Sam,kw573 wrote:Bryan,
According to W&Ts, about 85% of the M1A1 trucks built were WLF, the remainder being Kenworth. I gather that there is hardly ever a Kenworth M1A1 seen in Europe, although most of the very few down-under seem, on first inspection, to be Kenworth.
The first indicator, although cosmetic and unreliable, is the shape of the top of the brush guard. Kenworth guards are almost flat, while WLF have a slight peak in the middle. It seems that this was a lot more pronounced in the earlier series than this standardized model (KW573?) Also, it seems that the wrecker bed ('tray') tool boxes vary between the models and makes. And other stuff.
Eventually I found the chassis number of my paddock truck which confirmed my long suspicion that it was a KW.
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Sam.
That's some interesting statistics about the M1A1! I read something about this on olive-drab.com From one of the photos of the front of the truck, the top of the brush guard does look alomst flat. I can imagine that the tool boxes vary between models and makes along with other things attached. Glad to hear you found your chassis number of your truck, which was a KW! I know it would be quite exciting to find it! Again, I'll keep you updated on what I find!