Yanky Iron Fix II

Looks like a Corbitt based truck 

 

Paul 

Mrs
Gudday m8
Wikapedia via Googles images sez
6-ton tractor truck
(1951) TM 9-813 6-ton,6x6 Truck (White, Corbitt, Ward La France, and Brockway)
Could B any of the above






LOL
cya

Thats the go Swishman
It is kinda hard to imagine that differant manufacturers built the same yet different
I guess WW2 called for egos to be put aside

Paul

Not so much egos as parts interchangeability and cooperation for the War Effort..

Same as Kenworth and Ward Lafrance heavy wreckers - could not tell the difference even sitting in them like a Willys and Ford Jeep.

 


www.militarytrader.com/military-vehicles/m1-m1a1-wreckers



Federal and REO made identical heavy wreckers.

This is a great article on the amazing array of vehicles Sterling made during WW2

  usautoindustryworldwartwo.com/Sterling.htm

 

 

Love hearing those inertia starts. 1st ones I saw was on planes in WW2 where they howled like a dog n were cranked like buggery

When I was flying DC3's while attached to the PNG Defence Force back in the 70's we had electric over inertia start. You pressed the start button, let it wind up then engage. They did have the ability to hand crank and we all had a go standing on the wing with the long crank handle. Never saw it done for real - if we had flat batteries we would call for the RACQ.

V12 Deutz aircooled powered jobby

 

a Marmon kit was used and apparently a factory option for a short while 

Paul