Ford model V8-51

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Ford V8-51 with wood carburetor in the Munich Transport Museum
Ford V8-51 with wood carburetor in the Munich Transport Museum
V8-51
Manufacturer: ford
Production period: 1935-1945
Previous model: Ford BB
Successor: Ford Rhein
Ford Six and Eight
Technical specifications
Engines: Otto engine :
3.6 liters (66 kW)
Payload: 3.0 t

The Ford Model V8-51 was a truck made by the automobile manufacturer Ford , which was produced and sold worldwide as the Ford 51 from 1935 until the 1940s. Ford of Britain built the model as the Fordson 61 and 62. Worldwide the Ford Six and Eight was later the successor series.

General

As a successor to the Ford Model BB , the V8-51 truck was developed in the USA in 1935 on the basis of the Ford V8 car and then produced worldwide. The truck had a water-cooled eight-cylinder - V-type engine ( gasoline engine ) with 3.6 liters capacity and a maximum power of 90 PS. With an average consumption of 26 liters of petrol per 100 km, it achieved a top speed of 83 km / h.

German production

The Ford V8-51 was also produced in the Cologne-Niehl plant in 1937–1939 by the German Ford Motor Company AG (from 1939 Ford-Werke AG). The truck was delivered with both a flatbed and a box body, for military use also with an open driver's cab, partly with ram protection and various kits. As with the predecessor BB, a short version with a wheelbase of 3340 mm and a long version with a 3990 mm wheelbase and 3 t payload were produced.

The recognizable difference between the German Ford models and foreign makes was the continuous front windshield and the modified driver's cab. The vehicle was used in large numbers by the NSKK and the Wehrmacht . At that time, Ford had a market share of 50% in Germany with its truck types in the 2-3 t range. After the outbreak of war, numerous vehicles were conscripted by the Wehrmacht as part of the material mobilization supplement and served on all fronts, often with loot trucks of the same type, but of foreign origin. In the course of the changeover to war production, the production was replaced by the standard 3.0 ton truck designed for the Wehrmacht. ( Ford V 3000 S ) discontinued.

Remaining civilian Ford V8-51s were converted to "wood gasifiers" . The retrofitting at Ford as well as at other manufacturers was done by special workshops of the "Imbert Generators Society" located on the respective company premises. A vehicle of this type is exhibited in the Deutsches Museum in Munich .

See also

literature

  • Reinhard Frank: Waffen-Arsenal, Volume 123: Ford in the war . Podzun-Pallas, Friedberg 1990, ISBN 3-7909-0394-9 .
  • Bart Vanderveen: "Historic Military Vehicles Directory", "After the Battle" publication (1989)

Web links

Commons : Ford Model 51  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cf. [1] March 17, 2012
  2. ↑ a b cf. [2] March 17, 2012