It was well past midnight in the sleepy township of Shipley, Yorkshire when a fire started inside the local chemical plant and in a blink of an eye it exploded into massive flames.
The alarm went out for all the local Fire Departments to get there without delay.
When the first Fire Fighting Appliances appeared on the scene, the chemical company President rushed to the Fire Chief in charge and said, "All our secret formulas are in the vault in the centre of the plant. They must be saved. I will give £50,000 to the Fire Crew that brings them out intact."
But the roaring flames held the Fire-Fighters back. Soon the local Radio station broadcast that more Fire Departments had been called in as the situation had become desperate. As the extra Firemen arrived, the President shouted out that the offer was now £100,000 to the Fire Crew who could rescue the company's secret files. But still the Fire Fighters could not penetrate the fierce blaze.
Then, from the distance, a lone "beep-beep" was heard as another fire truck chugged into sight. It was Ray’s red Isetta, with a ladder and brooms sticking out of the roof, buckets dangling from the rear rack and crammed inside with Ray were Keith and Graham.
To everyone's amazement, that little sparsely equipped Fire Engine roared right past all the huge sleek Fire Trucks that were parked outside the plant and without even slowing down it drove straight into the middle of the inferno.
Outside, the other firemen watched as the Isetta crew jumped out right in the middle of the fire and fought it back on all sides. It was a performance and effort the likes of which had never seen before. Within a short time, the Isettarists had extinguished the fire and had saved the secret formulas.
The grateful chemical company President promptly rushed over to personally thank each of the brave Isettarists and announced to all the assembled Radio and TV Media that for such a superhuman feat he was upping the reward to £200,000.
The local TV station caught the Thank you“ on film and interviewed soot-stained Fire Chief Ray, asking "What are you going to do with all that money?"
"Well," without hesitation Ray, the leader of the Isetta Crew replied in a smoky, croaky voice , "The first thing we’re going to do is fix the brakes on that Bloody Isetta !
