More oddball stuff

[Bill Murray]

Fordson

[Bill Murray]

Another, an IHC waggon that could have gotten out to the war period, I think it is a 1940 model

[Richard Farrant]

Originally posted by Bill Murray
Fordson

Bill,
If I remember correctly, that is the E83W model.

When I was at school, the local garage delivered the meals with a truck version, it was always breaking down and needed push starting.

Richard

[cliff]

I like the 'Woody' but it appears to have had very narrow doors. OK for a skinny rake like me though

[cletrac (RIP)]

Your D2 pic is a 1939 or older.The 1940-on had sealed-beam headlights which necessitated small park light lenses stuck on top of the headlight buckets. The older ones just had a small bulb inside the big lens. Cool little truck--my buddy has one similar, but steel-bodied, an ex-bakery truck. I drove a pickup like that to school in the 'sixties, but mine had a Dodge hemi under the hood (when it had a hood!)

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Originally posted by Bill Murray
Fordson

Bill...
Seeing all the oddball stuff is great..It inspired me to dig out my collection of Timken News ...
Timken printed a news paper back in the '30's with pictures of all the different manufacturers that used their axels and gears..
The pictures are plentiful and diverse..
I'll scan a few of the names I recognize..
Here is one for Hanno..
It shows a MH 6X6 ,36 passanger,over all length with trailer..67'...from 1933 that pulled a Pullman and first class trailer from Bagdad to Damascus Syria..For a guy 6'6",this would be an ideal camper..and if he dosen't find out what is causing all those little kids he'll need one for sure..
If you have any special US trucks you want me to look up I'll see if there are any in there..
The series I have runs'33,'34,and 1935...

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Interesting truck from 1933 in Quebec,Canada

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Originally posted by Alex Blair
Interesting truck from 1933 in Quebec,Canada

It's a Gotfredson(Canada) 6X4 if you can't see the caption..

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

This old girl is from the 1934 Timken News..
Linn Manufacturing Corp. out of Morris NY. made these..
5-6 MPH average spped with 15 ton load ..used in railway and bridge building..

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Originally posted by Alex Blair
This old girl is from the 1934 Timken News..
Linn Manufacturing Corp. out of Morris NY. made these..
5-6 MPH average spped with 15 ton load ..used in railway and bridge building..

Take a boo at the track pattern...look familiar.??

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Originally posted by Alex Blair
Interesting truck from 1933 in Quebec,Canada

One more for now...
This shows a Corbitt 4X4 Scout car from 1935 Timkin News....

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by Alex Blair
Here is one for Hanno..
It shows a MH 6X6 ,36 passanger,over all length with trailer..67'...from 1933 that pulled a Pullman and first class trailer from Bagdad to Damascus Syria..For a guy 6'6",this would be an ideal camper..and if he dosen't find out what is causing all those little kids he'll need one for sure..

Well, I can tell you if I would bring a rig like this to events the missus might actually find it comfortable enough to join me ... and before you know it there would be a dozen McSpool Juniors ...

H.

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Originally posted by Hanno Spoelstra
Well, I can tell you if I would bring a rig like this to events the missus might actually find it comfortable enough to join me ... and before you know it there would be a dozen McSpool Juniors ...

Hanno
I thought you would like that one...

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by Alex Blair
I thought you would like that one...

Alex, I'm now convinced I need one...haven't heard about any of these turning up in Iraq, though..Sherman and Churchill tanks, yes, Marmon-Herrington's not...

H.

[Bill Murray]

Polish military transport.
Bill

[Crewman]

If I may correct it slightly I would say a little other story. This is not transport-related, and if so then on very small scale.

This is pre-WWII Polish Army Signal Service. Foreground dog cart contains ammo containers for heavy machine gun. Background dog cart is Type B Cable Drum for field phones. The dogs in deeper background are equipped with pigeon containers.

Best regards

C.

[Bill Murray]

Evening Crewman:
As you posted a smilie at the end of your remarks, I hope I did not offend you but if so please accept my apology. Perhaps my sense of humour is a bit odd at my advanced age.

