Kronenburg was a major player in the field of fire-fighting equipment in the Netherlands with a history dating back to 1823. What began with hand-operated fire extinguishers grew into a major manufacturer of fire engines. After a number of mergers and acquisitions the “last” owner of the brand, the Austrian company Rosenbauer, pulled the plug in 2000 and filed for bankruptcy. Although the order book was still full, Kronenburg ceased to exist, though Rosenbauer is still active as a manufacturer of fire trucks. Kronenburg first introduced its range of fire trucks based on the VW T1 in 1953, under the name “Triomph”. Double load door Panel Vans were used; painted in L53Siegelrot they were fitted with blue rotating lights and a roof rack to carry ladders and water suction hoses. They all carried a distinctive Kronenburg logo on the nose instead of the well-known VW roundel. There were three variations: The Triomph PM designed as a personnel carrier with fire-fighting equipment in a separate trailer; the Triomph LD with low pressure VW pump motor and hoses and the Triomph HD with high pressure pump. The bus featured here is one of the Kronenburg Triomph LD models, now owned by Job Nagel from Roermond in the Netherlands.
Job’s passion for VW buses dates back to 1990 when he bought his first bus – a white Westy T2b camper. He first heard about this bus from a friend in 2001 and though now a camper he knew this fire truck could be special. The bus was built to order for the Nieuwland fire brigade in the Netherlands in 1959 and after several years of service there it was transferred to the Purac petrochemical company in Gorinchem to be standby as a company fire engine. It did so till 1990 but in 1992, after 31 years of fire duty, the T1 was sold to a private owner. At that point it only had 4,500 km on the clock!
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Lance & Lisa Beaver tell the story of their...âOld School' Westfalia Bay
The history of our bus is varied. I heard that it used to belong to a soccer player who lived in it for a while, and a tale of a cross country trip that was taken in it. Since weâve owned it, we have been to numerous car shows with our car club Kahiko Kula and enjoy that immensely, but taking it camping is our joy.
Messing About in Boats
âBelieve me, my young friend, there is nothing â absolutely nothing â half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.â
Hector A Cautionary Tale.
Weâd wanted a splitscreen bus for years. And first got the bug, after hiring one for a holiday in Cornwall in 2009.
Ruby Red
Since the tender age of just 3, Joanne Dix has been into splitscreen Volkswagens.
Playing with Fire
âThere we were, all just sitting around the campfire...â
Four lads take on Le Mans
Weâd had the Le Mans 24 hour race on our bucket list for a long, long time...
Happy 70th Birthday, Miss Sofie!
This T1 Bulli from 1950 is the worldâs oldest street-legal VW bus and is kept in VWCVâs Classic Vehicles collection in Hannover.
Sitting on the Dock of the BayâŠ
Lockdown Projects.
California Dreamin'
The beginning of our second week and we were being treated to a day out...
Brochure Line - A 2.6 litre T3!
Taking a peep at a highly desirable VW Bus few of us will ever see in its âExclusivâ finery