Marathon Man Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 (edited) William H. Collier built The marathon automobile in Jackson Tennessee 1907 to 1910 then moved to Nashville Tennessee 1910 to 1914 , Then Collier started his own Truck company in 1916 to 1922 . There are only two known . Found this Collier truck on e-bay . Been restoring in last 3 years , ( COLLIER MOTOR TRUCK COMPANY ) Edited February 6, 2022 by Marathon Man (see edit history) 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 Cool truck. Quite a project. Nothing better than saving a piece of history. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marathon Man Posted February 6, 2022 Author Share Posted February 6, 2022 More of 1919 Collier truck . 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marathon Man Posted February 6, 2022 Author Share Posted February 6, 2022 1919 Collier truck . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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edinmass Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 She looks like a three ton chassis. Any idea of maximum speed? 12,15,20 mph? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marathon Man Posted February 6, 2022 Author Share Posted February 6, 2022 (edited) Maybe 20 mph . but on the dash tag said not to go over 15 mph , The wheels & tires w.t 350 pounds each wheel . Only had the hub . very costly $ . but they did a great job on the wheels . Edited February 6, 2022 by Marathon Man (see edit history) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 Who did the wheels? Any idea if it’s a three ton unit? There are some similar heroic restorations on the links below. Nice bunch of guys, a father and sons family that restore WWI trucks. https://hmvf.co.uk/topic/314-ww1-dennis-truck-find/ https://hmvf.co.uk/topic/9672-ww1-thornycroft-restoration/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luv2Wrench Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 Fantastic looking truck and cool shop as well. Really great job, can't wait to see more!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt G Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 Thank you from all of us for making this valiant effort to return a really great truck to the road so we can see a moving piece of history. FANTASTIC! Absolutely beautiful. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Harper Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 (edited) 19 hours ago, edinmass said: Who did the wheels? Any idea if it’s a three ton unit? There are some similar heroic restorations on the links below. Nice bunch of guys, a father and sons family that restore WWI trucks. https://hmvf.co.uk/topic/314-ww1-dennis-truck-find/ https://hmvf.co.uk/topic/9672-ww1-thornycroft-restoration/ Thanks Ed, One of my favorite threads to follow. Their current efforts to bring a WW1 era Peerless Lorry back to life is fantastic: https://hmvf.co.uk/topic/35087-ww1-peerless-lorry-restoration/ Wonderful work on the Collier! Please keep posting! Edited February 6, 2022 by Terry Harper (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marathon Man Posted February 8, 2022 Author Share Posted February 8, 2022 (edited) On 2/5/2022 at 7:07 PM, edinmass said: Who did the wheels? Any idea if it’s a three ton unit? There are some similar heroic restorations on the links below. Nice bunch of guys, a father and sons family that restore WWI trucks. https://hmvf.co.uk/topic/314-ww1-dennis-truck-find/ https://hmvf.co.uk/topic/9672-ww1-thornycroft-restoration/ canton tire co . in Ohio did the rubber & some amish also in Ohio did the wood wheels & the metal fellow. The truck could be a 3 ton but the old papers show its a 2 ton ? Edited February 8, 2022 by Marathon Man (see edit history) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 Probably the only difference from a 2 to a 3 ton is springs and wheels. The rest is probably identical, except gearing. The truck just looks like it’s a 3 ton job......but one would expect dual rear wheels most of the time, except that you wheels look like they are heavier than just about any single wheel I have seen from that era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsfarms Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 Tell us about the engine. Size and what you had to do to bring it back. Have you run it yet? Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8E45E Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 A 1920 Collier in the former Hayes Truck Museum: https://forum.studebakerdriversclub.com/forum/your-studebaker-forum/stove-huggers-the-non-studebaker-forum/60366-orphan-of-the-day-02-06-1920-collier Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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