American Coleman Space Star

[41chevy]

From the November 1968 Over Drive. American Coleman "Space Star"

[carlotpilot]

after all these years i now know what that funky looking thing was. i saw it on the road going the opposite direction some where in mo in 67 or 68

[NY-B61]

This is another great piece of truck design history. Thanks again, Paul! I can understand why, with the elaborate coupling mechanism, these aren't currently on every highway. The payoff in extra cargo transported would have been eaten up by ongoing repair costs on the mechanisms themselves and the extended coupling/uncoupling time involved. I'd still like to know what the engineers found relating to that right rear tire.

[Bobby j]

Thanks for the article and pics Paul ......I had only seen one picture years ago....it's always amazing to me to see what designs engineers came up with back then ..............Bobby j.

[41chevy]

This is another great piece of truck design history. Thanks again, Paul! I can understand why, with the elaborate coupling mechanism, these aren't currently on every highway. The payoff in extra cargo transported would have been eaten up by ongoing repair costs on the mechanisms themselves and the extended coupling/uncoupling time involved. I'd still like to know what the engineers found relating to that right rear tire.

Common sense tells me it was tire scrub . Paul

[carlotpilot]

I`d have to say an alignment prob since both axles steered

[NY-B61]

Or snow burn if they were testing it in Buffalo.