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EFV-8 Club Forum / Light Commercial Truck Discussion / 42 Ford Marmon Harrington 4x4

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truckdog62563
12-07-2009 @ 1:37 AM
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Wow, great story!! It's amazing to me that these trucks keep coming out of the woodwork. So few were made that finding a couple of them complete like you describe is incredible. I'd love to see pics of your trucks. Also, my friend Mark Mossell is putting together a Marmon Herrington registry and will want the trucks' information. I'll email him and have him check in here.

Marmon Herrington specialist Chuck Mantiglia has given the opinion that only a few hundred per year of the half tons were produced. More of the tonners (or later F-2s/F-3s) were converted, but they were used so hard that fewer of them have survived. Your two survivors have upped the known population by a few percentage points. Stu

Stu McMillan

'52 F-3 Marmon Herrington V8
'52 F-3 Marmon Herrington I6

wmsteed
12-06-2009 @ 9:40 PM
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As most of us know, when it comes to old cars/trucks, being in the right place at the right time, is all to important.
Case in point:
I was talking on the phone with a friend of mine in Idaho yesterday. He told me that he was driving home last Wednesday when he noted a truck heading towards town with what appeared to be a '42-47 Ford pickup. He turned his outfit around and followed the truck to see where it was going. The truck turned off the hiway and headed for the industrial side of town. In short order he figured out that the truck was headed for the scrap yard. Ya know... the kind of a place that throws old cars/trucks into the crucher.
My friend sped up, passing the guy so he could get to the scrap yard first.
As soon as they got to the scrap yard my friend quickly exits his outfit and runs back to the truck. The driver of the truck was a Mexican that understood very little English. He did however understand money.
The truck driver was cleaning up a farm, hauling all kinds of vehicles to the scrap yard for the price of the scrap.
After a lot of sign language and some broken English, it was agreed that my friend would pay three times the current scrap price for the truck.
The scrap price posted by the scales said the price that day was $.40 per pound ($40.00 per ton) The truck weighed just over 4,000 lbs. so my friend got a complete '42 Ford Marmon Harrington 1/2 ton 4 x 4 for $480.
My brother went and looked at the truck today, calling me after he got home.. The truck is an old farm truck that has not been used for many years, however, it is complete with only the MH emblems missing from the sides of the hood.
This is the second Ford MH 4 x 4 we have found since mid June of this year. The one we found in June was a '51 F-1 V8, complete in every way.

Bill
36 5 win delx cpe

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