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What is the model name and number for this semi? I think I know where there is a fixer upper.

 

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I could tell which tonnage truck it is if I could see the rear axle flange size and stud count.

The rear axle flange looks like a domed 12 stud to me. 

Tires look to be 11.00X20.

Air horns = air brakes

Grab handles

Front axle looks like a 7500lb axle..though could be a 8000lb axle

Truck is gussied up.

40 gallon fuel tank......

 

 

My vote is it's a 3 or 4 tonner Y series truck

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Found in the www wonderworld...

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No idea which city? Time could be end of 1930's.

Thats a 41-47 Dodge COE wrecker so time has got be to 40s.

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Ed,

That model was launched 1940, which was the last year of the 1930's decade.

I assumed there has to be a special reason to shoot a photo of service tow truck in the parade yard of the dealership - a brand new wrecker?

 

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Ed,

That model was launched 1940, which was the last year of the 1930's decade.

I assumed there has to be a special reason to shoot a photo of service tow truck in the parade yard of the dealership - a brand new wrecker?

 

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 Yes but the 40 has parking lights on the headlights and that dealership photo truck has cowl lights.

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 Yes but the 40 has parking lights on the headlights and that dealership photo truck has cowl lights.

 

Thanks Ed, I stand corrected. Are the cowl/parking lights the only external difference btw m.1940 vs. m.1946 ?

The below is then 1946?

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Thanks Ed, I stand corrected. Are the cowl/parking lights the only external difference btw m.1940 vs. m.1946 ?

The below is then 1946?

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For the reg pickups the headlights also moved from closer to the grill on a stand into a depression on top of the fender after 1940. I am not sure if the COE trucks followed this same trend. The 1940 trucks also had a leaping ram ornament vs the stylized one in that shot. I am not sure of the timing but the early COE trucks also did not have that little door under the Dodge script.

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saw this'n on FB:

 

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Anybody got a clue as to what those contraptions are in the windshield?  I'm guessing it's some sort of anti-glare lens or sumthin'ruther cuz of all the snow as I've seen similar doohickies that were tinted, but ain't too certain as those seem clear... B)

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Anybody got a clue as to what those contraptions are in the windshield?  I'm guessing it's some sort of anti-glare lens or sumthin'ruther cuz of all the snow as I've seen similar doohickies that were tinted, but ain't too certain as those seem clear... B)

 

I believe they are anti-fog lenses that stick on the inside of the glass.

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I believe they are anti-fog lenses that stick on the inside of the glass.

They might also be the sucksoncup style of window defroster. Remember back then the heater and defroster units were a dealer installed option and most cars and trucks did not come with these installed.

 

Rich HArtung

desoto1939@aol.com

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