Help needed on identifying this truck
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Help needed on identifying this truck
Hi,
new here, I am searching the internet for descriptions on this old large Ford truck I spotted in Rotterdam. However, I have no idea what make or model, hadn't even picked it for a Ford. Luckily, to start my search, the Dutch Motoring Department gave it a 'Ford G 39 T', with a first registration in 1955...
I want to post it on my site (along with some more pictures I took of it), I have a car spotting website and this is exactly the car that proves that interesting cars are driving everywhere! For all you Ford Truck lovers, my site isn't that interesting, I only have a Ranger online, and some Mustangs but we can't call those trucks now can we ;-) But... in order to post this big beast I need to know a bit about it, the proper make for starters. It looks to me like it has been something like an ambulance or the like?
Soo... who can help me out?
new here, I am searching the internet for descriptions on this old large Ford truck I spotted in Rotterdam. However, I have no idea what make or model, hadn't even picked it for a Ford. Luckily, to start my search, the Dutch Motoring Department gave it a 'Ford G 39 T', with a first registration in 1955...
I want to post it on my site (along with some more pictures I took of it), I have a car spotting website and this is exactly the car that proves that interesting cars are driving everywhere! For all you Ford Truck lovers, my site isn't that interesting, I only have a Ranger online, and some Mustangs but we can't call those trucks now can we ;-) But... in order to post this big beast I need to know a bit about it, the proper make for starters. It looks to me like it has been something like an ambulance or the like?
Soo... who can help me out?
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It looks like an early to mid '50 Thames or Fordson truck. Autolit.com posts sales literature for this kind of truck on a regular basis on eBay. You can try their site or do a Google search.
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There is a picture of it in James K. Wagner's book Ford Trucks Since 1905. It's a German Ford made by Ford-Werke AG. The one in the book is a 1951 model. He calls it a Tonner BB Spezial model. Obviously this one, going by the cross over the windscreen, was an ambulance.
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Arrgh this is gonna bother me all night!
I have some truck identification book I picked up at a bookstore in the middle of nowhere..It had basically every Ford truck, and I remember this model very clearly!
The darn book is nowhere to be found! Truckdog already did a fine job identifying it, but my book had a ton more info on it. I'll be sure to post the info if I find it.
I have some truck identification book I picked up at a bookstore in the middle of nowhere..It had basically every Ford truck, and I remember this model very clearly!
The darn book is nowhere to be found! Truckdog already did a fine job identifying it, but my book had a ton more info on it. I'll be sure to post the info if I find it.
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More pictures real soon
Hmm, never checked here again, I only got a email alert on the first reply. Oh well, anyway... I will be posting all my pictures of this truck on my website tonight (as in: within 6 hours of this posting), as soon as I have photoshopped them to size, etc.
Thanks for all the replies!
Thanks for all the replies!
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Pictures are online...
Originally Posted by 4tl8ford
Don't forget to give us a link to your site.
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Originally Posted by havi
we're too lazy to spell it out, we be much happier just clicking on links, lol.
Slightly back on-topic: I hope the additional pictures are appreciated and perhaps make the identification conclusive. For now, let's call it a Tonner BB Spezial. I must say I am a bit amazed that neither searching on Ford G 39 T and Tonner BB Spezial I end up on some site with similar trucks. In most cases, searching the 'industrial code' (like E9 for BMW instead of 3.0 CS) leads to good websites with tons of information. Here, so far, nothing...
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Let's see if I can clarify. On my first post I said that this is called a Tonner. On closer reading I don't think that's part of the name, just a weight rating. So I'll post here the picture from Wagner's book, the text that goes with the picture, and a picture that I found of a similar '52 on Google. There's a bunch of great old European truck shots at this site. The web site for the picture is: http://www.chrishodgephotos.co.uk/pagecma/truckphotoslist1.htm.
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