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South Park on
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Paint truck is an Overland. Acetylene headlights .... pre-1916
Oil tanker is a 1918-1922 TT. Aftermarket body. Note the hard rubber rear tires.
Telephone truck is a 1915 Model T with aftermarket body. First year for electric headlights.
Buerger Bros. truck is a custom-bodied Dodge Bros. The high mounted "frogeye" headlights
were peculiar to several mfr's, including Chevrolet. Dodge was a HUGE selling vehicle during
this period. Note the winter hood blanket. modern anti-freeze had not yet been invented. A
1917 Model T stands behind the Dodge, easily dated by the one-year-only shaded headlight lenses.
The Trunk & Bag truck is typical of the novelty/sales bodies that were not uncommon, even
back into horse-drawn days. This is a black era Model T, but between the hood blanket and the
very custom body, it is tough for me to date it. The proportions of the fenders and hood look a
lot like mine, and the "high hood" design occurred with the 1923 model year, so I am guessing
1923-25 ???
Is it just me who laments the modern popularity for meaningless business and product names ?
Every one of these trucks bears the name of a company that leaves no question as to what they do.
Today, the names would read something like: "Lexar International", "Intrinium Group", "Xypexco/
Working today for a seamless tomorrow !"
Great photos !
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