Truck quiz #18 - Finished

[carsntrucks4you]

Lets solve this quiz.

It is a bit tricky because it is a truck from Germany that was manufactured in Cologne Ford-Plant from 1940 - 1951. The truck is based on the US Model 08T from 1940. Ford had built trucks in Cologne/Germany since 1932. During the war they were named B3000 (4 cyl.) , V3000S  or V3000A (both with V8) . The first Ford that had left the Cologne plant after the war was a Ford V3000 . British armed forced had taken over the plant and had started production for their use and for reconstruction of the destroyed city of Cologne. During this time body parts were pressed at the VW plant which was also under British military administration in Wolfsburg and shipped over to Cologne. In 1948 the V3000 was renamed to Rhein while the B3000 was renamed to Ruhr.

With this in mind it is wasn't easy for you to get the correct type of this truck. At the start of production the B3000 and V3000 looks like the American counter parts. Due to material limitations during the war the trucks got so called Einheitsfahrerhaus (squarish wooden cab)  and Einheitskotflügel (simple round fenders).  There was no difference in styling between the 4 cylinder and V8 models before and after the war. So again hard to tell what kind of truck it is. This particular truck is a 1948 Ford Ruhr it has a 4 Cylinder 3.2l 52 hp engine. Loading capacity is 1.5ton 

With this in mind an answer that says V3000 or Ford Rhein or Ford Ruhr was accepted. Any answers that contains beside year and Ford name plate only the GGW weren't correct, sorry.

ChrisR

otherunicorn

Richard Bartrop

mittagskind

 

 

Edited July 18, 2023 by carsntrucks4you

[Mittagskind]

P.M.

[Ace-Garageguy]

PM'd

[Ace-Garageguy]

The obviously European setting should have been my clue that it wasn't the '41 Ford it looks identical to.

Bah humbug.  

Edited July 20, 2023 by Ace-Garageguy

[ChrisR]

Also the European body has a single piece window compared to the two piece US version.

[Richard Bartrop]

My ignorance of Ford trucks seemed to have worked in my favour.  I saw the Mercedes trucks, and the diamond shape of the whited out logo and immediately started searching Hansa-Lloyd products.  When that didn't work, It occured to me that it looked kinda sorta like a Ford, so I checked out German Ford products.

Interesting bit of a background about the Ruhr, and how both Ford and GM ended up supplying trucks for both sides in WW2.  Something neither company likes to talk about.