FS 1943 Ford GTB Bomb Truck $6500.00

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FS 1943 Ford GTB Bomb Truck $6500.00

Post by johnseidts » Sat Aug 04, 2012 6:10 pm

1944 Ford GTB bomb truck, titled, turns and ran recently but I haven't tried to run it. Includes a USN Mark VI bomb hoist and Saginaw Steering Gear Bomb Trailer with set of original bomb hoist slings.

The project includes the small winch, chain fall, rear sheave for the trolley cable, and passenger seat. There is no gas tank. The serial number plate is gone, but the title is for this truck. The truck was stationed at Patuxent River Naval Air Station in WWII.

The bomb trailer is serial number 3. The wheels on it are 7.50 x 20 wheels, same as GTB, but not the 5 lugs instead of 6 lugs. Trailer rolls nicely.

Loading assistance is available at my location- I have a backhoe to load small items and can push onto ramp-equipped trailers. If you have a single flat-bed trailer that needs a ramp, I can have a rollback here to load your truck. Price is $6500 as you see it here. This item is located near Baltimore, Maryland. Truck can be stored in present outdoors unsecure storage for up to three months. I live not far from Aberdeen MD military vehicle, Hershey or Carlisle car show grounds. PM or call 443-250-9037.

****NOTE: I have added some items to this truck as time has moved on. First, it now has an original fuel pump which I found and overhauled. The inner windshield frames were in rough shape, and I found that M-37 inners would work with some modification so I sourced two of those. I have disassembled the driver seat, blasted, and done some repair on it to include the original adjustable base. I have figured a way to make this seat give more room to enter and exit the vehicle, which is an issue with these trucks. Not listed but included with this truck is the original USN-built A-frame that came from NAS Patuxent; this is what attaches to the two manufactured hard points on the front bumper.

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Re: FS 1943 Ford GTB Bomb Truck

Post by TopKick » Sun Aug 05, 2012 12:21 am

Link does not work! 8)
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Re: FS 1943 Ford GTB Bomb Truck

Post by major519 » Sun Aug 05, 2012 2:51 pm

What he said.../\/\/\\/\
1968 M274A5 USMC 325489
1966 M274A2 USMC 333007
1958 M274 US ARMY 2B3379
1970 M38A1 CDN3 70-08715
1981 M101CDN Manac 3/4 trailer
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Re: FS 1943 Ford GTB Bomb Truck

Post by johnseidts » Sun Aug 05, 2012 4:02 pm

I just reposted some better photo links.
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Additional Photos!

Post by johnseidts » Fri Aug 17, 2012 2:01 pm

More photos:
These are photos of parts which will go with the one for sale. This truck is not for sale.
This is the Yankee chain fall and trolley.
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This is the small winch which moves the trolley on the rail
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This is the passenger seat and bracket for mounting. Somebody didn't like the stare of the passenger and turned the seat forward!
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Additional hotos of the project for sale:
Spare tire carrier.
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Frame condition- it reflects how the rest of the frame appears.
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Tool box. The bottom is rotted but the corners are in okay enough shape to repair. I'd repair it but there is enough there to reproduce if you want to do so.
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Worst corner of the tool box.
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Re: FS 1943 Ford GTB Bomb Truck

Post by johnseidts » Fri Mar 20, 2015 9:31 am

BTT, still for sale.
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Re: FS 1943 Ford GTB Bomb Truck

Post by johnseidts » Wed Aug 19, 2015 3:53 am

BTT Still for sale.
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Re: FS 1943 Ford GTB Bomb Truck

Post by johnseidts » Wed Mar 23, 2016 6:36 pm

BTT Still for sale
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Re: FS 1943 Ford GTB Bomb Truck

Post by wc56daveyboy » Sat Mar 26, 2016 3:06 am

I tell ya what. I have never been much of s GTB guy but as I look at this vehicle I can see the advantages for this around the farm. The winch is a no brainier for the uses but that rear bomb hoist with trolley. Now the uses I could think of! Pulling motors. Lifting heavy rocks that this old body should not be lifting. Heavy trees for cutting.

Combine the winch to get the stuff to you and the hoist to put it into place makes this a useful truck. I think if it was closer I might go look and consider it. But I got too many pokers in the fire now

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Re: FS 1943 Ford GTB Bomb Truck

Post by johnseidts » Sat Mar 26, 2016 4:18 am

That is actually why I bought it-for around the farm. With the logging, planting, construction and other things, it seemed this would be a useful tool. That, plus once you drive a GTB, you know why people like them. But the backhoe has proved itself more useful and too many trucks are in front of this. If it doesn't get sold before I am done current restorations, it will be restored. But that is three trucks and two trailers from now.

FYI! I have updated the ad to reflect some items which come with the project.
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Re: FS 1943 Ford GTB Bomb Truck

Post by johnseidts » Thu Apr 28, 2016 3:12 am

BTT still for sale.
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Re: FS 1943 Ford GTB Bomb Truck

Post by johnseidts » Wed May 25, 2016 6:19 am

BTT Still for sale.
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Re: FS 1943 Ford GTB Bomb Truck

Post by pierino » Tue Jun 07, 2016 5:13 am

usual question to me: what about the battery support frame? it's still there, bolted on the battery box?

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Re: FS 1943 Ford GTB Bomb Truck

Post by johnseidts » Mon Jul 04, 2016 9:18 pm

BTT Still for sale.
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Re: FS 1943 Ford GTB Bomb Truck $6500.00

Post by johnseidts » Fri Apr 12, 2019 5:45 am

BTT Still for sale.
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