4×4S.ORGTHE REGISTRY NAMED MODEL · 1975–90
NAMED MODELSpecial · FireUnited Kingdom

Pursuer, West Sussex (1975)

The only municipal Pursuer: a road-going crash tender at Crawley Fire Station, bought by West Sussex for road accidents rather than aircraft.

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Sources & evidence
BASE VEHICLEChubb Pursuer (1975)BUILT BYReynolds BoughtonIN SERVICE1975–90PRODUCTIONOneLAYOUT4 wheels

The record

Everything else Chubb built on the Pegasus chassis stayed on airfields; this one worked the roads around Gatwick.

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

Specification

MANUFACTURED1975–90
ENGINEChrysler H440 V8 petrol, 225 hpChrysler H440 V8
PRODUCTION RUNOne
COUNTRY OF ORIGINUnited Kingdom
STATUSout of service
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINECrash tenders
FAMILYCrash tenders
WHEELS4
BODY STYLEtender
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.

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

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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

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