Vehicle Collection

The main part of the Museum's large vehicle collection encompasses hand drawn, horse drawn and motorised vehicles dating from the late 
18th century up to the 21st century. Many of the great names in the automotive and fire fighting industries from Australia and all over the world are represented in this collection: 

Abbey

A.E.C.

Ahrens Fox

Ajax

American la France

Ariel

Aster

Austin

Austral

Bedford
Bronto Skylift

Buda

Cater Pillar

Chevrolet

Commer

Comair

Coventry Climax

Cummins

Darley

Dennis

Diamond-T

Dodge

E.R.F.

Essex

Ford

Garford

G.M.C.

Godiva

Gwynne

Hale

Hastings Deering

Herbert Morris

Hercules

International Harvester

Iveco

Jaguar

Jennings

John Morris

Koka Pompo Seizu

Land Rover

Lawton

Leyland

Mack

Magirus

M.A.N.

Maudslay

Mazda

McGraths

Meadows

Merryweather
Mercedes

Miles

Morris Commercial

NSW Fire Brigades
Nihon Kikei

Perkins

Perrie

Polaris

Presha

Pressed Metal Corp

Properts

Pyrene

Rolls Royce

Rosen Bauer

Shand Mason

Simon Engineering

Tamini

Telesqurt

Thornycroft

Tilley

Toyota

Varley

Waterous

White & Poppe

Willys

Wormald

Yamaha

Due to space limitations and collection management requirements, only part of this collection is on display at any one time. Exhibits are rotated from time to time. Those currently on display are marked with (*) in the list below.

16th Century

*Reproduction Lucar's Syringe

1841

*Tilley Horse Drawn Manual Pump

1891

*Shand Mason 1000 gpm Horse Drawn Steam Pump

1898

*Shand Mason 2 Wheel Horse Drawn Ladder

1920

*Garford Model 75 Pumper

1928

Dennis 500/700

1765

*Merryweather Hand Drawn Pump

1848

*Tilley Hand Drawn Pump

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1893

*Robertson Hose Reel

1914

*NSWFB Converted Horse Drawn Motorised Pumper 

1929

*Ahrens Fox PS2

1929

*Dennis Morris-Magirus turntable ladder

1935

Dennis Ace Bus

1938

*Leyland Crane

1939

*Dennis Big 6

1942 x 4 Macks

1 x Mack pumpers, *2 x Morris Magirus TTL, 1 x Mack Salvage 

1942

2 x Blitz Water Tanker (*Ford Model F60 and Chevrolet C60)

1942

*Furphy Water Cart

1950ca

*Coventry Climax Trailer pump

1957

Bedford Model D.4 pump

1958

Bedford Model D.1 pump

1965

Bedford Model J.1 pump

1969 -71  x 5

Dennis D600 pumps

1931

*Dennis 250/400 WW2 Colours

1940

Diamond T Model 404 Pump

1942

American la France type 601 pump

1942

*Ford Model 21W Canteen

1944

*Koka Ponpu Seizo hand-drawn pump

1952

AEC Merryweather Turntable Ladders

1958

Morris Composite 5FPM tanker/pump 

1960

Thornycroft Nubian Airport tender

1961-66 x 3

1 x Ford Thames Salvage, *1 x Ford Thames CO2, 1 x Ford Thames pump

1970

Dennis Model F.44 pump

1973

International Pump ACCO-1610A

1975

*Japanese Model Landcruiser pump

1983

Mack Telesqurt

1984

Mercedes Water Tanker

1989

Ford Trader Pump

1995

MAN Command Vehicle

2010

Polaris All Terrain Vehicle

1785

*Merryweather Hand Drawn Pump

1869

  Shand Mason Horse Drawn Manual Pump

1893

*Merryweather Valiant Horse Drawn Steam Pump

1916

*Garford Model 64 Pumper

1927

*Essex Hose Carriage

1929

*Ariel Type D motorcycle with water tank sidecar

1939

Dennis Morris Magirus TurnTable Ladder

1940

Dennis Big 4

1942

American la France Type JOX aerial ladder

1942

GMC Model CCKW 

1949

Dennis Model F1 pump

1955

Dennis Model F2 pump

1958

Commer Model C5FT pump 

1963

Landrover Series 2 light pump

1974

ERF Model 84-PS Simon Snorkel hydraulic Platform

1984

Iveco Magirus DLK23 Ladder

1987

Bronto Aerial Ladder

1995

Firepac Pumper