Dennis Specialist Vehicles was an English manufacturer of commercial vehicles based in Guildford, building buses, fire engines, lorries (trucks) and municipal vehicles such as dustcarts. All vehicles were made to order to the customer's requirements and more strongly built than mass production equivalents.

Over that period Dennis built around 3000 six-to-eight-ton capacity Max and 1500 Pax three-ton lorries, assembled 700 Churchill tanks, 17,000 engines for landing craft, 7000 fire pumps, 750,000 bombs and 3000 infantry carriers.

The Dennis Sabre is a purpose-built fire engine produced by Dennis Specialist Vehicles of Guildford, Surrey, England from 1995 to 2007. It was the last full-size fire appliance produced by the company before its closure in 2007.

Oct 6, 2013 · Andy Goundry looks at the almost silent demise of Dennis Specialist Vehicles who are still the by-word for fire and rescue appliances: To people of a certain age, the name Dennis is synonymous with shiny red fire engines, and has been so …

Aug 4, 2020 · The Dennis “Big 4” was named according to its engine size, designed with a 4-cylinder overhead valve engine with a RAC horsepower rating of 35.7. Between the years of 1934 and 1939 the New South Wales Fire Brigade (NSWFB) used Dennis Bros almost exclusively.

This particular vehicle is an “Mk 2” variant from the 1971 order. Motor Engine 450 was one of the last to enter service in January 1972 and operated until its retirement in 1998. It found its way to Fire and Rescue NSW’s Heritage Fleet at the Museum in 1999 and now lives a life of luxury being tended to by the Museum’s devoted volunteers.

Fire appliance builder Dennis is the only survivor of the big three manufacturers who dominated that segment of the specialised vehicle market earlier in the century. The company, which has been supplying Irish brigades from as far back as 1930, …

The Dennis N-Type is a model of commercial vehicle introduced by Dennis Brothers of Guildford (later Dennis Specialist Vehicles) in around 1905. It was the basis for their early fire engines and trucks. The "N-Type" chassis was constructed from rolled steel channel; riveted and braced at appropriate points.

Jan 4, 2007 · Dennis fire truck’s grille Beaulieu’s no help. It lists two companies by the name, both based in England, but the first one built cars from 1899-1915 and the second built a cyclecar in 1911.

Dennis Specialist Vehicles is a major British coachbuilder and manufacturer of specialised commercial vehicles based in Guildford, England. The company is now best known as the manufacturer of fire engines, although its other major product lines are buses, dustcarts and airport service vehicles.