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While out walking my dog this afternoon in the neighborhood I came across this truck parked on the street. It's not a type I've seen before but looks WW2 era and has had some modifications to make it street legal in Texas...so I thought it would be interesting to see if anyone here can ID what it is? Pics were taken with my cell phone camera and I had a dog on a leash so couldn't exactly get a full set of walk-arounds...but it's apparently a Ford product (or at least has a Ford tailgate! ). Anyone able to ID this for me?
BP Models
It is a 1 1/2 ton Ford GTB .
Looks British...looks Beford-ish...saw a bunch of these in the Bridgehead near Dunkirk after the Tommies swam the channel in '40...
Thanks Bronto! A quick Google search yielded this link: http://ewarbirds.org/vehicles/1943fordburmajeep.html
AKA the "Burma Jeep"...learned something new about US trucks in the process. Much appreciated!
Manny,
That was my first thought as well...that squashed nose and cramped cabin instantly made me think it was British but the "Ford" tailgate was a clue otherwise (unless of course it was a replacement or red herring...but Bronto's info proves differently).
Definitely a squat ugly looking thing...designed with function over form in mind for sure.
15,000 produced and how many of us are just seeing it for the first time now?
I thought the same thing TD...the fact that it mostly saw service with the Navy/Marines and in the Pacific theater (including Burma) may have something to do with that.
They were also used as bomb handling trucks for the flightline in the US.
WIP: Monogram 1/72 B-26 (Snaptite) as 73rd BS B-26, 40-1408, torpedo bomber attempt on Ryujo
Monogram 1/72 B-26 (Snaptite) as 22nd BG B-26, 7-Mile Drome, New Guinea
Minicraft 1/72 B-24D as LB-30, AL-613, "Tough Boy", 28th Composite Group
I gotta admit,the more I look the more I like it.Bada$$ little truck.
My mother-in-Law is cleaning up her ranch, is looking to sell off some old vehicles and has one of these Ford GTB Burma Jeeps.
Please let me know if anyone is interested in buying this vehicle. I posted some pictures on Photobucket. Below is the link.
http://s117.photobucket.com/albums/o55/bri1969/Ford%20GTB%20Burma%20Jeep/
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