Hi,
Terry, that's precisely my problem! lots of photos f things that float, little on things that roll!
From my research, the navy had a lot of vehicles in shore bases that weren't standard or mass produced as the ones to the army. They were mainly used in US and Hawaii naval bases, and probably put on service pre-war and early-wartime. Sterling , Autocars, Macks, with civilian type cabs appear many times as background elements in many wartime photos.
Phill, I'm searching for info and pictures in wich I could base the developement of drawings and plans to build a scale model. But as the subject is so rare and elusive, I woul like that this thread could become a reference point about the navy wartime use of a these trucks.
As an example:
Larger image:
http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/689f8433212c01a9_large
source:
http://images.google.com/hosted/life...3212c01a9.html
looking at the trucks, from right to left, looks to be a Diamond or International K (with civil cab and fire/crash truck body); a Autocar U-70 or U-90 (fuel truck, not sure about 4x2 or 6x4); a I-6 tractor (internationa Harvester IHC, I-6 or ID-6 industrial tractor); a Ford (G8T bomb service truck); last, a heavier truck, maybe a GMC T-46, or Mack L series (started in 1940, 4x2 that has a more "upright" windshield) semi-trailer tractor, about the semi-trailer type, no idea at all, maybe a hellium cannisters cargo trailer?. A better Identification is welcome!!!!i
The problem is that closer pictures are very dificult to appear. I'm only certain about the bomb truck and the tractor!
Cheers,
G_Mendes