Unipart Works Fire Tender
Unipart's 1978 six-cylinder Series III fire tender, fitted with full-width Carmichael coachwork, tall cab glazing and roller-shutter equipment lockers.
History
Bonhams records YDU 600S, chassis 941-20791-C, as a six-cylinder Series III converted to fire-tender specification by Carmichael. It formerly served Unipart and was acquired by the museum in 1993. The British Motor Industry Heritage Trust offered it at Gaydon on 29 June 2003, as a non-running restoration project without documents.
The game model follows the auction photograph's bespoke sloping cab, single broad windscreen, sliding side glazing, white stripe edged in blue, silver locker shutters, blue beacon and empty roof ladder supports. Rear details not shown by that photograph are a restrained interpretation, rather than a documented restoration specification.
Imagery
Registry record
- Manufacturer
- Land Rover
- Manufactured
- 1978–1978
- Modifier / coachbuilder
- Carmichael & Sons ↗
- Engine type
- Six-cylinder petrol
- Production run
- Unknown; this record represents the individual Unipart appliance
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
Catalogue data
- Record kind
- Named model
- Model line
- Series III
- Wheels
- 4
- Nominal wheelbase
- 109″
Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.
Sources & citations
Researched sources
- 1978 Land Rover Series III Fire Tender by Carmichael, lot 66 ↗ — Bonhams (accessed 2026-09-10)
Catalogue references
- https://cars.bonhams.com/auction/10503/lot/66/1978-land-rover-series-iii-fire-tender-by-carmichael-chassis-no-941-20791-c/ https://cars.bonhams.com/auction/10503/lot/66/1978-land-rover-series-iii-fire-tender-by-carmichael-chassis-no-941-20791-c/ ↗
Registry record updated 2026-09-11T00:38:16.973Z · status: researched