I guess I didn't realize M-H was doing conversions back in '41, but this sure is a nice looking truck:

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I'd assume those are widowmakers? What a shame.

 

Wow!! If only I were rich, I could have my dream truck. Thanks for posting this.

 

I can't understand why they went thru such a complete resto and left that green seat...

 

This is the second time I've seen it listed. It is a nice looking truck, and I can understand that the dealer is asking real money for it. Had no bids the first time, and we'll see if he meets reserve this time. Can't tell whether the rims are WMs or not from the pic. Might not be given how old the truck is. Firestone didn't intro the RH-5° design until the mid to late '40s, so if the rims are the originals they'll be lock rings. Stu

Edit - Upps. Correction. They are WMs. I didn't look at all the pics. Stu

 

Definitely a good looking truck. But did anyone else notice he's got two different styles of tail lights? An early and a late. ;-)

I know, picky, picky, picky. lol

 

The wheels and tires make that truck. I just think it's awesome.

 

Stu, did M-H get their start making wartime trucks w/4x4, 6x6, etc?

 

In a nutshell, Walter Marmon was the business/money part of the partnership, and Arthur Herrington was retired military. Herrington had experience with AWD dating back to WWI, and teamed with Marmon to build their own AWD heavy trucks which gained favor with the Army QMC. They then saw the benefit of teaming with Ford on light and medium duty trucks to gain a wider market. The first Ford/M-H cars and trucks were sold in 1937. A lot saw duty in oil exploration here and abroad, as well as in other mining and road construction/maintenance services. Then the second war broke out. Beside cars and trucks they supplied tanks, half tracks, and related armament. Stu

 

Thanks for the history lesson!

 

good looking truck. cosmetic resto. most of interior is original. floorplate,s wrong. probably rotted out. a yellow firewall? makes me wonder--i'm asking 8500$ for mine, am i off a little?

 

Are you selling your wrecker??

 

Here's a '49 F-6 on CL. Stu

1949 ford 4x4

 

I don't see any M-H badging on that? I wonder if he means "dually" by "4x4"? Kinda see a transfer case, not sure

 

It has a dash badge. I figured the hood badges got pulled and not replaced when it was painted. It looks to me like the stance is right for being a M-H. Stu

 

both of those mh's look nice and i cant believe you havent sold yours yet pete. i figured it would be gone by now @ 8500. what was the smallest f series that you could get the drw on? was it the f4? i have kicked around the idea of putting drw on mine with a flatbed but havent figured out if it would look stupid on a f3.