Fordson wot 3 tructor

[Larry Hayward]

Dear Tony,

Thanks for the photos

Have you got an idea of when in 1941 your Fordson was made? I'm interested in RAF camo and wonder if it was made after August 1941. Also seeing as you are painting it in camo colours was there evidence that it was repainted in camo in service, as I understand many delivered in RAF Blue were.

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by Larry Hayward

Dear Tony,

Thanks for the photos

Have you got an idea of when in 1941 your Fordson was made? I'm interested in RAF camo and wonder if it was made after August 1941. Also seeing as you are painting it in camo colours was there evidence that it was repainted in camo in service, as I understand many delivered in RAF Blue were.

As the original photo is of the same vehicle, looking closely you can see the camouflage pattern in places.

[Larry Hayward]

Richard, I assumed the camo was applied in more recent years by a previous owner, as I'm sure I saw this vehicle at Thruxton in the 1980s.

If the camo is original after the RAF Blue then I'd be interested to know from Tony what shades were used as it hard to tell from photos.

Also the build date if known.

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by Larry Hayward

Richard, I assumed the camo was applied in more recent years by a previous owner, as I'm sure I saw this vehicle at Thruxton in the 1980s.

Larry,
What I meant was the b&w photo of the WOT towing an aircraft through Liverpool is the very same number as Tony's, and you can make out a camo pattern on it.

[Larry Hayward]

Richard you have better eyes than me!

Obviously Tony's Fordson is not the one I photographed at Thruxton, which was pretending to be an Army vehicle. Where is it now I wonder?

[A CORBIN]

The one in yhe picture at Thruxton is mine .Can just see reg No WOT 3 .It was their in RAF BLUE late 70s . I may be wrong .But I think it came out of the ford factory mid 1941 in RAF blue . Went 5 MT LIVERPOOL & was then painter the same camerflarge as the aircraft. Then would look the same as the picture coming out of the tunnel & would been in brown/ green .That's wot I think may be wrong ???? It had lots coats of paint on it & GERMAN cross on both doors so might have been in a film at some time ? T CORBIN

[David Dunlop]

What are the odds finding a vehicle postwar and then actual pictures of it in wartime service!


David