Main data for Ford BB?

[Bill Murray]

Morning Denes:

I have no definitive answers but will keep going with what I have.

The latest of my Typenbuchs indicates the BB was still in production in Germany as late as 1939. However....neither this edition nor any of the earlier ones indicates a V8 engine version.
At the same time, obviously such versions did exist as you see photos of them once in a while in German and other European countries service. Some appear to be dedicated military trucks, the majority seem to be captured or impressed.

We know that Ford had assembly plants in Holland, Belgium, France (Matford), Spain, Sweden and I think Denmark as well as smaller operations in, for example, Rumania.

Even though production of the BB ended in 1934 in the US, where a V8 was a standard option, it obviously continued for a number of years in Europe. I would imagine it is entirely possible for the US or Canadian Ford plants to have supplied kits for these later BBs that allowed them to be fitted with V8 engines as the engines were still being produced and the rest of the necessary parts would have been in the spare parts supply system.

I will try to find the time to go through my issues of Wheels and Tracks to see if I can find anything further on Fords in Europe. I do remember 4-5 articles on the subject and it may be I find an answer there.

As a side note, your Hungarian truck would seem to have been called a BB-85 in the US. That is the designation for the vehicle with single rear wheels such as seen on your photograph.

I will come back to this later.
Bill