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Originally posted by ericnuyt
I took a second look at the wheels of the Braat (after David's question) and now I am not sure about my CMP statement.
I compared them to all the US truck pictures in Vanderveen and I have the impression that the front wheels were Fords or Dodges?. If you agree (and you guys can see it much better that I do) that would suggest a Ford or Ford/MH 4x4 chassis.
On all pre-1942 pictures the front wheels of both types of overvalwagen have been covered with round steel armour plating, so we can not see what had happened there...
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All I can see in the pictures are generic type 1940's truck wheels - I would not bet on them being Ford, Chevrolet or whatever truck make on looks alone.
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Originally posted by David_Hayward
I cannot find any evidence of any Defence Aid or Export 4 x 4 US COE Chevrolets, and therefore if there was any GM element then we are talking of GMC chassis. I will undertake further research.
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Try not to confine your search to the 4x4 COE configuration, nor to Defence Aid deliveries. As far as I can tell these were mostly, if not all, 4x2 conventional truck chassis. Also, the NEI goverment paid in cash for most of its purchases.
The NEI Army scrambled to gear up for war after the outbreak of war in Europe, and these
Overvalwagens were of a somewhat expedient nature based on what was available on short notice from local sources: truck chassis from an assembly plant, steel plating from shipyards etc. So what we need is a list of chassis types (incl. wheelbases, tyre configurations, etc.) which were being manufactured and could have been made easily available to the Netherlands East Indies during the 1939-1941 timeframe and work from there. Could I beg our resident GM/Ford/Chrysler Automotive Historian to supply us with such a list?
H.