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Post by mechinf on Feb 16, 2009 15:50:51 GMT
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Post by okdoky on Feb 16, 2009 16:55:26 GMT
That is truely a gun tractor!!!!
Would make a great diorama as a gun portee.
Nige
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2009 17:12:39 GMT
Possibly Dodge or Chevrolet, time to get stuck into the reference books, more when I've had a good flick through the library, it may even be an early Mack?
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Post by iansadler on Feb 16, 2009 19:01:18 GMT
Hi , I tend to think it is either a White or an International , cheers ian
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Post by voyager on Feb 16, 2009 20:56:45 GMT
Don't know about the truck but it's a Fordson N tractor! ;D
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Post by Lonewolf on Feb 16, 2009 22:20:58 GMT
If it hadn't been for the uniforms on the soldiers I'd have said Opel 'Blitz'.
The designation ZA is South African not New Zealand. So I'm not sure where its from.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2009 23:27:23 GMT
Chris, definitely not an Opel Blitz, but if you enlarge the photo, you may have a point about the South African location. The ammunition bandoleer on the soldiers, is that a New Zealand uniform or South African?
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Post by Lonewolf on Feb 16, 2009 23:31:31 GMT
Grrr won't let me enlarge it.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2009 23:36:37 GMT
To the right hand side of the photo at the bottom there's a magnifying glass symbol with a plus sign on it, just click it.
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Post by mechinf on Feb 17, 2009 16:49:53 GMT
Guys Yes, I am from South Africa but the photo has the inscription on the back as being in New Zealand, the UDF had a very similar looking vehicle based on a Warford chassis with a locally built Ford cab. They look very similar. Will post a Warford for comparison. Regards William Waford photo at: news.webshots.com/photo/2702093320039564579GPCTsC
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Post by sanguin on Feb 17, 2009 19:11:22 GMT
Not a new idea in the late 1930s..... www.armyvehicles.dk/fordsontrac.htmThe Fordson has the most incredible back wheels; the rubber tyres are probably post 1936. As far as I know all Fordson N tractors were built in Cork up to 1933ish and in Dagenham until after WWII. This must have been an export....I suspect it was requisitioned from a civvie user, but will now probably be told it was part of a Royal New Zealand Artillery official order.... Not that I could find it here: riv.co.nz/rnza/ochist.htmI assume the trucks, from whatever manufacturer, were used a bit like tank transporters to take guns and limbers for long distances without wearing out the wheels, horses and crew. New Zealand wasn't too heavily endowed with railways, so I presume that most long distance military deployments were by road. The absence of any covers shows that it obviously never rains in NZ! John
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