Top photo
 

I bet the top one is one of the RAF purchases from Ford in Alexandria! Excellent, thanks.

Mike Kelly posted the same picture in the thread Unusual desert ( INDIAN ? ) Chev, maybe he knows more?

H.

FC60L in New Zealand Army service near Rimini, Italy:
http://www.nzetc.org/etexts/WH2-26Ba/WH2-26BaP032a.jpg
Source: http://www.nzetc.org/etexts/WH2-26Ba/c15.html#n392

The Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War Online! hosted by the The New Zealand Electronic Text Centre is a rich source for Commonwealth vehicle photos.

Re: FC60L
 

Here's another picture of one of these 1940/41 model FC60Ls (C098TFS, F-60428-C and/or FC60L?), very obviously captured!


Source: http://www.ww2incolor.com/gallery/germans/aaw

Einheits-Fahrerhaus
 

German Einheits-Fahrerhaus. If I remember right these standard cabins were introduced in 1943 to facilitate production. They were used on several types of trucks.

Here a Ford 3-tons.

And some more
 

German Opel trucks built by Daimler-Benz built from 1943 and also a period post WW 2.

Hello

My name is Davis from India i am going through the net when i see this pic i think its a similar ford truck seems it was taken in Calcutta after the war (late 40s or early 50s).Calcutta was the hub at the time of CBI theater.so after the war many of the world war vehicles where given to the govt department.Its a Ford truck year 1942 but don no the ton capacity but i think its a 1.5 ton check the wood pattern and the canvas top which was quite popular at the time of WW2 here in india. Experts and seniors kindly shed more knowledge on this thank you.I have a similar truck but chevy make which i have recently acquired.:)

Regards

Davis
http://forums.g503.com/viewtopic.php...10909#p1710909

Ford us trucks
 

I was the first big collector in Northern Alberta of every thing and I have a RCAF 1942 half ton My Uncle tried to buy one during the war but they weren't available to civilians so he bought a one ton Ford. There is still some blue paint on it .This is the only one I know of .

Ford US trucks
 

I Might add that there is a tandem Ford truck in a junk yard in White horse About 1943 that was used on the Alaska Hi way,Still very complete.

That's a Mercedes DB 701, not an Opel Blitz.
 

That's a Mercedes DB 701, not an Opel Blitz. Opel already had a wooden back to their cabs and were therefore 'allowed' to keep it. Mercedes built licenced copies of the Opel Blitz, but fitted the Einheitsfahrerhaus, which was also fitted to Mercedes 4500A trucks and the equivalent Maultier.

Ford model codes
 

The deeper you go into the Ford model codes the more confosing it becomes.
I was thinking about the letter D in the code C11ADF and wonder if it comes the model D used for the 15 CWT light truck , a model between the model C 10 CWT (1/2 ton) and model Y one ton..
One question, Does the C11ADF use the 15 cwt axle with full floating hubs amd a single join / partition in the rear axle (like the bigger truck diff).
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The 15 CWT axle uses 4.1 ratio gears while the 1 ton axle uses a lower gear ratio and bigger brakes.

John,
I seem to remember the C11ADF uses the F8 8cwt rear axle, and the C11AS used the normal civil running gear, but I am sure Ian McCallum can tell you more.

Regarding the "D"....I am sure this has come up on the forum before regarding a 4x4 chassis Indian Pattern (?)

"The Definitive Ford Model Designation List"
 

Hello John,

Confusing it is! See Ford model designation for a pretty complete list.