Ford Photos

[David_Hayward (RIP)]

What came first the F15A or FGT?

Says he sitting down!

I honestly cannot say and I have reviewed all the evidence that I can find.

I can definitively say:

1. 1939, but 1940 MODEL 15-cwt G/S Fords a la Gary Moonie
2. 1940 F15 a la Gregg book

then:

3.? I suggest that the GT was passed to GM of Canada [pilot used to tow gun cariiage a la Gregg book] and I believe a photo of # 1 C-GT appeared in such things as the GM of Canada song book but could the vehicle featured be the 'missing link' that I have been searching for, namely the F15A/F-GT prototype?

4. I think it is accepted now that the F-GT/C-GT was a three-ton truck. Therefore I conjected that it spawned the F30S/C60S as they were originally, and the F60S/C60S, followed by the extended-chassis F60L/C60L with the F8/C8 being based on the Ford commercial chassis.

On looking at photo # 1 I got an impression, probably wrong, that it was almost a bitza with GM parts, sent to Windsor for the cab to be added. In the beginning it was envisaged that GM through McKinnon Industries would supply axles, shockers, etc., and Ford cabs and chassis components.