Small Scale Military Headquarters

Is this ford trck of any use? I was thinking of painting it Olive Drab with white Stars on the doors.

That would be a good idea. I'd like to see some pics when you're done.

Did these ever see action in Europe or N. Africa? I'm sure the Chrome will have to be painted over, I can't imagine the army sent trucks with shiny chrome grills to war.

Maybe airfield duty?

Thanks for the pics Flyboy.
I've got an 1/18 1940 Ford icecream truck just like that ambulance.
I wish I could paint it like that.

Sorry guys but there was no, repeat NO, ambulances built with any 1/2 pick up body Ford or any other company making ambulances in the 1935 to 1945 period.

The US military used ambulances in that period made by Ford, Chevy, Packard, La Salle and others but none with the light weight truck body.

Bodies were stretched to include stretchers, increasing weight to 3/4 tons, the short body truck you are looking at is just too short.

Ford made a 1 1/2 ton ambulance in that period but it didn't look anything like these little trucks.

No ambulances saw front line service except the Dodge WC9 (1/2 ton) and the WC 54 and WC-64KD (3/4 ton) besides the Jeep Ambulances.

TTT

So, if this model Ford never saw use by the US Army?

The question was about the ambulance. My response was correct for the time period I mentioned. The half ton Fords with various body configurations were used in rear area units (from England back to the U.S.), just not front line units and not as a ambulance.

My source is Fred Crismon's book also.

TTT

Johnny Lightning made a few of those in small scale for their Pearl Harbor Series.

They were pretty cool. I've got everyone of the military JL's.

I wouldn't mind having a 50 Ford Army "shoebox" sedan like in Indiana Jones in that small scale or in 1:32 or 1:18.

You can remove the chrome by placing it in Coke the soft drink over night, after that you can paint them. I used to do that with 1/18th die cast cares to give them that junkyard feel to them..