Desert Wreck 4, FORD V3000

Kuno · #1 16-02-04, 15:27

Is this really the remnant of a FORD V3000?

http://www.afrika-korps.de/forum/viewtopic.php?t=34

Hanno Spoelstra · #2 16-02-04, 16:04

Compared with these pictures, I don't think it is a V3000S door - Ford Köln cab doors did seem to have a single wide rib, instead of two narrower ones.

Chances are it came off one of many Ford trucks used by the Commonwealth Forces in North Africa. They must have had more Ford trucks in use there than the Axis forces, who always considered them a prize catch. An example of such a truck, a Canadian-built Ford FC60L 3-ton truck is shown in the Afrika Korps Galerie:

Kuno · #3 16-02-04, 16:22

...I agree. This picture I have taken as reference as well --- but I thought that it shows a "Köln"-Ford.

Hanno Spoelstra · #4 17-02-04, 16:41

Kuno,

See the thread "Ford US trucks for RAF, Egypt" for an update on what type of Ford truck this could be.

Regards,
Hanno

David_Hayward (RIP) · #5 17-02-04, 17:39

I wonder if this was a Ford Model EC098TFS to Contract S/M 2037?

Nigel Watson · #6 18-02-04, 00:07

Quote:

Originally posted by Hanno Spoelstra
Compared with these pictures, I don't think it is a V3000S door - Ford Köln cab doors did seem to have a single wide rib, instead of two narrower ones.

I'll go with you on this Hanno. Ford at War, German Trucks in WW2 show only the solid moulding along the door without the indented centre. Its also not surprising that there is only a door because the exit route of the cannon shell would have gone through the petrol tank that is under the seat.! It was the original ejector seat prototype with the only problem that they forgot the hatch in the roof!!

Nigel