Photos courtesy: Chas Adlard
Photo courtesy: Ron Davis ‘Nice parking job, mate.’
Turret operation
For all those old timers out there, here are some photos of the old TFA's laying a foam path at Pearce 1974
Photos courtesy; Greg ‘Huggie’ Hughes
and below by Steve Irwin...
Thornycroft Nubian went out of business in 1977
Engine: B81 - in line - straight 8 motor
Gear Box: constant mesh - hi/lo ratio
Drive: 4 or 6 wheel drive
Delivery: Sun Foam Generator/Centrifugal pump
Tanks: 800 gallons of water/96 gallons of foam
Foam Percentage set: 1. Monitor unlock, 2. Monitor Valve, 3. Fourth Gear, 4. Governor,
5. Neutralise Transmission, 6. Foam Pump, 7. Quadrant, (hydraulics or manual operation)
Photo courtesy: Huggy Hughes
Re’tired’ at Townsville
Photo courtesy: Warren ‘Cookie’ Cook
Butterworth
1975
Photo: courtesy
Mick Street
Too close, but not an unusual occurrence...
Phil Blakeman
Practice Foam Path/Pearce
Col Sunderland operating and Reg Spinner as passenger - circa 1974
Dave Mallett operator, Bluey Hayes in back
Col Sunderland operator, Reg Spinner offsider
This is a great project, please support these guys if possible...
February 1972
Kev Hinkley, Graham Berry, Bevan Male, Nev Poutney, Andy Butler, Keran Carsburg, Jim Thompson (RIP), Brian Wilson (RIP), Ray Wilson, Geoff Dawes, Dave Pentland, Wayne Miller.
