Ford US trucks for RAF, Egypt

[David_Hayward (RIP)]

I bet the top one is one of the RAF purchases from Ford in Alexandria! Excellent, thanks.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by Bill Murray
Pic: At least it does say RAF on the door so it may qualify for your search.

Mike Kelly posted the same picture in the thread Unusual desert ( INDIAN ? ) Chev, maybe he knows more?

H.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

FC60L in New Zealand Army service near Rimini, Italy:

Source: http://www.nzetc.org/etexts/WH2-26Ba/c15.html#n392

The Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War Online! hosted by the The New Zealand Electronic Text Centre is a rich source for Commonwealth vehicle photos.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by Hanno Spoelstra
pictures of captured "Ford Kanada" trucks! These are 1940 or 1941 models

Here's another picture of one of these 1940/41 model FC60Ls (C098TFS, F-60428-C and/or FC60L?), very obviously captured!


Source: http://www.ww2incolor.com/gallery/germans/aaw

[Stellan Bojerud (RIP)]

Originally posted by Alex van de Wetering
Phew, Is this one ugly!

German Einheits-Fahrerhaus. If I remember right these standard cabins were introduced in 1943 to facilitate production. They were used on several types of trucks.

Here a Ford 3-tons.

[Stellan Bojerud (RIP)]

German Opel trucks built by Daimler-Benz built from 1943 and also a period post WW 2.

[Davistine Liddle]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

David,

Only 3-ton Fords I can think of are the British Ford WOT1 6x4 and WOT6 4x4. Could also be those E98T/E91T/E987T/E917T 6x4's?

Are the ones you refer you to included in your list of Known British Ford S/M Contracts?

To spur the imagination - if anything! - I've included a picture of a 1942 model Ford truck. It's cab survives (only just) in the Libyan Desert. Amazingly, it still sports its roof roundel!

Regards,
Hanno

http://www.fjexpeditions.com/desert/...voys/ford2.jpg
Picture source: http://www.fjexpeditions.com - make sure you read the interesting story on the The Kufra Convoys

Hello

My name is Davis from India i am going through the net when i see this pic i think its a similar ford truck seems it was taken in Calcutta after the war (late 40s or early 50s).Calcutta was the hub at the time of CBI theater.so after the war many of the world war vehicles where given to the govt department.Its a Ford truck year 1942 but don no the ton capacity but i think its a 1.5 ton check the wood pattern and the canvas top which was quite popular at the time of WW2 here in india. Experts and seniors kindly shed more knowledge on this thank you.I have a similar truck but chevy make which i have recently acquired.

Regards

Davis
http://forums.g503.com/viewtopic.php...10909#p1710909

[George McKenzie]

I was the first big collector in Northern Alberta of every thing and I have a RCAF 1942 half ton My Uncle tried to buy one during the war but they weren't available to civilians so he bought a one ton Ford. There is still some blue paint on it .This is the only one I know of .

[George McKenzie]

I Might add that there is a tandem Ford truck in a junk yard in White horse About 1943 that was used on the Alaska Hi way,Still very complete.

[Mike Hector]

Originally Posted by Kuno

The "Ugly" Truck posted by Alex above might be of German production!

Compare the cabin with the one of the STEYR 1500 truck below.

To the end of the war, the Germans did not have much resources any more. They started to built even trucks with wooden cabins to save the metal for more important parts...

...the same ugly wooden cabin on a OPEL BLITZ:

That's a Mercedes DB 701, not an Opel Blitz. Opel already had a wooden back to their cabs and were therefore 'allowed' to keep it. Mercedes built licenced copies of the Opel Blitz, but fitted the Einheitsfahrerhaus, which was also fitted to Mercedes 4500A trucks and the equivalent Maultier.

[John Mackie]

The deeper you go into the Ford model codes the more confosing it becomes.
I was thinking about the letter D in the code C11ADF and wonder if it comes the model D used for the 15 CWT light truck , a model between the model C 10 CWT (1/2 ton) and model Y one ton..
One question, Does the C11ADF use the 15 cwt axle with full floating hubs amd a single join / partition in the rear axle (like the bigger truck diff).
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The 15 CWT axle uses 4.1 ratio gears while the 1 ton axle uses a lower gear ratio and bigger brakes.

[Alex van de Wetering]

One question, Does the C11ADF use the 15 cwt axle with full floating hubs amd a single join / partition in the rear axle (like the bigger truck diff).

John,
I seem to remember the C11ADF uses the F8 8cwt rear axle, and the C11AS used the normal civil running gear, but I am sure Ian McCallum can tell you more.

Regarding the "D"....I am sure this has come up on the forum before regarding a 4x4 chassis Indian Pattern (?)

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by John 4172

The deeper you go into the Ford model codes the more confosing it becomes.
I was thinking about the letter D in the code C11ADF and wonder if it comes the model D used for the 15 CWT light truck , a model between the model C 10 CWT (1/2 ton) and model Y one ton..

Hello John,

Confusing it is! See Ford model designation for a pretty complete list.