Opel / Ford connection
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Jnewboy
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Opel / Ford connection
Does anyone know of a good book or site that has exact info about the connection pre WWII? Is the Blitz Opel Truck the same as the Ford? I have read that Ford had a plant in Germany? I need a truck expert...
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ketelone
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Re: Opel / Ford connection
I don't believe they are the same. Ford had a plant in Germany and the Germans did use Ford vehicles in WWII. There was a controversy regarding Ford profiting from the war and from the Germans. I believe there was also a Ford plant in the Soviet Union too.
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Re: Opel / Ford connection
i believe when the germans took over the ford plant in germany they continued making the truck cabs and putting them on the opel frames. there also was a lot of civilian ford trucks around that where pressed into military service,
in russia the old ford stampings where sold to russia through the lend lease as aid. they where made from the company gaz. they where old stampings from prior years that ford wasn't producing anymore. but their frames where modern.
i have some books that are about the trucks used by the germans. ill look for them maybe i can send them to your email.
in russia the old ford stampings where sold to russia through the lend lease as aid. they where made from the company gaz. they where old stampings from prior years that ford wasn't producing anymore. but their frames where modern.
i have some books that are about the trucks used by the germans. ill look for them maybe i can send them to your email.