Mack COE - what year?

This is up to the junkyard and I was wondering what year it might be - 40's? I've never seen another one. Body has a lot of wood in it, grille is all there, both doors too. It's a big beastie, it looks Divco-sized in the photo but you could fit a whole Divco on the chassis behind the cab.

PS. Pay no attention to the filename, this is definately a Mack -

 

Did a cold front move through the area??

 

Found this pic on the web. It says the pic was taken in 1944. And it's a White.

 

Another one. The first one was listed as a model 820 also.



Here is a 1937 White model 820 experimental tilt cab. Notice the stablizing bars.

This is part of Ken Goudy's collection.

 

I've got my eye on one also, This one is an Autocar all these are similar years

 

The Autocar Is Just Like Mine.....if You Look At It You Will Notice That Its Suicide From The Factory....mines A 47

 

according to the truck spotters guide it's a 1936 to 1938

 

That's the only shot I could find of it, was taken in February. The slightly brighter little square panel over the center of the grille opens up, and says Mack right on it. Probably a pretty rare piece, I would think - it is about the same size as the tractor with the Shell tankers.

I wouldn't be surprised if the bodies were done by one coachmaker or body plant and shared by both, with some minor changes around the grille - sort of like a lot of the 50's and 60's large truck (panel van) bodies are similar to one another. In fact, the other day I saw one that looked like the usual Chevy bread truck you'd see delivering potato chips or whatever store to store, but it had some big wheels on it... it was on a low-boy trailer, and when it passed I noticed it had a Mack nameplate on the front -

 

By 1940 several manufacturers including IH, Autocar, White, Mack and Available, were building a COE model similar to this.