Links to Fire Jeeps in Portugal

Roberto Flores' search for fires in Portugal tangentially led to a finding a few links to blogs with fire jeeps on them.

This first set of photos is from a 2008 post on a Portuguese website. According to a translation, "On the day of [the jeep's] baptism, the Father said in his address: "The first-aid jeep is intended to fill a very important gap in this Corporation, which is to be able to turn to places of difficult access or even of the city, where it is not justified to move a heavier car."

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This second fire jeep resides at the Fire Museum at Dafundo in Portugal. This 1947 CJ-2A was acquired in 2010, then restored.

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This last website from Catalonia only shows one photo and it's not the best angle. Still, the parking lights suggest it is a 1946 or early 1947 CJ-2A. It's not clear where this one is located, other than in Portugal.

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2 Comments

  1. Vernon Haggard
    we have a lot of PORTOGEEZE here on the coast --- but the only one I ever saw driving a willys was --- louis avila --- neil youngs ranch manager --- he had a ww2 mb --- neil got it when louis died ...
  2. Vernon Haggard
    PS ---and like I always say --- RUST NEVER SLEEPS ( its just napping in the quarter panels )

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