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Old 30-01-16, 11:36
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Theo Castricum from Winkel told me, these Jailbar Fords were originally built for the North Africa operations from the Allies.
But that was in '42. The after war Canadian Fords have serial numbers starting with 5g....... That must be a year '45. ( starting july "44)
But were they built for military purposes??
Jens, like stated above, this type of truck was built as a Military Conventional Pattern truck:
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These were basically civilian trucks with some military features like the push bar, military lighting and of course military paint. See the thread Ford 3 ton MCP dump truck for a nice example.
They were used by the armed forces in many theatres of war, and production continued after WW2 for civilian use.
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