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Old 21-10-12, 23:21
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Who can ID this tow hook?

Looks familiar, doesn't it?!?

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Old 22-10-12, 01:19
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Might belong to a limber?, Something that you might expect to jackknife when backing up....
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Old 22-10-12, 12:36
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Is it Universal Carrier converted to 17pdr Tower?
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Old 22-10-12, 18:49
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Confusing eh

Hint 1: it is not British or Canadian
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Old 23-10-12, 00:29
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Israeli???

(Had to put 3 ? as wasn't able to post a reply with under 10 characters.)
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Old 23-10-12, 07:37
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No, not Israeli.

Hint 2: it is post-war.
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Old 24-10-12, 11:07
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DAF maybe?
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Old 24-10-12, 20:36
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Just reading this thread when I saw something similar on this Dodge...

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Old 24-10-12, 23:32
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Nope, nice try but that's WW2 British.

When I saw the pictures of this tow hook I was thinking of a WW2 British / Canadian vehicle as well. Went through all sorts of references but could not find what I was looking for.

Never saw those two huge bumpers before, so what could it be?!?
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Old 24-10-12, 23:36
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But I'll stop hinting. When I was looking for something else (as things go), I stumbled over some pictures of a French Renault R2087 truck. . . . Now, where did the engineer at Renault get his inspiration from?

Moral of the story is: you never find what you're looking for, except when you are searching for something else!
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Old 25-10-12, 00:09
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I stumbled over some pictures of a French Renault R2087 truck. . . . Now, where did the engineer at Renault get his inspiration from?
Gee... thats an ugly looking thing
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Old 27-10-12, 17:52
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Given the age of the vehicle, it's possible that they used parts from abandonned carriers. I'm reliably informed that early Simca SUMB trucks used V8's left over from recycled carriers.
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Given the age of the vehicle, it's possible that they used parts from abandonned carriers.
My thought exactly. I guess casting numbers in the actual parts should solve the mystery.

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Old 28-10-12, 13:09
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Given the age of the vehicle, it's possible that they used parts from abandonned carriers. I'm reliably informed that early Simca SUMB trucks used V8's left over from recycled carriers.
The tow hook was clearly patterned on the wartime British one, but it is not a salvaged one as it has metric threads (as confirmed by the seller).

Same is true for the V8's, while they were further developments of the wartime engine, there are too many differences. Possibly the SUMB prototype used a salvaged engine, but regular production engines were really new, further developed engines. See After Market Flatheads or sites like Installation of the French Flathead V8 to let your reliable informant read up about the differences.

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