Ford model designation

[David_Hayward (RIP)]

Also:

"U" Dump
"B" Bofors?
"H" Winch or lack of winch when one normally fitted?
"R(F)" Central drive [Rear-engined]
"(Special)" Special adaptation/order?

By the way, I would not have asked Henry...he was head of the Ford Motor Company. Instead I would have asked Monsieur L. Giroux, Auto Engineering, Windsor as it was Ford Motor Company of Canada Limited that applied these designations and Giroux applied his name to spec sheets detailing model numbers and production data from 1939-42.

Ford of Canada was only a partial subsidary of Ford of Dearborn, and owned all overseas subsidaries excluding Ford Motor Company Limited, London & Dagenham, England; Ford-Werke AG, Koln, etc. and possibly the Ford Hungary and Ford Egypt, Alexandria operations.

There must be a list somewhere in Ford of Canada's archives, now possibly in Dearborn post-slave labour claims, that explains the designation system for Model Numbers?

Of course the DND used 'A' for 4 x 4 drive; 'H' for '6 x 4'; 'X' for 6 x 6 drive, so where does the C8AX come in, as it is a 15-cwt. chassis not 8-cwt. and arguably a completely different animal from the C8A HUP? Also we have 'T' for tractor, as in the F60T, 'B' for Bofors, and 'C' as a prefix to signify Modified Conventional Pattern, e.g. CC60/FC60S and L, and the FC602S/L