Talk:Liberty truck

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stuff[edit]

according to the chart in "america's munitions" only 2.211 class B's were produced, out of 4.043 ordered. but thats as of Dec. 1918.Brian in denver (talk) 18:48, 8 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

photos[edit]

dont quite know whats going on with the photos, seems theres two with the same title/address, cant seem to get the Army photo to display. anybody know how to fix this? http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Liberty_truck - Brian in denver (talk) 21:17, 8 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

numbers[edit]

How can the Series 1 be the first 10,000 if the total production run is 9500? Were negative 500 Series 2's made? Also, it's certainly not encyclopedic to argue with other contributors on the page. If you disagree about fenders, post it here. 98.102.149.31 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 15:19, 12 November 2011 (UTC).[reply]

Yes, the text says about 9,500, but the infobox specifies 17,093. This must be resolved! Is it a matter of one series vs. both? J S Ayer (talk) 02:05, 7 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed the figure in the infobox. This highlights why infoboxes are evil. They are an invitation to add unsourced and contradictory information to the article. SpinningSpark 16:17, 7 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Fuel Economy[edit]

Looks like original author miss wrote... Should be 3.5-7 miles per gallon. It is also unsourced. This article gives 3-4 mpg practically.

https://books.google.com/books?id=7C0ZR3hL9jEC&lpg=RA4-PA27&ots=kM3-tG2vg2&dq=liberty%20truck%20b%20fuel%20economy&pg=RA4-PA27#v=onepage&q=liberty%20truck%20b%20fuel%20economy&f=false Stardude82 (talk) 16:27, 15 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Anyway, I corrected the obvious error gpm tompg. If somebody wants to add a sours Stardude82 (talk) 16:30, 15 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Anyway, I corrected the obvious error gpm to mpg. If somebody wants to add a sours Stardude82 (talk) 16:30, 15 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

another surviving truck?[edit]

It looks like there is another surviving truck. An article at Iowa Public Radio - https://www.iowapublicradio.org/post/wwi-exhibit-trenches - talks about a new exhibit at the Gold Star Museum in Johnston, Iowa. The article includes a photo of the exhibit's Liberty truck, and says it is, quote, "One of two known Liberty trucks in operating condition." Elsquared (talk) 04:53, 26 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Never mind. That's obviously the truck from the Iowa Military Museum. Sorry. Elsquared (talk) 04:58, 26 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Fate of trucks[edit]

The following was placed in the main article on 20 Dec 2019, but was removed because no source was provided and it was written in first person. It's interesting, but doesn't belong in an encyclopedia.

Edit: I found a War College Paper by a then Army Major dated 1938, (written prior to the events of 1941...) stating 'In 1933 all remaining WWII era military vehicles (sic Liberty trucks) were ordered to be turned in and placed on trains, which were being sent to Japan as part of a National scrap metal deal'. The high probability that the 1918 Standard B "Liberty" trucks may have returned to the U.S. on December 7, 1941 as Bombs and Battleships is amazing.ElrondPA (talk) 02:49, 5 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]