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Biederman Trucks

Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 8:52 am
by mud-snow
Anyone having any info on the Biederman Trucks??

All kind of info is searched!
Any web-sites that can possibly shed a little light on the 1500 trucks built by the comapny between 41 - 45 is elcome.

Chers

Rolf

Biderman

Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 1:30 pm
by Karoshi
Hi Rolf, Biderman (note spelling) is mentioned several times in Boniface & Jeudy, and it also shows some photographs of the P1 Crane lorry, the C2 7.1/2 Ton recovery vehicle, the F1 tractor unit.

It also lists their involvment with Fire Fighting vehicles as supplied to the Army Air force by way of the Truck tractor Fuel servicing F1 6x6.

It would be a useful book to start your research.

Boniface & Jeudy

Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 11:46 am
by mud-snow
Thanks Karoshi!!

Any chanse anyone have the ISBN number?
And where it can be bought?

Rolf

Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 1:21 pm
by Karoshi
Hi Rolf, the ISBN is 0-85429-811-8.

"U.S. Army Vehicles of World War Two"

Jean-Michel Boniface & Jean-Gabriel Jeudy.

Foulis Military books 1991, and published by Haynes Publishing group, UK.

Available thro E-Bay and Amazon and others from £25.00 UK

Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 5:50 pm
by dr deuce
That proto tank transporter they made in WW2 was a beauty!

What a beast!

hard to find

Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 12:30 pm
by mud-snow
It is very hard to find any info on the net on the Biederman trucks
Anyone know the founders full name? That might help I tink.
Also any other info is much wanted!

Rolf

Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 6:20 pm
by Degsy
Don't know if it's any help Rolf but the company was Biederman Motors Corporation, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Fire Trucks ?

Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 9:00 am
by Karoshi
...and I believe they had a start in life making Fire Trucks, circa 1920's. Not 100% sure on this though.

Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 6:04 pm
by KiwiKev
There use to be a Biederman truck here in New Zealand I remember it from around 20Yrs ago it was a Crane truck that from memory had a half cab and a Michigan crane on the back. I'm sure it was ex Air Force but can't remember whether it was USAAC of USAF.
It was just outside of a town called Taihape, around the middle of the North Island of New Zealand, along way from any airforce base. It normally sat next to a house just of the main road. Although I don't go pass that way very often now I would say it should be there still. I'm sure I had a photo of it but cannot find it anywhere.
From memory it was in good condition painted Flight line Yellow and certainly look like a beast, much larger than my little Jap Car of the time.

Regards
kev