Chevrolet WA 30cwt

[Bill Murray]

Kuno, this will not really help, but my first ever car was a 1937 Chevrolet sedan with the same basic engine as your inquiry truck.

I can safely say that it would do 75 mph as I received a speeding ticket as a very young boy with that very car..

I am quite sure that your truck example, with ordinary tyres and on good road surfaces would be capable of at least 50-60 mph.

While totally off the subject, my only experience with a military vehicle on desert terrain was when I took my Volvo Sugga down to the tip of the Mexican Baja Peninsula in the early 1970s.

It had non directional tyres, a very strong 6 cyl motor of about 90 hp. and was capable of 80 kph on the "highway".

Going on the dirt roads that were available at the time, I could average maybe 35-40 kph. When I had to cross dry lakes (Wadis), the speed would drop to 10-20 kph. It was 4WD, so I never got stuck but I came close a number of times.

Just a little historical footnote.
Bill