hi fellas! i have a question: i understand that this truck was used during WWII but was it really used by the Germans?? this is a US made truck isnt it??[:)]
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Hey Hector … if memory serves me correctly (and that’s a long shot in itself),
Ford had a few manufacturing plants in Germany before the war started. These trucks probably came from those plants. I think Schiffer had a publication about these German Ford trucks.
Hey Shermafreak![:D]
[?]But then this truck may have been used by the US troops as well as the German ones? or only by the Germans?? as far as i know the models that Ford did in the US were the same as in Europe am i right??..[^]
Got me with this question Hector. Something that I really can’t even attempt to answer.
Trucks just aren’t really my area but maybe one or two of the other modellers can jump in here with that part of the answer.
Thanks a lot Shermanfreak, i am gonna post this same question in the AUTOS seccion, i thought that every military vehicle topic must be placed here, any way, thank you a lot man!
my best regards
Hector Reymundo
Mandrake
My sources state that The type V300S was made to an American pattern but with undivided windshield. The Ford Germany nomenclature was Type G 198 TS.
The Ford Motor Company AG was founded in Berlin in 1926, purely as an assembly plant. The factory moved to Koln in 1931 and by 1935 it had become an independant German auto manufacturer; The name changed to: Ford-Werke AG in '39.
The same source: Trucks of the Wehrmacht by Reinhald Frank, published by Schiffer, also has a pic of a captured V300S used by the Americans. The picture was taken in Reims, France in '44. It wears 5-pointed stars in at least 6 positions and ‘USA’ in little, on two locations, on top of the grille. It still has its Notek light.
I have read on internet that this “German” truck was introduced to US in 1940 and the reason that i want to know all this is because i got this truck but says is a German one made by Ford and i think is a US made truck used by US troops because of the windshield, as you said djmodels1999, here´s a pic, i guess i am right, any data about it is welcome
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I can scan and e-mail you what I have if you want, Hector.
Yes please Djmodels1999! i will really appreciate it, i havent been able to find nothing else on the internet so here is my e mail address
hreymundo@yahoo.com
thank you man!
i really appreciate it
My best Regards
Hector
Mandrake,
Here’s a link to some pics on the web of your Ford - http://www.autogallery.org.ru/gfordde.htm
Thanks a lot man! really appreciate it [:)]
info has been e-mailed! Good luck. Post pics of the model!
Roger Wilco! my pleassure, thank you all and if you have any more adicional info please let me know!, thanks.
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