FORD gallery

[Roland]

British army use still today some FORD trucks/tractors. The 4x2 FORD CARGO 40280 with Cummins engine is the most importent truck I guess. Since 2005 MOD sell them to the public. I found some here http://www.ljacksonandco.com/ and at the german http://www.vebeg.de/ site.

Knows anybody how many CARGOs MOD bought and was the famoust Ford Transcontinental ever in sevice?

 

 

 

[radiomike7]

Roland if you look on the Jackson site they have some Renault 6x4 tractors which use a similar Berliet cab to the Transcontinental (or 'H' series as it was known within Ford), but I don't remember Ford ever supplying any when I worked in Special Vehicle Ops who would have been involved with Ministry sales.

 

The Transconti was a real multi national mongrel, engineered in the UK, American driveline (Cummins/Fuller/Rockwell), French cab and built in Amsterdam.

 

Mike

[Roland]

The Transconti was a real multi national mongrel, engineered in the UK, American driveline (Cummins/Fuller/Rockwell), French cab and built in Amsterdam.

 

I know, Mike. Before I got my Crusader I used a (own militarised) 4435 Transconti for my hobby. It was a superb truck, fast and strong.

 

[ArtistsRifles]

I got to play with those on the estate at Dagenham plant (I used to design shipping & receiving facilities and we used to mock-up the docks to make sure vehicles could get in) - loved the Transcons and the Cargo was better than it's predecessor, the D Series.

 

Ah - the good old days!!