Police water cannon used to control riots in Northern Ireland sold on eBay
Written by News on 15/02/2021
An historic 26-tonne truck with a water cannon has been sold online for £3,100.
The fortified police vehicle was used to control riots in Northern Ireland in 1970 but, after 20 years outside a museum in Humberside, it is in need of restoration.
The winning bid was one of 12 placed for the Royal Ulster Constabulary truck, which is the only known example of its kind in existence.
Military equipment specialists Allsops of Bolton said they had initially bought the 1970 Foden Pyrene on impulse at an auction.
Jonathan Allsop said: “We have had a lot of enquiries, a lot of people have come forward and told us about the engine.
“It has restoration potential and to be quite honest it should be restored.”
Mr Allsop’s Lancashire-based company restores old military vehicles, many of them from the Second World War.
“It was an impulse purchase,” he said. “I had never seen one before.”
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