countrytravler Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 (edited) Well it doesn't look photo shopped if you look at the reflections in the fenders or the body. My guess is it isn't factory but some kind of coach built. I've been wrong before though. Edited January 3, 2015 by auburnseeker too many SSS's (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Magoo Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Good call, Auburnseeker. Ford didn't offer factory COE trucks until (I think) 1938. But aftermarket suppliers did -- the one above appears to be from Brooks & Perkins aka Transportation Engineers Inc., Detroit Michigan -- marketed as the Dearborn Line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JACK M Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 REAL cool , I would say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pomeroy41144 Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 If it exists in space and time, then it is "real". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 NICE! Thanks for the history lesson Magoo, it saved me looking for my Ford Trucks since 1905 book. Happy New Year! Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AlCapone Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 not my favorite but one man's passion is another man' s poison ! Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleach Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Here's an ad for a 36 COE by Transportation Engineers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Dobbin Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 I learned something today. Thanks Bleach & Magoo. Paul (A old V8 guy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intimeold Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Not for people afraid of heights!But really cool. Maybe not the most attractive Ford though.I knew of the 1938+ trucks; but no idea this was ever built, by anybody. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john2dameron Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Someone posted a photo of a 1937 Chevrolet COE on the ATHS thread on Facebook just a day or two ago and said Ford offered a COE one year earlier, which would be 1936. I'm not saying it is true; I'm just saying someone thought it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooter Guy Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 That exact truck in the picture is real, as in it exists. It is not photoshopped. I've seen it in person many times. It didn't start out life as a cab-over truck, but was converted at a later date. I don't know who did the conversion / what company made the parts / exactly when it was done, but it was well done. It runs and drives just fine. There was a matching horse trailer with it originally that no longer exists. It it owned by the City of Farmers Branch, Texas. Glad Acres Farm was a horse ranch that was within the city limits of Farmers Branch, Texas. The ranch is long gone and the city is yet another suburb in the greater Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex area. The truck is kept at Farmers Branch Historical Park (free, open to the public year-round) inside of a re-created old Texaco station. They have period photos of the truck before and after the conversion as well. Worth a visit if you're in the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JACK M Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 That exact truck in the picture is real, as in it exists. It is not photoshopped. I've seen it in person many times. It didn't start out life as a cab-over truck, but was converted at a later date. I don't know who did the conversion / what company made the parts / exactly when it was done, but it was well done. It runs and drives just fine. There was a matching horse trailer with it originally that no longer exists. It it owned by the City of Farmers Branch, Texas. Glad Acres Farm was a horse ranch that was within the city limits of Farmers Branch, Texas. The ranch is long gone and the city is yet another suburb in the greater Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex area. The truck is kept at Farmers Branch Historical Park (free, open to the public year-round) inside of a re-created old Texaco station. They have period photos of the truck before and after the conversion as well. Worth a visit if you're in the area.They must have had the same pic that Magoo posted when they converted it. It looks identical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cben09 Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Rod Blood,,,the Packard collector west of Boston,,had a coe with a spool winch head in the front of the deck,,Someone should have a pic of this,,I have a pic of a Hisso phaetonon deck but sideboards only showing,,Rod moved many friends cars on this rig,,The doghouse gaskethad gone south,,oil vapor tastes awful,,even with the windshield WIDE ooopen,,ugh !! Never immagined there would beany interest in Rods Ford truck,,he had 18 Packards in the barnGee,,could that be,,,ill try counting again,,Cheers,,Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cben09 Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 OOOps,,Rods grille was oval,,,Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest amitsaxena Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 It looks real, not photoshoped. From where you got this picture?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Dobbin Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 They sold one on the Barrett-Jackson Auction last weekend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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