Ford Marmon-Herrington V8 1.5 Ton GS

[Bill Murray]

Hi David & Nuyt:

Interesting vehicle!!

According to my records and my recollection, this particular truck was never classified as Standard by the US Army.

I have, however, seen photos of the basic chassis used as a snowblower, presumably by USAAF and USN, who maintained a separate vehicle park and had different manuals similar to TM 9-2800 to catalogue them. I only have a Navy one from 1950 or so and none of the AAF ones.

I have also seen this same chassis used as a tipper on the ALCAN highway project, so some numbers must have been procured.

There was in the US classification system a class of vehicles labelled "Limited Standard" as opposed to "Standard" and the former were often assigned to installations rather far removed from the actual front lines or were provided to Allied nations as part of the Lend Lease Program, provided "under the cover", sold outright or after the war ended, sold more or less as surplus or given to various Allies.

A quick perusal of my own collection failed to turn up a US variant as a GS truck so this may be a bit of a rare bird. And....the asking price on the road with that low mileage seems like rather a bargain as well.

Bill