When doing the conversions from petrol to Diesel on near new TK Befords 4x4s I couldnt help thinking of the great waste of tax payer money in doing this as a cheap electric petrol fuel pump mounted low near the tank would have stopped any fuel lock/vapour lock problems.
The diesels fitted were worn out Bedford 500s from garbage trucks.
The only good side was the TK Bedford 4x4s performed much better.
My US6 Studebaker has a RFS history and I still have the slide in tank and pump etc which fitted inside the standard cargo body.
The standard cargo body troop seats carried the fire fighters to the fire.
If was not used actively after about 1985 and dispose to a museam about 1990.
In NSW you will find the petrol vehicles were not active after 1985 even though they were on hand and operational.
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