What were you supposed to use it for? It looks like fun but the payload must be pretty small so not too much use for rescue work, although not having an outboard sticking down would be advantageous when operating on flood water.
I remember lugging something similar (and green) up the embankment of the M54 during the fire strikes in 2002. The Mod Fire Officer casually remarked that the engine was used in the Hillman Imp. I may of misheard, I was still blowing out of my @r$e at the time!
Seems surreal recalling the image in my mind, standing around a muddy puddle trying to pump pig water to a V8 petrol engined wooden fire engine parked a little too close to the burning truck carrying some farmer's hay. Great memories!
Yes a lot of people have fond memories of the climax pump I do know they used to link them up for long distance work up to 5 pumps pumping from one pump to another depending where the water supply was.