Ford barrel-nose truck

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Ford Model 81

The Ford-barrel Nose trucks worldwide were built trucks from Ford and wore generally the name Ford 77-81 . The model was also offered as a pickup and panel van .

Model history

The series was derived from the Ford V8 model year 1934 and was the worldwide successor to the Ford BB model . In the German Empire it replaced the Ford model V8-51 . The barrel nose truck was in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from 1934 by Ford of Britain as a Fordson E88 with right-hand drive production. The German (left-hand drive) version was still built in Europe by Matford in France and by Ford-Vairogs in Riga (Latvia).

The successor to the Ford Barrel Nose was the first Ford F-series at Ford USA and its export markets, and from 1939 the Fordson Thames 7V, which was built in parallel from 1937, at Ford of Britain and its export markets ( left-hand traffic ) .

Wehrmacht trucks G917T, G987T, G987TG and G997T

In principle, the models were identical worldwide, but the German version differed in its undivided windshield. In Germany, the trucks and pickups were built by the Ford works in Cologne from 1939 to 1942 as the G917T , G987T , G987TG and G997T and were known there as the "Ford Wehrmachts -Lkw".

Ford Cologne initially did not consider the Schell Plan drawn up in 1939 when awarding the contract for the Wehrmacht, as the plant was not considered to be “purely German”. Until Germany declared war on the United States in early December 1941, Ford USA supplied components for the series to the Cologne plant, after which production of the G987T, G917T and G987TG models had to be discontinued in the same year. The G997T model with the 3.9-liter eight-cylinder V8 gasoline engine with 95 hp was produced from existing parts until 1942 . Since the Reich Ministry for Armaments and Ammunition was interested in reducing the colorful variety of types of trucks required for the Wehrmacht and industry, production of this series was discontinued in Germany and France, while production continued in other regions. In Germany, about 25,000 vehicles emerged and there were also versions with one of Marmon-Herrington -derived four-wheel drive . In addition, the Wehrmacht had ambulances built with an extended wheelbase without twin tires and there were also eight-seat minibuses. The G987TG was also available with a low-frame chassis as a bus for up to 25 seats. To replace the rationed gasoline during the war, numerous series vehicles were retrofitted with Imbert - wood gasification plants equipped.

Type range Germany

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

  • Ford Model 77 pickup

  • Ford Model 79 1937

  • Ford Model 81C panel van 1938

  • Fordson E88

  • G917T civil version

  • G917T used by the Wehrmacht to deport Jews

  • Ford G917T used against partisans in Yugoslavia in 1943

literature

  • Frank, Reinhard: Ford in the war , arsenal, 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)

Web links

Commons : Ford G917T, G987T, G997T  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files