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Old 10-04-2021, 12:40 PM   #201
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That box on the back looks like what we had on the ww2 GMC's and Studebaker's
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Old 01-27-2022, 05:42 AM   #202
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Ex Australian Army 1940 Ford Open Top Pickup
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Old 01-27-2022, 12:55 PM   #203
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Thats a dandy ! I can picture a country drive on a moonlit night with the top down, and my sweetie by my side. Gotta watch for roo's though, or deer here.
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Old 02-05-2022, 11:21 PM   #204
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1939 Ford V8 Heavy Duty "open cab" Marmon-Herrington equipped All-Wheel drive Truck.
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Old 02-06-2022, 05:08 PM   #205
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That really does look macho. I bet it took a real man to steer it !
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Old 02-06-2022, 09:57 PM   #206
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That really does look macho. I bet it took a real man to steer it !
The depression era Nebraska farm boys that stormed the beaches at Normandy were raised driving crap like this. Darn right they were Macho! The 'old' 45 year old guys were on the coast manning searchlights. And us soon to be 70's? we were talking about how it was in the 'great war'.......
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Old 04-16-2022, 12:02 AM   #207
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1940 Ford Military Trucks, including an Open-Cab model - Australia
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Old 04-16-2022, 04:00 PM   #208
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Fab looking trucks.
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Close up shot of new 1940 Ford Trucks showing the Open-Cab model
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Old 04-17-2022, 12:05 AM   #210
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Man, those are cool ! I wonder what the sign bracket on the front was for. US WW2 vehicles had a round "bridge plate" usually mounted on the grill which showed the gross weight so a vehicle could be identified as over weight for a small bridge by the sentry at the bridge. Cool trucks, keep em comin Merc Man
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Australian WWII Ford Blitz.
To answer cas3's Question, I believe that "Sign Bracket" was to display the Unit or Regiment that the Truck belonged to, like on this Ford Blitz.
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Old 09-06-2022, 03:56 AM   #212
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I snagged this off a recent video posted by John Mills.
Not sure if this is the exact type we are looking at but I found it interesting that this one is located here in the UK.



Here is a link to the video to put it in context.
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The truck is at the 10:40 mark approx.
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