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They are the Thorco Dual Engine Ford Trucks, and a collector from Texas has put them up for sale in a listing that has gone viral. They are a legend in U.S. military transportation. Price: over 1 million dollars.
Two 1941 Ford trucks with dual engines, designed to transport B-24 bomber parts during World War II, have been listed for sale on Vintage Truck Marketplace and have gone viral.
They cost more than $1 million, and their owner, Tom Warren, from Texas, states that he is selling them as a set and with original parts.
“These Ford Thorco Dual Engine trucks have never been publicly offered for sale before. There are very few machines of the caliber in design and provenance of the Thorco Dual Engine Fords. They are in the realm of the GMC Futureliner,” Tom states in a post that has gone viral worldwide.
He adds: “They were designed at the beginning of World War II to transport B-24 bomber components from Ford automobile plants in Michigan to Consolidated aircraft factories in Wichita, Kansas, Fort Worth, Texas, and San Diego, California. Over a period of a year and a half, a fleet of 96 dual-engine trucks logged more than 3,800 trips, putting more than 1,600 B-24 Liberator bombers in the air. Only 46 Ford Thorcos were built. A later version was made, but the Thorco is the pinnacle of Dual Engine Bomber Hauler design. At this moment, only two of these trucks are known to exist. This listing is for both trucks. One is restored, the other is not. I am the third owner of both. Just to avoid questions, I will NOT separate them”. says
Super Powerful During World War II, the need to transport large aircraft components led to the development of innovative solutions in heavy-duty transportation. One of the most notable vehicles of this era was the Thorco Dual Engine Ford Truck, a true legend in military transport history.
As the production of aircraft like the B-24 Liberator bomber increased, the need arose to move large sections of these planes between various manufacturing plants in the United States. To tackle this logistical challenge, trucks equipped with two Ford V8 engines, known as “Dual Engine,” were designed.
These vehicles were developed by companies such as Thorco Dual Motors, a registered brand of Thornton Axle Company, in collaboration with Ford Motor Company.
The design of the Thorco Dual Engine featured two 3.9-liter Mercury V8 engines, each with its own synchronized transmission. These engines were mounted side by side beneath the cab floor, allowing for balanced power distribution and easier maintenance, as they could be removed as a single unit from the front of the vehicle.
These trucks were primarily used to transport 60-foot-long “super trailers,” designed to carry up to 34 complete tail sections of the B-24 Liberator. The transport routes connected production plants in Willow Run, Michigan; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Fort Worth, Texas; Loudonville, Ohio; and Buffalo, New York. Although an estimated 70 to 100 units of these trucks were built, the exact number remains uncertain.
The dual-engine configuration was a temporary solution to the limited power of available engines at the time. However, with the introduction of high-powered, more efficient diesel engines such as the GMC 6-71 in 1938, the need for dual-engine vehicles declined, eventually leading to the discontinuation of this configuration.
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