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Cadillac?

Grandad correct again
well dun
fridge visit 4 U




tiz :
1918 Cadillac Type 57 New York City Laundry Truck




The 1918 Cadillac Type 57 with engine number 57A704, known also by its United States military designation U.S. 1257X, is nationally significant based on its relation to four criteria. First, it is associated with important events in automotive and American history and culture. U.S. 1257X was used in the First World War (WWI) as a support vehicle for the American Expeditionary Forces (A.E.F.) and Young Men’s Christian Association (Y.M.C.A.) efforts. Second, it is associated with significant persons in American history, including the Cadillac’s first owner, Rev. Dr. John Hopkins Denison, Y.M.C.A secretary in France during WWI, clergyman, and scholar; and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. (the daughter- in-law of former President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt) who was charged with leading women’s involvement in the war efforts. Third, the Cadillac features significant design and construction value: the V-8 Cadillac touring car featured engineering prowess that proved itself on the battlefield and in military tests it passed in order to serve as an official car of the U.S. Army for WWI. Its engine is representative of the first mass produced V-8 that was initially placed in the Cadillac Type 51 in September 1914. Fourth, U.S. 1257X offers informational value as one of the only remaining vehicles used by the United States abroad in WWI and is the only known Cadillac to have participated in the war with a documented service record. Furthermore, it retains many of its original materials, components, craftsmanship and evidence of its service during the war. The period of significance for U.S. 1257X was from August 1917 to August 1919

























































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cya

Dodge Fargo about 1937 or 1938.

Swishy,
I think Morris has the years right but I will go Chevrolet.

LN700

Check out the tail gate hinges. Look the same as 38 Fargo's ute.

Well dun


U look thirsty
LOL



Yes tiz A:
1937 Chevrolet Pickup



More than 80 years ago, Chevrolet needed to convince buyers that its light trucks were the most dependable, capable, and economical haulers on the road. So, the company cooked up a plan to send a new 1937 Chevrolet half-ton pickup, loaded with 1,000 pounds of weight, on a 10,000-plus-mile road trip, certified by the American Automobile Association. For the driving chores, they signed on race car driver Harry Hartz--a three-time Indianapolis 500 runner-up who made headlines in a 1933 Chrysler publicity stunt by driving a De Soto "backwards" across the country. (The car was set up with reverse-facing controls and a modified drivetrain so that Hartz had three speeds in reverse and sat facing the rear window.)






















































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Wee Allis

I think you will find those pick-up bodies were made by external contractors. Swishy's Chevrolet ute body looks exactly the same as the Budd body fitted to Chrysler products. Budd were the giant in this field and even made cabs and bodies for the big boys, particularly specialist stuff like taxi's and ambulances.

They were dominant in rail car manufacture and stainless steel fabrication. Now owned by Thyssen in Germany they produce parts for more than half the vehicles built in North America today.

Lang

Of topic, I work on several Thyssen lifts and occasionally their escalators (the latter installed by Johns Perry / Johns & Waygood) They have recently sold the lift division. I had no idea ThyssenKrupp's business interests were that wide

Jarrod.

Maybe a White?

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