Certainly, in the field of motor transport, the Ursus and Polski Fiat vehicles were highly regarded and widely used by the Germans after the fall of Poland. May I add that all amateur and professional military historians, including myself, have nothing but admiration for the tenacity and bravery of the Polish Armed Forces in that conflict.

Good military organization, bad political organization and that is the story of many of the early conflicts of the 1939-1945 War.

Ne zdrowie!!!
Bill

[Crewman]

Originally posted by Bill Murray
I hope I did not offend you...

Of course you did not do it. I am not gloomy nationalist and am able to laugh at various aspects of our Polish military affairs both pre-WWII and present.

Best regards

C.

[Bill Murray]

OK, crewman, I think we will become friends.
Thank goodness for Google and Polish/American greetings.
I am fluent in most all of the Scandinavian and Hispanic/Romance languages but not in yours, so will use that resource from time to time.

I think you will find this a most interesting forum, but you from time to time, must have a rather thick skin. We Anglo-Saxons have a rather strange sense of humour. But on the other
hand, I suspect that you Poles do as well.

Ne zdrowie, again

[king of obsolete]

yes the linn tractor is neat, i use mine for winter freighting. but i'll go and get ferrology to join us on the military use of linns. he lives in morris new york and is walking history book on linns. thansk

[dodgenut]

Hi

As well as housing a moderately large Dodge I'm also quite fond of the little E83W trucks, as at the head of this thread - any chance of a better scan of the brochure to put on my e83w site???

cheers
Rick
www.e83w.co.uk

[Crewman]

What am I, the Dodge, able to…


Library of Congress LC-USE6-D-001321



In such moments what war is can be seen…


Library of Congress LC-USW3-007110-C


Library of Congress LC-USW3-007156-E


Best regards

C.

[Tony Smith]

(With apologies to Bill:love: ) I've never yet seen a Dodge Ambulance with the spare tire (!) on the right hand side, so pictures 007110-C and 007156-E must be reversed to give the impression that the Dodge Mound Road plant is churning out thousands of vehicles. Propagandists! Look at the background, this deft slight of hand must have had the Germans baffled for minutes.

[Crewman]

Also the pic No. 001321 looks strange. It looks like crash test. No visible driver, also the wheels are rather small (without tires?).

Good wartime military public relations


C.

[Bill Murray]

Bingo!!!!!

Look also at the flags in the two pics, hard to see but it is blowing two ways. Also, the spotlight is on different sides of the windscreen depending on which photo you look at.
Nice detective work. BTW, I think the first photo is sort of legitimate but they may have increased the gradiant to add to the effect.

All is fair in Love and War, No?
Bill

[cmperry4]

Looks like the same pic, flopped and cropped - spare tire carrier on both sides? And look at the shape of the puddle and the position of the jeep, relation of water tower to buildings, etc.

[Mike Irving]

Two pics taken from same place one reversed. Look at smoke.

[gordon]

Originally posted by Crewman


Also the pic No. 001321 looks strange. It looks like crash test. No visible driver, also the wheels are rather small (without tires?).

Good wartime military public relations

C.

I've had a stare at that pic and it's probably OK. I'd guess its an early half ton WC (from the small ambulance cross if nothing else) and probably under test at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland which has hills that steep and steeper. If you allow for the fact that the side of the pylon (?) in the bottom right of the frame would be angled anyway that shot might be at the right angle. Those trucks were supposed to climb a 58% grade (that's 58% of 45o I think) but they were tested on downslope and side slope at any angle they could find. The 7.50 x 16 tyres are full of sand, of course, and the driver will be leaning right back against the rear of the cab 'cause I'm sure I would be....



Now if you're looking for something by Dodge that you won't see every day, try this one. I know pretty much exactly what this is but does anyone else want to guess ? I have a larger version of the image but can't circulate it at the minute as it will be appearing in a forthcoming article and I don't want to upstage publication......