Ford US trucks for RAF, Egypt

[Nigel Watson]

Originally posted by David_Hayward
Hanno, I reckon you are on to something! The 1940 Models would have been technically C098TFS, whereas the British-assembled ones [S/M 2004 etc.] were EC098TFS, but as these were military orders they may not have bothered with a '1941' Model C198TFS and therefore the '1940' and '1941' Models were C098TFS, then for the jailbar grille 1942 this became the C298TFS. There was though a civilian C198T, and it seems the US 198T was also imported into Canada. That said the 11T 1 1/2 tonner was also available in Canada, possibly US-sourced and I query whether some 11Ts were exported as well? These would of course have the 1941 grille.

Some observations which may or may not add to this great debate.

I have a couple of manuals for these trucks. TM-10-1139 which is Maintenance Manual for Ford Truck 1 1/2ton 4x2 built for US Government Model 11T-80 Contract No. W-398-QM-10612 dated 20 Feb 1942 with this picture

The other is TM-10-1347 Maintenance Manual for Ford Truck 1 1/2ton 4x2 built for US Government Model G8T Contract No. W-2425-QM-655 and W-374-ORD-2865 dated 15 June 1943 with this picture

Some other pictures follow.

Nigel