaled down from. Manchester International Airport’s 1971 Pathfinder put out an aircraft fire in 1983 and is now in the Yorkshire Air Museum.

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Sources & evidence
BASE VEHICLEChubb Pursuer (1975)BUILT BYChubb Fire, Chubb FireIN SERVICE1971–80PRODUCTIONNot publishedLAYOUT4 wheels

The record

The Pathfinder is the vehicle most people picture when they think of a British airport crash tender, and the reason Reynolds Boughton chassis were in that trade at all.

Research status: draft — identification, dates or figures could not all be pinned down; the summary says what is unresolved.

Specification

MANUFACTURED1970s
ENGINENot publishedChrysler H440 V8 · Rolls-Royce B81
PRODUCTION RUNNot published
COUNTRY OF ORIGINUnited Kingdom
STATUSout of service
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINECrash tenders
FAMILYCrash tenders
WHEELS4
BODY STYLEtender

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.

Variants & colours

Base model variants

Factory colours

  • Fire Red

Codes on hover. Hex values are representative approximations of period paint unless a source states a measured value.

AI rendering impression

An AI rendering impression starts from a 3D model of this vehicle, which an image model then paints into a scene. It is an artist's impression of the type, made to give a feel for the vehicle in its element — not a photograph, and not a record of any particular vehicle.

Proportions, fittings, markings, colours and the setting can all drift from the original in the process. For the vehicle's actual details, rely on the specification, the photographs and the cited sources on this page.

Sources

  1. 1The 1970s Chubb Pursuer crash tender ↗Tractor & Machinery · accessed 2026-09-23SOURCE
  2. 2The Yorkshire Air Museum Aircraft and Vehicle Collections ↗Yorkshire Air Museum · accessed 2026-09-23SOURCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-23 · status: draft