Sylvan does the 1940-47 CoE with a dump bed and no bed in HO.
Cheers!
Jan Kohl
www.castlegraphics.com
On 1/14/2011 1:43 PM, Gerald Edgar wrote:
> and with style of clothing of the men working with it I'd guess the snapshots
> were taken late 40's/early 50's (trucks lasted longer on any RR than auto's)
> Now we need to get someone to make an HO model of a "40-47 Ford COE dump
> which of course could accurately be used on layouts into the 50's. Tks to
> all who helped ID activity& truck! (Jim& Jan, Steve& John) A true team
> effort!
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> Gerald
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> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> From: j.kohl@wildblue.net
> Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 13:38:31 -0500
> Subject: Re: [CBQ] RE: file of photos re: track grouting
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> That style of Ford CoE was built from 1940 until 1947.
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> Cheers!
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> Jan Kohl
> www.castlegraphics.com
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> On 1/14/2011 1:02 PM, JAMES GOODIN wrote:
>> Hi Gerald,
>>
>> I think I've solved the puzzle. I found a photo of a 41 Ford COE(cab over
>> engine) that is a dead match of the grill and body lines of the dump truck
>> cab in question. One thing to remember, truck manufacturers of the era
>> didn't change body(cab) styles like they did with cars. This makes it a bit
>> more difficult to pin down an exact year as I don't know the date range of
>> this Ford body style. Ten years of production is not out of the question for
>> trucks of this era. On top of the manufacture date range, most truck owners
>> ran these their trucks until the wheels fell off.
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>> As far as commercial models of this truck, none that I'm aware of. I enjoy
>> building HO scale vehicles of various eras that match my CB&Q layout. There
>> are some great 30's to 50's resin car and truck kits available, but not this
>> Ford.
>>
>> Jim Goodin
>> Blue Grass, IA
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Gerald Edgar<mailto:vje68@hotmail.com>
>> To:cbq@yahoogroups.com<mailto:cbq@yahoogroups.com>
>> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 11:19 AM
>> Subject: RE: [CBQ] RE: file of photos re: track grouting
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>> Tks Jim - also is there a commercial model available to match-up?
>>
>> Gerald
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>> To:CBQ@yahoogroups.com<mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com>;cbq@yahoogroups.com<mailto:cbq@yahoogroups.com>
>> From:horse12761@msn.com<mailto:horse12761@msn.com>
>> Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 11:15:01 -0600
>> Subject: Re: [CBQ] RE: file of photos re: track grouting
>>
>> Hi Gerald,
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>> I'm also interested in MOW trucks and checked a couple of my truck sites to
>> see if I could narrow down the truck. Thus far it appears that similar cab
>> styles were in use in the late 30's through the 40's by several
>> manufacturers. I've found both Ford and GMC cabover's that look similar. The
>> GMC looks a bit closer.
>>
>> I'll do some more checking to see if I can pin it down better.
>>
>> Jim Goodin
>> Blue Grass, IA
>>
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