4×4S.ORGTHE REGISTRY NAMED MODEL · 1936–41
NAMED MODELMilitary · USMilitary · BelgiumUnited States

Marmon-Herrington Ford ½-ton (1936)

The first of the conversions: Ford ½-ton trucks with a Marmon-Herrington driven front axle and transfer case, delivered in small numbers to the US and Belgian armies and other governments from about 1936, alongside the T9 half-track built on the same basis.

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Sources & evidence
BASE VEHICLEMarmon-Herrington Ford 4x4BUILT BYMarmon-HerringtonIN SERVICE1936–41OPERATED INUnited States, BelgiumPRODUCTIONSmall numbersLAYOUT4 wheels · 122″

The record

Marmon-Herrington’s pre-war Ford conversions gave the US Army and the Belgian, Dutch and other armies a light four-wheel-drive truck before the Jeep; the Army bought them in small batches and tested the T9 half-track in 1936.

Research status: draft — identification, dates or figures could not all be pinned down; the summary says what is unresolved.

Specification

MANUFACTURERMarmon-Herrington ↗
Company, Indianapolis (on Ford trucks)
MANUFACTURED1936–41
ENGINEFord 221 cu in flathead V8, 85 hp
PRODUCTION RUNSmall numbers
COUNTRY OF ORIGINUnited States
OPERATED INUnited States, Belgium
STATUSout of production
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINEMarmon-Herrington Ford
FAMILYMarmon-Herrington Ford
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE122″
BODY STYLEpickup
CATEGORYMilitary · US, Military · Belgium

Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.

Variants & colours

Base model variants

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Sources

  1. 1Marmon-Herrington ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-22SOURCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-22 · status: draft