FG198TS ford SAF truck Poissy

[ssparatrooper]

HI

has anyone got any information of the above trucks being used in indo china 

they were manufactured in 1944 out of french and german parts supposidly for the germans (according to a couple of internet sources) and i have a german wartime dienstvorschrift for it (all the part numbers match) these were preceded by the F198T supposedly manufactured at Ford SAF poissy (this is referenced in a couple of french publications i have) and the after the second world war as the F598T there was also a 4x4 model manufactured after 1945


i have trolled the internet and information on them is very scarce and contradictory some saying they were not made until after the war(F598T) and others sources saying they were made in the war (F198T & FG198TS) so has anyone seen any photos in any books etc showing trucks that basicly look identical to the german V3000s produced by Fork KOLN in germany during the war exept they have a slightly wider cab?

WHY do i ask you may think


www.facebook.com/Lulu-the-Fg198ts-426768087502533/

Well its because i have one and i am currently restoring it and would appreciate any information

Thanks

[lew]

Can't help on the truck's specifics, but that is a very cool restoration.

[hoover]

Very nice restauration, but I never saw any pics of that type in use in Indochina.

[ssparatrooper]

www.anciens-cols-bleus.net/t3584p950-indochine-tome-1

[ssparatrooper]

nyone know what the sign on the door is?

[slehman]

Throw us a bone, what's the source of the photo? It looks like a mountain goat or leaping gazelle, perhaps mountain troops but send off the source of the photo, when and where and I'll do a little digging.

Cheers
Steven

[lew]

Doubtful that they are alpine troops as few Metropolitan troops saw service in CEFEO. Most certainly a logistics company.

[slehman]

I was hoping the author would get back to us with a source of the photo. I can't confirm a co-driver so tactically there does no appear to be much threat. With the tarps rolled up you can assume it's for troop lift as well as the guys in the back. I've saved the photo, tried lighting, filters, contrast etc but nothing is definitive.

SSparatrooper, if you're on leave in Drvar understood, if not tell us more about the photo.

P.S. Interesting thread on World War Wheels Wehrmacht, all the best. rolfask.proboards.com/thread/267

Steven

[ssparatrooper]

Hi sorry for the delay I've been in Normandy I don't have the source it came from the Wehrmacht wheels forum and as the bloke on there denies any of the facts I thought I would try and find any facts from indichine but that is also very hard to doBut I have also found this image?

[ssparatrooper]

am i wrong in thinking the I C prefix on the bumper is indochine then?

[ssparatrooper]

saigon-vietnam.fr/indochine/2_03.jpg

another one

[ssparatrooper]

saigon-vietnam.fr/indochine_4.php

from this site

[slehman]

I as well was under the same assumption that IC was the plate prefix for Indochine.

[ssparatrooper]

found them!

delamarejean.free.fr/l_arme_du_train_en_algerie/Train%20en%20Algerie/515%20GT.html

indochine then algierien seems be have been in the south

[slehman]

Congrats, great find. It's nice to see the end of a hunt.

[lew]

Well done, SS.