Re: Twin Six Halftracks

Posted by John Harley On 2014/1/10 22:22:35

Michael

The Swiss had a very hostile attitude towards motorcars in the early twentieth century. At the time of the First World War there were few vehicles in the country. If the Swiss Army wanted to experiment with motorized transport they would have had to import a car or truck to experiment with. Rolls Royce Mercedes and others like Hispano Suiza were making munitions . Pierce was making trucks and their cars were almost tailor made anyway. Packard and Cadillac had the volume and distribution to spare a few. The Twin Six would have been attractive because of the larger engine.

The Twin Six came out in 1915, after the war started in Europe

I an interested in who did the conversions. Someone saw a niche for modifying Packards into halftracks and peddling them to European governments.

To my knowledge there have been only two other native Swiss makers, Martini and Denzel, and Denzel was putting fiberglass bodies on Volkswagens. Someone may know of others

Regards

John Harley