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Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by Jive-Bomber, Nov 12, 2009.

  1. Jive-Bomber
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  2. ChevyGirlRox
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    Cool pictures, thanks Jay! It's amazing how ornate some of the trucks are.

    I think that truck hauling the Packards is a Mack.
     
  3. very cool ,i really dig old trucks,i think car carriers back then had style,maybe because the cars they were hauliing had style ?
     
  4. Makes you wonder where they all went...
     

  5. Engine-Ear
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    Excellent image collection!!

    It is wild to see the single-axles on both the trailer and tractor!

    Anyone with images of 1962 full size Pontiacs on a hauler, please PM me or post them.

    I am in the beginning stages of a long-term project that includes a half-dozen restored '62s all loaded down on a GMC hauler, and want to get views of typical markings, tarps, truck detail, etc.
     
  6. meteor
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    Very cool images. It looks like a few of those trailers are collapsing under the weight of the top vehicles.
     
  7. MedicCustoms
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    I would like to find one of thouse set ups in would be neat to haul your old cars around on one of these. Cool pic thanks for the post
     
  8. Vintageride
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    Chevy Girl is right. It looks like a 1947-ish EHU model Mack. Lead car on the top is a nice '50 Packard Custom.

    Great photos.

    Vintageride
     
  9. froghawk
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    Great photos! Love the way those old trailers are almost as "styled" as the cars and trucks.
     
  10. i believe the truck thats haulin the packards is a COE Mack truck you can tell by the Mack emblem on the lower front of the grill...
     
  11. jim mchargue
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    Yes,the Packard hauling COE is an "E" model Mack,probably an EQT diesel powered rig.They were used in 1949,just before they introduced the new "A" model. The book,"History Of Mack Trucks" by Tom Brownell (page 80) has a similiar Mack rig hauling new Hudsons.Thanks for posting those cool old pictures!
     
  12. retro54
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  13. petritl
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    When I lived in the Piney Flats, TN area (1994 ish) there was a very old car hauler sitting in the middle of a field. It appeared to have been from the 40s or 50s and had been sitting there for quite some time.

    If you are interested in trying to find it I can look at a map and probably get you close.
     
  14. bonez
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    My intrest in old cars actually started w/ trucks!
    I was in England and drooled over the MKII bedford truck for years,its a
    bit newer being late 60s but kool nonetheless.
    Got anymore?
     
  15. BRENT in 10-uh-C
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    I am only a few miles from there. Give me a location and I'll go see if it is still there.
     
  16. ToddJ
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    Very cool photos, Thanks for posting them! Lots of great history!
     
  17. KIRK!
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    I see a lot of COEs in my travels. Most are done poorly, but you can usually see through to how neat they could be.

    Here's a nice one from Charlotte a couple weeks ago. Not period perfect, but cool.

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  18. Django
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    The COEs are fairly easy to find. The trailers though are next to impossible.

    I could look at these photos all day.
     
  19. 48fordcoe
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  21. 48fordcoe
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    heres one
     

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  22. Old Fart 1941
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    I picked up a 59A flathead a few weeks ago that came out of a 47 COE that was used on a farm to haul corn and other things.It has an extra 1/2 inch port on the intake for the air brakes. The strangest part is the throtle linkage, it goes to the front and then up towards the cab. It looks to be rebuilt a while back, very slight ringland and Johnson adjustable lifters. I had to free up some valves but it started up pretty easy. Its going to be the vroom, vroom part of my 29 phaeton.
     
  23. bbdiamond
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  24. Built by L B Brittingham of Powellville MD.
     
  25. petritl
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    I lived on Buffalo Rd. and it was on the back way around the lake to Piney Flats. So I would look at Buffalo, Sugar Hollow, Ethel Beard and Devault bridge, Allison , and Warren roads.

    If I recall it was close to an interesection and wasn't far off the road (easy to spot). Let me know how it goes.

    Tad
     
  26. Hot Rod Michelle
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    I love big commercial trucks. Thanks for the cool old photo memories.
     
  27. bardahl1
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    I can't imagine that there is a better collection than the Richardson Museum in Invercargill New Zealand, it was amazing.

    All of the Trucks in there were running and drivable.
     

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  28. KIRK!
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    I'm going there in March! I can't wait!
     
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  30. Django
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    They have a '38 Dodge Airflow tanker? I think there are only 3 or 4 left, but don't quote me on that. I know the Chrysler Museum has one. :eek:
     

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