Ford Rhine

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Ford Rhein in a new building area in Hanover
Ford Rhein in a new building area in Hanover
Rhine
Manufacturer: Ford Germany
Production period: 1948-1955
Previous model: Ford V 3000 S
Ford V8-51
Successor: Ford FK series
Technical specifications
Engines: Otto engines :
3.9 liters
(66–70 kW)
Diesel engines :
4.1 liters
(62.5–69 kW)
Payload: 3.0 t

The Ford Rhein (type G398TS) is a truck model that Ford Germany manufactured together with its smaller sister model Ford Ruhr between 1948 and 1955.

The new car came as the successor to the Ford V8-51 and offered only a few changes to it. B. bigger headlights. It had a V8 gasoline engine with a capacity of 3924 cc, which initially produced 90 hp (66 kW) and was increased by 5 hp to 95 hp (70 kW) from 1949. The engine power was passed on to the rear wheels via a four or five-speed gearbox. All-wheel drive was also available on request .

The trucks were usually delivered from the factory with an all-steel driver's cab in gray and a flatbed. The wheelbase was 4013 mm, the payload 3000 kg. From 1949, however, there were also two low-floor chassis for buses and special bodies with an extended wheelbase and front-link chassis with an engine built into the rear. Drauz or NWF built buses with up to 25 seats and 33 standing places on it.

While the use of gasoline engines initially proved to be an advantage, because they could also be equipped with wood gas gasifiers to counter the petrol shortage, these models later found it difficult to prevail against competitors with diesel engines due to their high petrol consumption. Therefore, from January 1951, Ford also offered six - cylinder four-stroke diesel engines from Kämper or Hercules with a displacement of 4080 cm³ and 94 hp (69 kW). The engines were manufactured under license for Ford by Knorr in Munich . However, the engine proved to be very fragile and its output was therefore soon reduced to 85 HP (62.5 kW), albeit with little success: its reliability hardly increased.

The successors, the FK 2500 to FK 4500 , were equipped with two - stroke diesel engines.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e f Ford Rhein und Ruhr LKW (G388, G398TS, G618T, G790B, G798B) Fomcc.de
  2. a b c d e f Hanns-Peter Rosellen: Ford steps . 1st edition. Zyklam-Verlag Frankfurt / Main 1987/1988. ISBN 3-88767-079-5 . Pp. 44-47, 78-82
  3. a b Ford truck "Ford Ruhr" / "Ford Rhein" / Ford V8 + diesel models .Ford-Devils North Hesse.
  4. Lothar Boschen: The big book of the Ford types . 1st edition. Motorbuch Verlag Stuttgart 1987. ISBN 3-613-01069-0 . Pp. 595-604

Web links

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