Popular Post Truck Shop Posted September 5, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted September 5, 2016 Here is an odd one, 49 F-5 COE built by Marmon-Herrington. Still has the factory flat head V-8. Has anyone ever seen an early Ford COE 4x4? Truck Shop 5 Quote One ping only Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46721-1949-ford-f-5-coe-4x4/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyGunner Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 I will try and get a pic this week to confirm but I'm pretty sure I know where one of these sits. Quote The problems we face today exist because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by the people who vote for a living.The government can only "give" someone what they first take from another. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46721-1949-ford-f-5-coe-4x4/#findComment-344762 Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 (edited) Saw a few conventional F-7 series and a 1947 M.H. 4x4 woodie wagon,but never ever a 4x4 COE. Glad to see it's being done up. Paul Edited September 6, 2016 by 41chevy Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46721-1949-ford-f-5-coe-4x4/#findComment-344764 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc transport Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 there are 7 or 8 over at FTE that are either done up as trucks or done up as street rods. at least 3 are 4 door cab conversions, and most have newer drivetrains in them. Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46721-1949-ford-f-5-coe-4x4/#findComment-344768 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamsterGrrrl Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Saw one with a Telelect power line service body at auction a few years ago. It looked to be a former REA (rural electric) truck, built a few miles away in Watertown, SD. The REA co-ops tend to go together and do volume buys of identical trucks from Telelect, and I suspect they did the same thing with Fords instead of the current Freightliner M2s 80+ years ago. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46721-1949-ford-f-5-coe-4x4/#findComment-344783 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxfymn Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 There are several of these in MI that were built to be brush fire trucks. They are open cab, very short wheel base, and are one of the most unusual fire trucks I have ever seen. Quote Money, sex, and fire; everybody thinks everyone else is getting more than they are! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46721-1949-ford-f-5-coe-4x4/#findComment-344847 Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 (edited) Forgot I had these photos of mid 1950's Ford, Cape Cod Brush Busters. http:// http:// Edited September 6, 2016 by 41chevy 1 Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46721-1949-ford-f-5-coe-4x4/#findComment-344853 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyGunner Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Why are they knocking trees down with a truck in an open field? Quote The problems we face today exist because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by the people who vote for a living.The government can only "give" someone what they first take from another. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46721-1949-ford-f-5-coe-4x4/#findComment-344854 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 cool ride...think the earliest ive seen was a 1960...4X4...bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46721-1949-ford-f-5-coe-4x4/#findComment-344857 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOB DINGSDALE Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 looks like demo with all big wigs standing around watching Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46721-1949-ford-f-5-coe-4x4/#findComment-344860 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Brocky Posted September 6, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted September 6, 2016 Here is a restored one at the ATHS national show in Yakima Wash 2013: 3 Quote Brocky Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46721-1949-ford-f-5-coe-4x4/#findComment-344864 Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 1 hour ago, HeavyGunner said: Why are they knocking trees down with a truck in an open field? Like our stump jumpers for fire fighting in the Pine Barrens, some times you need to make an access or exit hole and a lot of times the fire lanes into the woods are not maintained open. Here's one of ours in action. 2 Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46721-1949-ford-f-5-coe-4x4/#findComment-344865 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldogboy Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 To continue the Cape Cod brush breaker theme, there were many brush breakers built on Ford COE 4X4 chassis. The first one was built by the town of Barnstable, MA in 1937. Later ones were built by the individual fire departments and Barnstable County on 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s Ford COE 4X4 chassis. There were a couple of 4X2 but most were 4X4. A good reference on Cape brush breakers is www.capecodfire.com. Other Ford COE fire trucks were some 1956 Ford "C" pumpers built for the Canadian army and some 1956 Crown pumpers built for California departments. Both the Canadian and California Fords had semi-cabs and very short wheelbases. 1956 was the last year for the fixed "C" model cab; starting in 1957 the famous "C" model tiltcab was introduced. bulldogboy Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46721-1949-ford-f-5-coe-4x4/#findComment-344889 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truck Shop Posted September 7, 2016 Author Share Posted September 7, 2016 Thanks for the info folks and Brocky those are great photos. Truck Shop Quote One ping only Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/46721-1949-ford-f-5-coe-4x4/#findComment-344907 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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