vision386 Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 I usually consider myself to be a pretty fair hand at identifying old trucks,but i came across this one today and it has me puzzled.....any ideas? make/model? only info in the original photo,is that it was taken in the Akron,OH area in the 1930's my best guess is diamond T,i could have sworn Rob posted a picture of a similar truck with a family member standing in front of it sometime back........Mark Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/17131-puzzler-of-the-day/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 I usually consider myself to be a pretty fair hand at identifying old trucks,but i came across this one today and it has me puzzled.....any ideas? make/model? only info in the original photo,is that it was taken in the Akron,OH area in the 1930's my best guess is diamond T,i could have sworn Rob posted a picture of a similar truck with a family member standing in front of it sometime back........MarkYes it is a Diamond T. I think a model 310, but not certain. I have a photo of my grandpa from 1942 standing in front of his gasoline tanker that looks like that truck. I'll see if I can scan it.I can't get the scanner to work. Will try to get my daughter to look into it.Rob Quote Plodding along with no job nor practical application for my existence, but still trying to fix what's broke. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/17131-puzzler-of-the-day/#findComment-69810 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted January 5, 2011 Author Share Posted January 5, 2011 Yes it is a Diamond T. I think a model 310, but not certain. I have a photo of my grandpa from 1942 standing in front of his gasoline tanker that looks like that truck. I'll see if I can scan it.I can't get the scanner to work. Will try to get my daughter to look into it.RobI was thinking it was a diamond T,pretty obscure model though, i have only ever seen 2 or 3 like this one....have to look closely but there is a diamond T emblem just above the center of the bumper....Mark Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/17131-puzzler-of-the-day/#findComment-69832 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACKS Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Thats a neat looking truck,height wise it looks kinda short or maybe those two guys are seven foot tall Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/17131-puzzler-of-the-day/#findComment-69838 Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Thats a neat looking truck,height wise it looks kinda short or maybe those two guys are seven foot tall It does look like one of those 3/4 scale toys.Speaking of toys l just made this post from my new phone. This Droid X is great. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/17131-puzzler-of-the-day/#findComment-69841 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted January 6, 2011 Author Share Posted January 6, 2011 Thats a neat looking truck,height wise it looks kinda short or maybe those two guys are seven foot tall LOL! thats one of the reasons i posted the picture,the truck has an integral sleeper,but the guy on the right appears to be taller than the truck is wide! I give those oldtimers all the credit in the world! i mean even today,truckings not an "easy" job,but i can just imagine what it was like back then! My grandad ran produce from NJ to Boston in the thirties in a Mack AK-6,sometimes he'd be gone 2-3 weeks,no sleeper,no heat,no nothing! a trip i can easily do up and back in a days time.......Mark Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/17131-puzzler-of-the-day/#findComment-69858 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhasler Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 ...sometimes he'd be gone 2-3 weeks,no sleeper,no heat,no nothing! a trip i can easily do up and back in a days time.......MarkAnd no air ride either! Quote "Mebbe I'm too ugly and stupid to give up!" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/17131-puzzler-of-the-day/#findComment-69860 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted January 6, 2011 Author Share Posted January 6, 2011 And no air ride either!Pop told me he was happy to be riding on pneumatic tires,as opposed to solid rubber! and one of his favorite stories entailed him sleeping on a roadside picnic table one winter night along the the old boston post road (route 1) only to wake up covered in snow! Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/17131-puzzler-of-the-day/#findComment-69862 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhasler Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Pop told me he was happy to be riding on pneumatic tires,as opposed to solid rubber! and one of his favorite stories entailed him sleeping on a roadside picnic table one winter night along the the old boston post road (route 1) only to wake up covered in snow!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znrjbo9QRLk Quote "Mebbe I'm too ugly and stupid to give up!" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/17131-puzzler-of-the-day/#findComment-69892 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaddeusW Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 It does look like one of those 3/4 scale toys.Speaking of toys l just made this post from my new phone. This Droid X is great.I gotta get me one of those phones. Quote -Thad What America needs is less bull and more Bulldog! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/17131-puzzler-of-the-day/#findComment-69903 Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 I gotta get me one of those phones.I was sold when I read a review that called it "an expensive phone but a very inexpensive computer".They're down to less than $200. I have a plan with unlimited "data units" for $20 a month. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/17131-puzzler-of-the-day/#findComment-69905 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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