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Model51 · 02-03-2025, 09:45 PM

The tan half-track in Post 22 and 26 is a 1931 C4 based Citroën P17C Kégresse.

I believe the 1936 Ford Model 51 half-track purchased by the Canadian army was modified by Cunningham using tracks and equipment developed by Cletrac. I don't have positive proof of this, but some circumstantial evidence.

Marmon-Herrington also got involved with modifying the same trucks in 1935 with front wheel drive. In 1936 Marmon-Herrington developed their own front wheel drive Ford half-track truck. I suppose none of these designs ever made it past the trials.

02-03-2025, 09:45 PM	#31
Model51 Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Fairfax Station, VA Posts: 934	Re: Half-Track Ford Trucks The tan half-track in Post 22 and 26 is a 1931 C4 based Citroën P17C Kégresse. I believe the 1936 Ford Model 51 half-track purchased by the Canadian army was modified by Cunningham using tracks and equipment developed by Cletrac. I don't have positive proof of this, but some circumstantial evidence. Marmon-Herrington also got involved with modifying the same trucks in 1935 with front wheel drive. In 1936 Marmon-Herrington developed their own front wheel drive Ford half-track truck. I suppose none of these designs ever made it past the trials. __________________ 1935 157" 1 1/2 ton stake truck undergoing full original restoration 1936 131 1/2" panel truck rescue preservation Author of the 1935-1936 Ford Model 51 V8 Truck book published by the Early Ford V8 Club of America