Ford WOT 2 Question

[Stefano Ruggeri]

Hello all,

Has anybody got an idea what year Ford started using the closed cab configuration on the WOT2? And whilst I'm picking this forums brains, does anyone know when the newer type of instrument panel was introduced (instruments behind steering wheel)?

Thanks everybody,

Stef

[David_Hayward (RIP)]

Having just written about them in the last of my series on the 1939-40 WD Trials Report for ROADSCENE magazine, I can add the following which was taken from two sources including the Ford of Dagenham ID chart from 1942:

WOT2A: G/S Infantry Truck ‘short pedal’ with open cab and a sheeted rear body (no tilt frame)

WOT2B: as the A model but with a fixed tilt frame covered rear body referred to as a van body

WOT2C: an evolution of the A model, but with ‘long pedal’ and other small changes

WOT2D: as the B model, but with windscreen changes again. Still with a tilt frame and cover

WOT2E: Infantry truck with fully-enclosed all-weather steel cab with canvas canopy & side curtains and full windscreen, wooden body, tilt frame and cover

WOT2F: as E but without the tilt frame and cover

WOT2G: Van with all-weather cab with canvas canopy & side curtains and fixed tilt

WOT2H: Infantry Truck appears similar to the E but with wood drop sides body (top half) and tailboard, demountable tilt

[Stefano Ruggeri]

Thanks David, got things a bit clearer in my head now...

All the Best,

Stef