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Bob B. 03-31-2024 05:28 PM

Re: GM Semis
 
Sure is! BTW, that truck at the pump appears to be one of those Fageol-Peterbilts, either a rebuild of an old Fageol by Peterbilt or an early Peterbilt with left over Fageol parts in it. Either way not uncommon in California during those days.

KQQL IT 04-01-2024 09:23 AM

Re: GM Semis
 
Per the guy that knows old peterbilts.

It will not have been military surplus. This Peterbilt has aluminum radiator, which Peterbilt stopped building from mid-1942 through February 1945. The bumper is Fall '45-'49.

If the emblems were not airbrushed out of the photo, it is possible the truck was rebuilt with newer hood and radiator shortly after the war, without the emblems. Trucks were very scarce at the time, this was done a fair amount. 

KQQL IT 04-08-2024 10:18 PM

Re: GM Semis
 
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747 mockup

Bob B. 04-09-2024 10:18 PM

Re: GM Semis
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by KQQL IT (Post 9302670)
747 mockup

Now that's really bizarre! Looks to be a 747 mockup, maybe for checking cockpit visability during taxiing, but what is it doing with a McDonnell-Douglas insignia on it? Judging by the GMC and the 727 that picture was taken years before the Boeing/McDonnell-Douglas merger.

KQQL IT 04-13-2024 12:34 PM

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Bob B. 04-13-2024 11:06 PM

Re: GM Semis
 
Bekins Van Lines was all over Southern California and they liked GMC's.

KQQL IT 04-30-2024 10:20 AM

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