Not Your Average Fire Engine

This was photographed in 2007 at Waimihia Fire Depot on State Highway 5 between Napier and Taupo.

I have never seen anything like it before or since.

Specifications are:-
Make: FORD
Model: QUAD
Year: 1942
Submodel: 4X4
Main colour: Red
Vehicle type: Special Purpose Vehicle
Body style: Other Truck
No of seats: 1
CC rating: 3,620
Fuel type: Petrol
Assembly type: NZ Assembled/Built
Country of origin: United States Of America
Gross vehicle mass: 6,800kg
Tare weight: 3,800
Axle type: 2-Axle
No of axles: 2
Wheelbase: 2,570