Gunning Rural Fire Service (RFS) is celebrating 85 years this year, which includes an unfinished project: the restoration of a nearly 100 year-old fire engine.
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The ME162 Dennis 250 fire appliance dating from the late 1920s, purchased by Baileys Garage for the town RFS using community funds, featured in many street parades from the 1960s onwards.
Gunning/Fish River RFS president Martin Stewart has begun its painstaking restoration in the Gunning RFS shed.
The appliance is a bit ‘worse for the wear’ after a long sleep in a Yass Street shed.
To Martin’s surprise, he could inflate all bar one of the tyres but it is not clear that they will hold the vehicle’s weight.
There are many items that need refurbishment, with the magneto one of the more difficult mechanical items.
Have you a love of restoring old fire trucks, have some experience in restoring that vintage of Dennis or know where suitable fire equipment for the vehicle could be found?
Contact Martin with a message through the Gunning/Fish River RFS Facebook page.
