The Ford Barn - View Single Post - '42 WW2 G8T on Portland, Or Craig's List $7000

rotorwrench · 09-11-2019, 06:21 PM

The largest trucks Ford made in that era were the big twin engine trucks they hauled the B24 carrier trailers down to Fort Worth, Texas with. They made some more conventional types with similar wheel base to the G8T but I'm not sure what the model number of those was. Most were Ford American/LaFrance type fire trucks. Then there were the Sno-Gos for winter runway clearing. There were some Marmon Herrington conversions as well.

The G8T was a 2 1/2 ton and they did have 6 lugs on most of the actual contracted military types. But there are always exceptions to the rule in the military stuff of WWII since they made so damn much of it all.
There a good photos on here. https://usautoindustryworldwartwo.com/ford.htm

The little one looks more like a 2GT-86 and it may be a 1 1/2-ton.

The larger trucks may be the GT8A types. Most TMs list the 1 1/2-Ton as the G8T but there was a larger GT8A but it's hard to find information on these old trucks.

09-11-2019, 06:21 PM	#9
rotorwrench Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 16,440	Re: '42 WW2 G8T on Portland, Or Craig's List $7000 The largest trucks Ford made in that era were the big twin engine trucks they hauled the B24 carrier trailers down to Fort Worth, Texas with. They made some more conventional types with similar wheel base to the G8T but I'm not sure what the model number of those was. Most were Ford American/LaFrance type fire trucks. Then there were the Sno-Gos for winter runway clearing. There were some Marmon Herrington conversions as well. The G8T was a 2 1/2 ton and they did have 6 lugs on most of the actual contracted military types. But there are always exceptions to the rule in the military stuff of WWII since they made so damn much of it all. There a good photos on here. https://usautoindustryworldwartwo.com/ford.htm The little one looks more like a 2GT-86 and it may be a 1 1/2-ton. The larger trucks may be the GT8A types. Most TMs list the 1 1/2-Ton as the G8T but there was a larger GT8A but it's hard to find information on these old trucks. Last edited by rotorwrench; 09-12-2019 at 10:24 AM.