Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The M-5 was a 1/2 ton truck, available in a pickup configuration as well as a cab and rolling chassis. The M15 was the 3/4 ton version. The M15A was the one & 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-ton version. The M5, M15, and M15A all came with the Champion 169 ci. engine only. The M16 1-1/2 & 2 ton versions came with the more powerful Commander 226 ci. engine.
The 3/4- and 1-ton models kept the 75-horsepower 218-cubic-inch L-head six, either on a 120 in (3.05 m) wheelbase with a 7 1 ⁄ 2-foot box, or a 133 in (3.38 m) wheelbase with a 9-foot bed. Dodge's 1 1 ⁄ 2 -ton pick-up, offered from the Job-Rated trucks launch in 1939 until the 1942 switch to all-wartime production, consisted of the long ...
The range was offered in half-ton, 3/4-ton, and 1-, 1.5-, and 2-ton capacities. They were called 2R5, 2R10, 2R15, 2R16, and 2R17 respectively. The model numbers were carried over for the 1954, becoming 3R5, 3R10, and so on. Called the "model C cab" internally, this design continued to be used on the succeeding E-series trucks. [3]
When light-duty trucks were first produced in the United States, they were rated by their payload capacity in tons: 1 ⁄ 2 (1000 pounds), 3 ⁄ 4 (1500 pounds) and 1-ton (2000 pounds). Ford had introduced the "One-Tonner" in 1938 to their line of trucks. [ 23 ]
New serial number codes: HP 1 ⁄ 2 ton, HR 3 ⁄ 4 ton, & HS 1 ton. 1951 - Doors now have vent windows. Mid-year change from 9-board bed to 8 boards per bed. Last year for 80 mph speedometer, chrome window handle knobs, and chrome wiper knob. New serial number codes: JP 1 ⁄ 2 ton, JR 3 ⁄ 4 ton, & JS 1 ton.
Sizes were rationalized, with 1 ⁄ 4 and 3 ⁄ 4-ton 4x4s and 2 + 1 ⁄ 2, 5, and 10-ton 6x6s. Trucks were military standard designs, 6x6 trucks used common cabs and similar fender and hood styles. Trucks were military standard designs, 6x6 trucks used common cabs and similar fender and hood styles.
Left to right: 'Truck, 1/4 Ton, 4x4' Willys MA; 'Truck, Command Reconnaissance, 3/4 Ton, 4x4' Dodge WC-56; 'Truck, Radio Reconnaissance Car, 1/2 Ton, 4x4', Dodge WC-6 (or similar). The ½-ton Dodge G-505 trucks (pictured right) were the first light 4WD trucks provided to U.S. troops (in 1940–1941), that they sometimes called 'jeeps'.
The 3 ⁄ 4 ‑ton WC-54 was designed as successor to the previous 1/2-ton, 4×4, G-505 models WC-9, WC-18, and WC-27 Dodge Ambulance trucks. [2] Although based on the 3/4-ton Dodge "Beep" chassis, which front and rear axles featured wider tracks of 64 + 3 ⁄ 4 in (1.64 m), the 3/4-ton ambulance versions retained a longer wheelbase, very close to that of the previous half-tonners, as well as ...