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Ford barrel-nose truck

Basisinformation
Manufacturer Ford
Production time 1939–1941
Predecessor Ford Modell V8-51
Technical specifications [first]
Long 6,22 m
Broad 2,24 m
wheelbase 3,99 m
Turning circle 9,5 m
Soil 25 cm
Motor V8 cylinder
Displacement 3924 cc
Performance 95 PS (70 kW)
speed 80 km/h
consumption 32 l/100 km
Fuel supply 105 l
Electric Were 12
Tires 7.25-20

The Ford barrel-nose truck were built worldwide from Ford and generally bore the designation Ford 77-81 . The model was also offered as a pick-up and panel van.

The series was derived from the Ford V8 car in the Model Year 1934 and the successor to the Ford Model BB worldwide. In the German Reich, he replaced the Ford model V8-51. The Barrel-Nose truck was in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland by Ford of Britain from 1934 Fordson E88 produced with legal steering. The German (left-handed) version was still built in Europe by Matford in France and at Ford Vairogs in Riga (Latvia).

Ford Barrel Nose’s successor was the first Ford F series at Ford USA and its export markets and Ford of Britain (left-hand traffic) from 1939 from 1937 Fordson Thames 7v.

In principle, the models were identical worldwide, but the German version differed in its undivided windshield. In Germany, the trucks and pick-up of the Cologne Ford works from 1939 to 1942 were as G917t , G987t , G987tg and G997t Built and known there as a “Ford Wehrmacht truck”.

Ford Cologne, which was taken into account in 1939, initially did not consider the award for the Wehrmacht, since the work was not considered “purely German”. Until Germany’s declaration of war, Ford USA delivered to the United States in early December 1941 for the series components to the Cologne plant, after which the production of the G987T, G917T and G987TG models had to be stopped in the same year. Until 1942, the G997T model was produced with the 3.9-liter axmetable v8-single engine with 95 hp. Since the Reich Ministry of Armification and Ammunition was interested in reducing the colorful variety of trucks required for Wehrmacht and industry, the production of this series in Germany and France was stopped, while production in other regions continued. Around 25,000 vehicles were created in Germany and there were also versions with a all-wheel drive from Marmon-Herrington. In addition, the Wehrmacht had ambulances built with an extended wheelbase without twin tires and there were also eight -seat minibuses. The G987TG also existed with low frame chassis as a bus for up to 25 seats. In order to replace the petrol rationed in the war, numerous vehicles from the series were subsequently equipped with IMbert wood carburetic systems.

Type program Germany [ Edit | Edit the source text ]

  • G987T: 1939–1941 3.2 liters of four-cylinder ottomotor type BB with 52 hp
  • G987TG: 1939–1941 3.2 liters of four-cylinder ottomotor type BB with wood gas generator
  • G917T: 1939–1941 3.6-liter V8 ottomotor (side valve) with 75 to 90 hp
  • G997T: 1941–1942 3.9-liter V8-ottomotor (side valve) with 95 hp

  • Ford Model 81c panel van 1938

  • G917T in the commitment of the Wehrmacht at deportation of Jews

  • Frank, Reinhard: Ford in the war , Waffenarsenal, Volume 123, Podzun-Pallas-Verlag, Friedberg 1990, ISBN 3-7909-0394-9
  • Werner Oswald: Motor vehicles and tanks of the Reichswehr, Wehrmacht and Bundeswehr , Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 1982
  • Vanderveen, Bart: Historic Military Vehicles Directory , „After the Battle“ publication (1989)
  1. ↑ Ford G917T, G987T, G997T At autogallery.org.ru