The airfield crash tender on Reynolds Boughton’s Pegasus 4×4 chassis: seven tons, with a rear-mounted Chrysler H440 V8 petrol of 225 hp at 4,400 rpm — or, as an option, a Rolls-Royce B81 of 235 hp — through an Allison TC370 torque converter and MT640 four-speed automatic. Nought to 50 mph in under twenty seconds.
MODEL LINECrash tendersBUILT BYChubb Fire, Reynolds Boughton, Chubb FirePRODUCED1975–85PRODUCTIONVery few: two British airfield vehicles, six ordered and cancelled by Australia, and small numbers to Oman and Saudi ArabiaLAYOUT4 wheels
The record
Chubb called the Pursuer a mini version of its 37-ton Pathfinder, and it sold about as well as that suggests: only two airfield versions went to British customers, both of them cancelled export orders. Australia’s Department of Air Transport ordered six and cancelled; Oman and Saudi Arabia took some. The Civil Aviation Authority ran one as a training vehicle, another worked at Dounreay and then at Barra Airport, and the one municipal Pursuer served with West Sussex at Crawley from 1975 for road accidents.
PRODUCTION RUNVery few: two British airfield vehicles, six ordered and cancelled by Australia, and small numbers to Oman and Saudi Arabia
COUNTRY OF ORIGINUnited Kingdom
STATUSout of production
RECORD KINDBase model
MODEL LINECrash tenders
FAMILYCrash tenders
WHEELS4
BODY STYLECrash tender
VARIANTS1
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Body styles & colours
Factory colours
Fire Red
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