they are save now at home almost !

[Grant Bowker]

Originally Posted by Bob Carriere

HI Eric

The two brackets you removed should have been left there..... they are part of the brackets that holds the tarp cover inplace when you remove it. You should be able to mig weld them in place without too much trouble

I am not sure about the other holes...... the one with 3 bolts could be for a snorkel running to the top of the engine cover...... do you have a picture fo the top of your engine cover....?? these were very late conversions and very few actually exists..... you may have a missmatched top or engine cover.

The other hole with 6 bolts may have been for an radio antenna base.... it looks the right size.......again not a common conversion..... maybe one of a kind field modification.

Bob C.

There was a mount to hold the extendible antenna mast (either 20 or 34 foot versio) on vehicle roofs. The drawing I have of it shows a 3 screw mounting but is not clear whether the mout was for use on truck cabs or the top of the wireless body.

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Grant Bowker

There was a mount to hold the extendible antenna mast (either 20 or 34 foot versio) on vehicle roofs. The drawing I have of it shows a 3 screw mounting but is not clear whether the mout was for use on truck cabs or the top of the wireless body.

Grant..
What are snorkle holes are what are pictured...You have a great shot of a Ford running in water using the snorkle on the front cover of the Ford Wadeproof manual...This one..#29...(In colour,no less..)

#29: 68 pages FWP-1 FORD CANADA, ILLUS., PARTS LIST SPECIAL WADEPROOF EQUIPMENT for CDN Mil. Pattern Vehicles. (Jun.'45)

[NORTH-SHORE(CANADA)]

Hi,
Anyone have a pic of thos truck

[NORTH-SHORE(CANADA)]

Originally Posted by Boob

Bonjour Eric

From what I can see .... you have an official snorkel modification to a Ford engine cover and roof.

These modifications came late in the war and very few survived.... you truck may have been used for training troups or testing in Canada..... I do not recall ever reading that they had been used in actual battle conditions.

Now if you can find the original snorkel tube and the full installation kit you would be a rich man.
Boob

Hi,
Anyone have a pic of this Rare beast