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This was due to production problems for the axles in the Ford plant at the time I believe.
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Amplifying, this was initially down to the allocation of sourcing that was originally agreed. See the other thread. Also the 1940 Axle was deemed not strong enough. I have a photo of F15A trucks being assembled in Southampton with Chev front axles. Although 47 ‘early Ford F.15A’ trucks had a G.M. banjo-type rear axle and Ford split-type front axle, parts lists now prove that they were 1941 Models. In 1940 it was stated that Rzeppa design Universal Joint and axle shafts as fitted by Ford to the front of 4 x 4 Trucks were interchangeable with the G.M.-used Bendix-Weiss, but Ottawa suggested that both right- and left-assemblies of the same type be fitted rather than mix-and-matc