Known British Ford S/M Contracts

[Tony Smith]

Originally posted by David_Hayward
But note trhe Dingo had a 110"-inch wheelbase, and were built late 1941:

Mike Cecil in his book on Australian Scout cars said: "The "Car, Scout (Aust) Dingo" was based on a Ford 30-cwt commercial lorry chassis of 134.5in wheelbase which was shortened to 110in wheelbase. This was acheived by cutting at about the middle of the side members and removing the centre section."
And "The Dingo was powered by either of two Ford sidevalve V8 engines, although the actual number of each engine model used is not clear. Reports indicate that vehicles indicate that vehicles with ARNs from 77001 to 77186, ie the first 186 vehicles, had a 3 1/16in bore, 85hp engine of 221ci displacement, while the balance had a 3 3/16in, 95hp engine of 239ci displacement. However, registration records indicate that the 239ci engine was also installed in vehicles from 77165 to 77179 inclusive."
This may seem to indicate that there were two batches of orders of chassis for the Dingo, 172x model 01TF and 73x model 29TF.

Originally posted by David_Hayward
There appears to have been 245 units which may well have been the subject of a S/M Ministry of Supply contract for the bare chassis.
If the Contract was NOT S/M 2606 then it was possibly an earlier one, unknown to me at this juncture.

I wonder if the Marmon-Herrington gun tractors based on 1938-1941 Ford trucks were supplied as complete trucks, or just as chassis with Ford Australia manufacturing the cabs? If Ford Aust were manufacturing complete truck cabs, it would explain the mention of only chassis and running gear in the parts book.