DIFFLOCKEDTHE REGISTRY NAMED MODEL · 1954–58
NAMED MODELSpecial · FireUnited Kingdom

Uskelan VPK.

The old appliance of the Uskela volunteer fire brigade in Salo, Finland: a long-wheelbase Series I Land Rover with S39 markings and suction hoses carried on the bonnet, preserved by the brigade and photographed in 2007.

Drive it in the gameSources & evidence
Uskelan VPK — front three-quarter render
BASE VEHICLESeries I 109″BUILT BYLand RoverIN SERVICE1954–58OPERATED INFinlandPRODUCTIONUnknownLAYOUT4 wheels · 109″

The record

Finland's vapaaehtoinen palokunta — VPK, the volunteer fire brigades — have covered small towns and rural parishes since the nineteenth century, and Uskela, a parish absorbed into the town of Salo in south-west Finland, has one. Its old appliance is a Land Rover: a long-wheelbase Series I, the 107- or 109-inch chassis of 1954–58, carrying the brigade's S39 identification and with the pump's suction hoses stowed along the bonnet in the manner of a light appliance that had to be self-sufficient on arrival.

The brigade has kept it. The only source consulted is a 2007 photograph, released to the public domain, captioned as the Uskela VPK's old car; no build year, engine, body builder or service dates are published, and none is asserted here beyond what the type implies.

Specification

MANUFACTURERLand Rover
MANUFACTUREDLong-wheelbase Series I (107/109-inch, 1954–1958); photographed 2007
ENGINE2.0 L petrol inline-four (Series I long-wheelbase standard; not stated in the source)
PRODUCTION RUNUnknown — one vehicle documented
COUNTRY OF ORIGINUnited Kingdom
OPERATED INFinland
STATUSpreserved
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINESeries I
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE109″
CATEGORYSpecial · Fire

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

  1. 1File:Uskelanvpkvanhaauto.jpg ("Uskelan VPK:n vanha auto"; photographed 28 May 2007 by Motopark; public domain) ↗Wikimedia Commons · accessed 2026-09-11SOURCE
  2. 2Land Rover series (Series I 107-inch from 1954 and 109-inch from 1956; 2.0 L petrol, diesel from 1957) ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-11SOURCE
  3. 3https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Uskelanvpkvanhaauto.jpghttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Uskelanvpkvanhaauto.jpg ↗REFERENCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-11T07:09:30.526Z · status: researched