Rustman Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 In my research into the mobile canteens produced by Ford for The Salvation Army, Red Cross and others I'm finding a variety of references to vehicles and as an American no clear understanding of what was made when? In 1940 and in 1943 Ford literature references "Thames Chassis" the 1940 references describes them as 25 cwt. The internet at large tells me that a "Thames 25 cwt" was designated by Ford as an E88W or Model 61 and only produced until 1939. The 7V looks visually similar to me, but I assume it is a larger/heavier chassis? The Internet tells me it's capacity is up to 5 tons, which would be a 100 cwt vehicle. So quite a bit larger it would seem. Thank you for any clarification you can offer. And because threads with pictures are always more popular here are a few of the canteens in from of Buckingham Palace spring of 1940. Matthew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAFMT Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 In all of the RAF literature I've consulted, they use the Thames name interchangeably with the 7V designation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rootes75 Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 Those pics are definitely Ford E88w, from memory the E88W is a Model 61 and your right was produced up till 1939. The English range went upwards in weight from the E83W, then the E88W then the 7V. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Herbert Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 For quite a long time Ford UK used the Thames badge on many but not all commercial vehicles, possibly only in the UK market. This applied to pure trucks like the 1950s Thames Trader and car derived vans and panel vans too. David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REME 245 Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 (edited) I assume you have looked at this site? By late war the 7V chassis seems to have been the most popular. http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/showthread.php?t=29168&highlight=welfare+trucks Edited October 28, 2022 by REME 245 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustman Posted October 29, 2022 Author Share Posted October 29, 2022 Thanks everyone for the replies. You've cleared up my questions (for now). I'm a regular poster on that thread on MLU. But now that I have some new research it's time to go through it from the beginning again. Thanks for reminding me of it. Matthew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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