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1920: The Windup of a Successful Motor Truck Show in Los Angeles –  Transportation History1912-Traffic-Truck.png

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The Traffic Motor Truck Corporation (TMTC) was a St. Louis truck manufacturer from 1917 to 1929. It used Continental engines chiefly, and sometimes Gray Victory engines. The company was based at 5200 North Second Street. Guy C. Wilson was TMTC's president and Theodore C. Brandle was its vice president. Stephen W. Avery was the company's advertising manager.

 

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104 THE SATURDAY EVENING POST November 13,1920
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Ci!! lorse Setis< Nearly one-third of all motor-driven vehicles are used in agriculture. Extensive plans are being made throughout the country to keep highways clear of snow and ice this winter. Motor vehicles have done more for the development of good roads than all other agencies combined in the history of traffic on highways. Profits from hauling are measured by economy of operation—first cost and last cost. You will haul with a Traffic Truck if you are deter-mined to make a new profit out of your hauling, just as thousands have already done with Traffics. The Traffic saves hundreds of dollars in first cost,hundreds of dollars in maintenance cost, and cuts in half the cost of hauling with teams. It hauls a 4,000-lb. load 14 miles in one hour for 30c worth of gasoline. The Traffic Truck has never carried a war price. Our present low price is hundreds of dollars under that of any other truck i

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Looks like a reasonable project to me, for someone that wants and can afford to restore a rare early truck. I used to want one, but never quite made it happen. At this point in my life, I do not need nor can I afford such a project. But I like the possibilities.

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Too bad the front axle and springs are missing. They probably ended up under a trailer. I expect a person could find something that would work, most truck front axles are quite similar as long as it is about the right weight capacity. But it makes it a lot harder to move.

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