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The Jeffery Quad, also known as the Nash Quad or Quad is a four-wheel drive, 1 1 ⁄ 2-ton rated truck that was developed and built by the Thomas B. Jeffery Company from 1913 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and after 1916 by Nash Motors, which acquired the Jeffery Company. Production of the Quad continued unchanged through 1928.
The Jeffery Quad, also known as the Nash Quad or Quad is a four-wheel drive truck that was developed and built in Kenosha from 1913, and after 1916, by Nash Motors, as well as under license by other truck makers. The Quad introduced numerous engineering innovations. Its design and durability proved effective in traversing the muddy, rough, and ...
The Class-B Standardized Military Truck or "Liberty Truck" was a heavy-duty truck produced by the United States Army during World War I.It was designed by the Quartermaster Corps with help from the Society of Automotive Engineers in 1917 in an effort to help standardize the immense parts catalogue and multiple types of vehicles then in use by the US military, as well as create a truck which ...
1917 Nash Fire Truck Model 3017 1922 Nash Roadster Model 42 1925 Nash 1929 Nash 400 1936 Nash 400 de Luxe. Nash Motors was founded in 1916 by former General Motors president Charles W. Nash, who acquired the Thomas B. Jeffery Company. [3] Jeffery's best-known automobile was the Rambler whose mass production from a plant in Kenosha began in 1902.
In 1950 the next generation of tactical trucks were being developed. 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. [14]
Jeffery Quad (Nash Quad) 1½-ton truck 4x4: 1916 Produced by Jeffery and later by Nash, it was introduced into US Army service in time for the 1916 Pancho Villa Expedition into Mexico. [39] Over 11,500 saw military service, the model was extensively used during World War I. [40] John Deere M-Gator: Side-by-side: 6x4: 1997
The Quad and the FWD trucks were the world's first four-wheel drive vehicles to be made in five-figure numbers, and they incorporated many hallmark technological innovations, that also enabled the decisive U.S. and Allied usage of 4x4 and 6x6 trucks in World War II. The Quad's production continued for 15 years with a total of 41,674 units made ...
Nash produced little over 5,000 Nash Haul Thrift trucks from 1947 through 1954. One source lists 16 were made in 1955. [ 3 ] Approximately 300 were delivered to Nash dealers in the United States, while a few were retained by the automaker for use as service vehicles, parts runners, and tractor-trailer units at Nash factories.