Ford light trucks converted to all-wheel drive by Marmon-Herrington of Indianapolis from 1936 to 1958: the ½, ¾ and 1-ton pick-ups and the Ford station wagon with a transfer case and driven front axle, sold to the US and Belgian armies before the war and to oil companies, utilities and ranches after it — the Ford four-wheel drive before Ford built its own in 1959.
MODEL LINEMarmon-Herrington FordBUILT BYMarmon-HerringtonPRODUCED1936–58PRODUCTIONNot publishedLAYOUT4 wheels · 122″
The record
Marmon-Herrington, founded in Indianapolis in 1931, converted Ford ½-ton trucks to all-wheel drive from about 1936, delivering small numbers to the US and Belgian armies and other governments and building the T9 half-track for the Army the same year. After the war the conversions of the F-1 to F-3 pick-ups, panel vans and the wood-bodied station wagon were sold through Ford dealers for oil-field, utility and rural use until Ford introduced its own factory four-wheel drive in 1959. The Ranger name was first used on a Marmon-Herrington Ford.
Research status: draft — identification, dates or figures could not all be pinned down; the summary says what is unresolved.
Company, Indianapolis, Indiana (conversion of Ford trucks)
MANUFACTURED1936–58
ENGINEFord flathead V8 (221 and 239 cu in) and sixes of the period
PRODUCTION RUNNot published
COUNTRY OF ORIGINUnited States
STATUSended with Ford’s factory 4x4 of 1959
RECORD KINDBase model
MODEL LINEMarmon-Herrington Ford
FAMILYMarmon-Herrington Ford
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE122″
BODY STYLEPick-up
VARIANTS2
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Body styles & colours
Body style
Factory colours
Olive Drab (semi-gloss)
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