- bsmartI'm Guessing it is a Holt Caterpiller tractor, but I could go for an early Roebling also.
There has to be a story behind you removing the builder plate, let us in on it.
- Neil_BaumgardnerOne a side note, I always thought it kinda funny that the big names in armored vehicles in the 1920s & 1930s were Christie, Cunningham & Holt - names that are almost entirely unknown today & were quickly overtaken by the major auto manufacturers
- Doug_Kibbey- bsmartI'm Guessing it is a Holt Caterpiller tractor, but I could go for an early Roebling also.
There has to be a story behind you removing the builder plate, let us in on it.
The story is that I used the "cut" function from Microsoft Photo Editor.
I just removed it from the pic because it would spoil the quiz...Jeez, how old do you think I am?!
..and the builder plate weren't neither of those.
- bsmart
Hey you're a member of CIA!
I think the presence of Chrysler and GM was really not due to a desire of their manangement to get into the Armored vehicle business but a response to the government's request for the auto manufacturers to run the production facilities during WWII.
I'm not sure of the exact circumstances of FMC's start but if I remember correctly FMC stands for Food Machinery Corporation
I think the use of auto manufacturers was one of the big 'secret weapons' of the U.S. in WWII.
- bsmart
Neil - I think the presence of Chrysler and GM was really not due to a desire of their manangement to get into the Armored vehicle business but a response to the government's request for the auto manufacturers to run the production facilities during WWII.
- SHAWNis it a lincoln machine, William Foster & Co. Ltd. of Lincoln
- JimWebIts a British designed Newton tractor... lack of engine covers suggests its a Buick built version.
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