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Marmon-Herrington  South African Reconnaissance Cars
South African Adapted Four Wheel Drive Trucks into Armoured Cars
In NA... In Color... 
Look closely for the Roundel marking! 
MH Mk.I CHALLENGER 
MH Mk II's 
With AT Captured by DAK but note the markings!!! 
Modified for Airfield Defense 
MH Mk.III 
DAK Captured Rail Variant 
Historical Perspective
EDIT NOTE: Adding link for late comers to this thread that are interested in M-H as we have a MechInf authored inclusion called: A brief history of the South African Reconnaissance Cars during WW2 by William Marshall in PDF format on our AANA Private page.
From the Marmon-Herrington Website
(The Pritzker family of Chicago that owns M-H is also in Memphis, Tennesee as they own a piece or most of Conwood Sales Co., L.P. that produces various smokeless tobacco products... http://www.cwdlp.com/ourCompany.htm )
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Marmon-Herrington: Our History of Engineering Excellence
When it comes to longevity and engineering innovation, few American companies compare to Marmon-Herrington. The original company bearing the Marmon name was formed in 1851 as the Nordyke and Marmon Machine Company, specializing in the manufacture of flour mill machinery. With a long-standing reputation as a top engineering house, the company entered the emerging auto industry around the turn of the century.
For the next three decades, The Marmon Car Company produced some of the world's finest cars. The Marmon Wasp won the first Indianapolis 500 in 1911, and the Marmon Sixteen was the height of luxury in touring sedans. When the Great Depression drastically reduced the luxury car market, the company innovated again. The Marmon Car Company joined forces with Arthur (Colonel) Herrington, an ex-military engineer involved in the design of all-wheel drive vehicles.
The new company, called Marmon-Herrington, got off to a successful start by procuring contracts for military aircraft refueling trucks, 4x4 chassis for towing light weaponry, commercial aircraft refueling trucks, and an order from the Iraqi Pipeline Company for what were the largest trucks ever built at the time. In addition to large commercial and military vehicles, company leaders recognized a growing market for moderately priced all-wheel drive vehicles.
This demand gave birth to the Marmon-Herrington Ford. The installation of commercial truck chassis to all-wheel drive is the primary focus of our company today.
In the early 1960’s, Marmon-Herrington was purchased by the Pritzker family and became a member of an association of companies which eventually adopted the name The Marmon Group.
From my web clippings file and various resources:
Marmon-Herrington Military Vehicles
http://www.geocities.com/marmonherrington/
Please read more from H.L. Spoelstra's website as he does great work and there is a lot that he has to share and offer about the Marmon-Herrington family of produced products.
Trucks converted with Marmon-Herrington All-Wheel Drive Conversion Kits
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In the 1930s, when Marmon-Herrington had found that in addition to specialty vehicles there was a growing market for moderately priced all-wheel drive vehicles, they started to co-operate with Ford Motor Co. Large numbers of commercial Ford truck chassis were converted with Marmon-Herrington's All-Wheel Drive Conversion kits.
These Ford/Marmon-Herrington trucks were bought in massive numbers by the military around the world. Below follows a list of countries that bought all-wheel drive chassis or chassis/cabs at Marmon-Herrington, and suited them for their own needs.
Marmon-Herrington's expertise on all-wheel drive vehicles was also called upon when the Canadian automotive industry geared up for war production: "Immediately after the war was declared, the Ford Motor Company of Canada were charged with the responsibility of developing a 4x4 truck for army use. Obviously, they had very little experience in this field [...] Consequently they went to the Marmon-Herrington Company, Indianapolis, who in peace time supplied conversion material to convert Standard Ford 4x2 trucks into 4x4 models for various commercial peace time usage. [...] these joints were unsuitable [...] [the weight of the more or less cab over engine design and heavy army wheels/tires put too much load on the front axle joints.] To solve this problem, "Bendix-Weiss and Rzeppa joints were chosen by General Motors and Ford respectively [...] [They later realized that the "Tracta" type was better but they were already tooled up with the above types, so left it as it was.] (The Design Record, Vol. 4, p. 27).
There is also the Marmon Herrington Forum
http://www.network54.com/Forum/191766/
Bibliography
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