GBIIERAL DESCRIPl'ION
• 'l'b.e "hiole de8()rlbed 1n this Instruo t10D BOOk 18 known al tho Truok t ton (U.S.A.). Both tho W1ll,..... Overland Wodol WB (4 .. 4) and Ford Modol GPW (4 x 4)
are ideDtioal.
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It baa been introduced 88 a general and tIll • • variety at 1"0108.
Per normal roa4 operation, tbo vehicle utilizes t~ two rear driving wheela, tour wbeeled drIve and low .peed range through a transfer case ( ..wtl11a.ry gear box) are prov1ded tor oroa8 countrY' operation or
otoop grad1ents.
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The power unIt Is the conventional 4 oyl1nder 11de-valvo petrol eagine and with the olutoh, glar
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box, and tranater oase, 1. built into a unit power
plant ~h1ob 1a mounted at tour pointe in the chase18. Tbo gear box 18 8 8rnchromeah ~ speed tJpe, with
synchronized 8000nd and top speed gears, mounted to whioh 18 the dual range tranater oa80 (auxiliary gear
bOX) which 1ncorporate. the rront axle drive engaging and dieengaging ~ohanla~.
and toot operated brakes are fItted, the tormer beIng meohanioal and aotuating "an external contrao t inS brake band at the rear ot the transter caee, and the latter being hydraulic and operating on all tour wheels. Bo~h
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The body is or tho open type with An open
dri.er ' a compartment. The rolding top oan be removed and atowed, and the wIndshield 'Ilted forward on top or the beod or opened upward and out.Grei. A sparo wheel is mounted on the rear ot the body, and a pintle book 1e provided to hau1 traIled 10ad8 •
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