Location: Melbourne
Year: c1906
Make: Merryweather
Model: Hatfield
Body Type: Fire Engine
Being offered UNRESERVED.
This Museum quality fire engine is an extremely rare opportunity to own a significant piece of history.
A Circa 1906 Merryweather Horse Drawn Fire Engine, it is an outstanding older restoration. It comes with a custom trailer for ease of transport (Not Registered) and it has a large amount of historical research/documentation included.
Weighing over 3 tonnes and requiring 2 horses to pull it, this (C) 1906 Merryweather Fire Pump was built in the UK at a time when equipment was moving away from manual steam pumps to motorized versions.
This example features a very early 10-liter Hatfield pump and a 3-cylinder piston pump of radial design. It is capable of pumping 450 gallons per minute.
This Particular Merryweather was originally imported into Australia by the Townsville Meat Works for the protection of their huge meat exportation business. It remained unused until the early 1970s when it was shipped to Warrnambool Victoria then acquired by Norm Meades, a then member of the fire Museum of Victoria who painstakingly researched and restored the Merryweather.
A huge array of research and documentation relating to the Merryweather brand is included.
This vehicle is located in our facility in Melbourne, for further information please contact Dave Hosking 0474 182 002 or Mason Hibbert 0455 191 035.
To protect your investment vehicle bidders should consider at a minimum replacement of fuel, oil, fluids, filters and thorough brake inspection as vehicles may have been stationary for some time. Vehicles are sold as is off the floor – unregistered. No warranty expressed or implied, sold with all or any faults, and where applicable sold with Australian Government Import Approval. MAUGC
