1938 chev prototype

[David_Hayward (RIP)]

Would never dream of correcting anyone...clarifying I would say. The problem is that there have been so many "prototypes" banded about over the years and even Dr Gregg did not give us a definitive answer I feel as to what the '40 Fords were. There is virtully no hard evidence that I found on the 1940 Fords, and it is just mentioned en passant in one file. They were however the direct progenitors of the DND-pattern, later CMP, trucks with subtle differences the most obvious being the hood louvres and the "cycle wing" mudguards. The front end is otherwise the direct descendant. However the Chevrolet front ends had no connection with that adopted for series production. The '38 G/S Chevies had the flat sheet metal front used on the Chevrolet-Scammell FAT, and I confess I can't see what the front end is on the truck in the photo.