Strange truck quiz

Think you might be right Detective. With only 100 reported to be built and not the sort of thing easily operated (or desired) by a commercial firm there can't be many left alive.

Wouldn't you be the ant's pant's rolling up at Sandown in that!

Lang

Lang, reckon you'd be the ants pants rolling up anywhere in it.

Looks like Ford (or other companies using Ford base vehicles) were experimenting with twin engines pre-war. This is a 1938 Twin Engine prime mover.



The idea just would not lay down and die! They were still at it in the 60's with a D Model twin engine.



And there were even more!

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mid 40's Twin Engine COE

the twin engine Ford truck , used 2-100 horse powered Ford truck engines driving 4-speed Warner transmissions and Timken differentials.tractor was rated at 10 tons.About 70 of the trucks were built.

According to the caption for this June 17, 1942, photo, this is simply a

Lets not forget the Landliner Lang, seeing as you have Ford America, Ford Pomgolia, and this one is Ford Oz.

Here's an Australian built version of a twin engine truck.....

And here's a little spiel about It. Written by "ron Horse"

www.truck-photos.net/picture/number2087.asp

I will see your two engines and up you three jets.

Shockwave, a triple

....whew !! .. ....let's not forget the Relay's from 1929 with twin Lycomings side by side in 6x4 configuration.....

...big jiggers just prior to the big financial meltdown.....

g'day all .. there's a good chance the one in the Overdrive mag at the produce markets in the 1960's is the one in the pic....

...just call it ''process of elimination''... how many of these jiggers would have still been kicking around doing a day's work in the sixties?.....cheers

the restored truck pictured has a well documented history and is not the one in overdrive. when found several years ago it was a complete basket case! one rear axle had been removed and converted to a windmill

Wow! this thread has been a steep learning curve, but enjoyable, thanks.