Pyrene Fire Extinguishers WW11

[Alex van de Wetering]

I have also heard it's quite effective as paint stripper......


On the subject of extinguishers...I have seen brackets with 6 mounting holes and ones with 5 mounting holes......manufacturer difference only?? CMP rear walls are drilled for 6 holes if I am correct.

And that clamp.....my bracket doesn't have one, but I have seen people using the clamp of a repro jeep extinguisher bracket to merge with a Pyrene bracket.

[Lynn Eades]

Alex, my understanding is that the six hole ones were military and the civvy ones were five hole? I don't know for sure, but an example is the Carrier (U.C.)bracket has six holes (covered by your CMP comment)

[r.morrison]

Well .....after reading Professor Chris's description of what I have here, maybe I should just put it at the side of the road and phone the fire department and tell them I found a toxic bomb from WW11! You guys are giving me the heebie jeebies! With the exception of the removal of "french fry grease" or possibly "poutine" stains Bob!!
Well according to the bracket and the information supplied by Lynn and Alex, this puppy has 6 mounting holes on the bracket, but again it's 17 inches long (whether that has anything to do with it). Thanking all for the insight!
I've included some photos.
Cheers....Robert

[Chris Suslowicz]

Originally Posted by r.morrison

Well .....after reading Professor Chris's description of what I have here, maybe I should just put it at the side of the road and phone the fire department and tell them I found a toxic bomb from WW11! You guys are giving me the heebie jeebies! With the exception of the removal of "french fry grease" or possibly "poutine" stains Bob!!

Heh. I did 'A' level Chemistry about half a century ago and a lot of it stuck.

It's safe enough as long as it doesn't leak and you inhale the fumes or get it on your skin. (The real no-no was smoking while using it to clean stuff: that really could give you a dose of phosgene poisoning.)

Modern school teaching of Chemistry is nowhere near as exciting as it used to be, but probably a lot safer for all concerned. My main annoyance is that I can't buy things that used to be available 'over the counter' without a background check and a licence that cost as much as a Firearm Certificate - so I can't get Sulphuric Acid to fill the (dry-charged) Signals batteries I have!

(Not that I actually want to - they only last about 2 years in use, so I just use modern equivalents instead and keep the originals for the collection.)

(Sigh!) "Even the nostalgia isn't as good as it used to be. - Sir Terry Pratchett"

Chris.

[Lynn Eades]

Just to derail your thread a bit Robert, I bought this civvy extinguisher on Trademe. It arrived in the post and is still full.

[m606paz]

Hi, i have a question about bracket colour... black or body colour paint?

[Jordan Baker]

Originally Posted by m606paz

Hi, i have a question about bracket colour... black or body colour paint?

The ones Ive come across were all gloss black. However on some of them the top sides were over sprayed in the body colour of KH#3 or SCC2. This suggests to me that they were installed black then got over sprayed at some point during assembly