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Originally posted by Bill Murray
First one is the "beauty shot"
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U.S. Military Wheeled Vehicles lists this truck under the 1˝-ton 4x4 section, noting the chassis was known as 09T/MH and was photographed in October 1940. (Ford's model 09-T is a 1˝ Ton Truck with 134" wheelbase chassis and 95 hp V8 engine.)
I have no idea how many of these Ford/M-H's the USMC had, but we know they rode 'em hard all the way up to Iceland and down to Gualdalcanal! They must have put them away wet, as during 1942-1945 the very similar International M-2-4 was the USMC's main 1-ton truck. Or was this simply because International Harvester was the prime-contractor for all-wheel-drive trucks for the USMC? Being one of the big auto manufacturers, I've always wondered why Ford played such a secondary role during WW2.
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01-03-05, 14:46
Re: USMC Ford MH
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