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CFS Macro--Ford G917T, CFS version of a WWII ground vehicle. The Ford G917T was the German version, 1938-dated, of American Ford 3-ton 1938 truck. This model was patterned from USA 1938 Ford. But main outer difference of German Ford is one-piece windscreen. Central vertical bar of the grille of German Ford has equal thickness everywhere, US Ford has more thick upper part of it. Driven by either 3.6 (G917T) or 3.9 (G997T) liter V8 flathead engine. During WWII, some 25,000 produced from 1939-1942 at Cologne Ford Motor Co. plant. The German Luftwaffe also used these version of Ford G917T as fuel truck for aviation fuel transport (shown here). Includes three versions of this truck, with and without canvas, and fuel truck. By Edmundo Abad.