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JeffLakaszcyck
Registered: 02/03/07
Posts: 1,063 09/24/07 at 05:43 AM
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If you thought yesterday's was tough, you'll love this one. No emblems removed.
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Jeff
newfie_trucker
Registered: 02/03/07
Posts: 499 09/24/07 at 05:47 AM
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is it a fogal by the door it looks and the luvered hood
ppsyclone
Registered: 02/03/07
Posts: 221
09/24/07 at 06:02 AM
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Biederman
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Brian Kelly
ConvoyDuel
Registered: 02/06/07
Posts: 182
09/24/07 at 06:28 AM
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Marmon-Herrington
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Dan Bruno
St. Louis, MO
http://www.stlouisdumptrucks.com
BobTailn
Registered: 06/06/07
Posts: 129
09/24/07 at 06:48 AM
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U.S.A. "Standard Fleet" Group IV 
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JeffLakaszcyck
Registered: 02/03/07
Posts: 1,063 09/25/07 at 04:18 AM
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All good guesses, especially Marmon-Herrington (for good reason), but Chuck P gets this one, USA Standard Fleet Group IV. Good job Chuck, as this was a tough one. You have all heard of the manufacturer: The United States Army ! I'll bet most of you didn't know the Army was in the truck building business, especially with such a handsome result. From 1928 to 1932 the Army Quartermaster Corp thought they could build better and less expensive trucks than the commercial manufacturers could supply, and were largely successful. Several different types and sizes of these "QMC" trucks were designed and built. The featured truck was a 7-1/2 to 9 ton 6x6 from 1932, and was the largest of the Group IV models. Not surprisingly, the commercial truck manufacturers were none too happy about all this, and in 1932 were finally able to successfully lobby against it, and the Army was out of the truck business. Arthur Herrington was one of the principal engineers on this project, so when when he left the Army project in 1931 to form Marmon-Herrington it is no surprise that the M-H trucks were very similar to the QMC models.
One of the QMC models, a 2-1/2 ton 6x6, used a Duesenberg Model J straight 8 195 hp engine and was claimed to be capable of 80 mph ! 2 of these trucks were built in 1931. The full story on all these trucks is in Fred Crismon's "US Military Wheeled vehicles".
At least a few of these trucks made it to civilian life. Here is another Group IV 6x6 with a very interesting wrecker body.
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edpruss
Registered: 02/04/07
Posts: 261 09/25/07 at 05:47 PM
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The U S also made planes, the Navy N3N.
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Ed Pruss, Longmont, CO
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