First WW2 MCPs

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by David_Hayward
However additional information suggests that there were also 1940 Ford C01Y 1-ton 122-in. wheelbase and C091T 1½-Ton 134-in. wheelbase. Can anyone confirm/add to this list please?

Attached goes a pic of the Ford MCP 3-ton 4x2 truck, designated C098T (or C098TF), as far as I know. The picture of this "Three-ton Army Truck" is printed in Fighting Machines for Fighting Men, "presented by Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited". This must have been published very early on during WW2, as it only shows (modified) civilian types and Cab 11 CMP's.

Last year I compiled a web page about Modified Conventional Pattern vehicles, using some of the data posted by you on this forum. In the early war publication FORD TRUCK INSTRUCTION BOOK - Instructions on Maintenance and Repair of Ford Trucks Supplied to Defence Departments of the British Commonwealth (Third Edition). S.E. 29A. , I also found a listing of the following 122" and 134" wheelbase trucks:

• C21D 122" 3/4 Ton
• 21Y 122" WB One Ton
• 21T 134" WB Regular Truck
• C29T 134" WB Regular Truck

HTH,
Hanno