CMP's in the US

[David_Hayward (RIP)]

Excuse ignorance but is that Timken plate off the Ford 6 x 4? If so then it is very interesting as it is a Timken component as used by Marmon-Herringtons. In the early days GM of Canada supplied axles to Ford of Canada and as we all know Sid Swallow used Marmon-Herrington designs for the multi-drive chassis and M-H used Timken axles as did some GM trucks. I have to query whether this proves that the first F60H # 11 cab chassis that debuted around April 1940 were in effect M-H conversions of the Ford F30S/F60S deleting the front-drive axle?

Oh, and just to answer the query about the NAs...Congress narrowly voted in 1940 to allow Cash-and-Carry before Defence Aid and Lend-Lease, under pressure from FDR. However it was touch-and-go as to whether the legislation would pass because of isolationists such as Lindbergh.