adam1982 Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Doesn't appear to be car-based. Maybe one for the truck experts - there were plenty of makes to choose from in the 1920s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest prs519 Posted October 9, 2011 Share Posted October 9, 2011 (edited) No expert here, but I am guessing 32 chev based on budd wheels (it appears, I know GM used them, do not know when GMC,they started), Oval rad. badge, and the shape of the headlights. Also this looks like it may have started as a club sedan or victoria with the small trunk, then modified to support the A frame within what would have been the trunk area. On the other hand, putting such a body on a 1 1/2 ton chassis might not make any sense to begin with! Graham bros. also has a similar radiator shell a little earlier in date. Logically, It might be better to focus on a company that was truck specific -- more or less, since that styling is too good, unless it were engineered in from the start. That would be White, Reo, Graham bros., Studebaker, and that sort of mfg.Perry in IdahoG Edited October 9, 2011 by prs519 additional commentary (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulrhd29nz Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 I believe this street cleaner truck is of the same make as the truck in question. It has the same headlight mounts off the radiator, the same bulbus sides to the rad. And the badge looks to be of similer design, appears to be round on the bigger truck.The fact that this truck is also from Seatle could make the first truck a sevice truck to the bigger trucks from the same company.At first I thought the shop truck was a Rugby.does any one know what truck the street cleaner is?Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mellor NJ Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 To me this truck doesn't look the same. It has horizontal louvers and a nameplate on the hood. The whole truck is much bigger than the subject truck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKTX Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 (edited) The street cleaner is a Kenworth and if the picture in the original post was the Seattle Street Dept tow truck it's a Kenworth too. Seattle Street Dept tow truck Edited January 18, 2012 by JKTX (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulrhd29nz Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 I thought they were the same make. The original photo was of the "shop truck" not a tow truck. but I see that the link you have posted takes us to a 1928 Kenworth site. A very very cool looking truck!Do you know if it is a one off, or was that a common body style?Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKTX Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Says it's one of a kind. That page is for the actual truck, it's on the back of the white cabover flatbed, click the thumbnail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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