1941 30 Cwt F-30 ambulance

[Colin Alford]

Gents,

3G translates to 1942 model, so it is probably not unusual to find a 1942 model built in late Dec 1941.

Please see attached images.

[Robert Bergeron]

Thanks Rob, Mike & Colin .No towing hook and ladder stored underneath that is still present . Differential ball painted white .

[Robert Bergeron]

Everything is there and is like in the pictures .

[Pete Ashby]

Very interesting thread and most interesting truck.

There are indeed several photos of 12 and 13 cab trucks coming off the line together. Up until this thread was posted I assumed the date to be late February early March 42 for 13 cab main line production. I wonder if Ford and Chevrolet perhaps had a different phased time scale for the change over ??

Pete

[Lynn Eades]

So, the 42 engine would be (correct me if I am wrong) the Hydrovent speced engine? (along with rear main seal etc)and just because it was referred as the 42 engine, doesn't mean it was first used Jan. 1 1942. It had just come on line as the previous model had been used up. Does that sound about right?

[Robert Bergeron]

Friends , views of a 1941 F-30 Cab 13 truck i retrieved recently from a field .

[Robert Bergeron]

Friends , views of a 1941 F-30 Cab 13 truck retrieved recently from a field .One of the very first Cab 13’s ever produced by Ford in December of 1941.

[Alex van de Wetering]

Awesome truck Robert. Good to see you guys recovered this one....and re-united it with the proper body!

There is a Ford Ambulance in Belgium, but that's a F60L....and another here in Holland; I seem to remember it's also an F60L. I think there is at least one or two F30 Ambulances in the UK, one that featured here on MLU before that didn't start life as an ambulance, but got the body transplanted later in life. I agree they are definitely rare......and supurb candidates for a restoration.

regarding the 1941 build.....I had the same impression others had/have that the first cab 13's were built in 1942......but your truck might prove us wrong, however I can't help it to be skeptic. What kind of dash does it have? is the roof a solid one? is there any lettering under the headlights?

Attached is a picture of 2 in postwar Dutch service.
source:https://nimh-beeldbank.defensie.nl/f...6-29a3f34f29ce

source:https://nimh-beeldbank.defensie.nl/f...0-7cfa44f7c258