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Baroque Bloke
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Dang! I’d like to have it! Its design is far ahead of its time. Compare with the car behind it. Must’ve been one of the first vehicles with a curved windshield.

I’ve no idea of its purpose.




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I don't know but could it be a fuel delivery truck? The reason I'm thinking that is the Texaco worker on the left sure looks like he's either placing in or taking a hose out of the neck of an in-ground fuel tank.???
 
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Yup, tanker from the streamliner craze in the 30's




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That’s neat looking. I’ve always loved classic/vintage cars and trucks. Especially the unique specialized vehicles like that Texaco tanker.


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Posts: 21255 | Location: San Dimas CA, The Old Dominion or the Tar Heel State.  | Registered: April 16, 2007Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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That thing must corner like its on rails. Big Grin
 
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It's just a jumbo weiner mobile.
 
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That is a 1930's Diamond T "Doodlebug" tanker.


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Posts: 15946 | Location: St. Charles, MO, USA | Registered: September 22, 2003Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Pretty cool. I could see Barry Weiss from Storage Wars pulling up in that.


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Posts: 5759 | Location: Ohio | Registered: December 27, 2008Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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a bit of history & another photograph from an Aussie version

https://tfltruck.com/wp-conten...APDoodlebug_1500.jpg


https://tfltruck.com/2018/03/t...-t-doodlebug-tanker/

(don't know why the images didn't transfer)

what a marvelous concept!


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A cousin of the Dymaxion car?
 
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Originally posted by signewt:
a bit of history & another photograph from an Aussie version

https://tfltruck.com/wp-conten...APDoodlebug_1500.jpg


https://tfltruck.com/2018/03/t...-t-doodlebug-tanker/

(don't know why the images didn't transfer)

what a marvelous concept!

The photo in the 2nd link of your post looks identical to the photo in my OP, except it’s B&W. Likely the photo in my post was colorized.



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Posts: 9700 | Location: San Diego | Registered: July 26, 2014Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Yeah it's a fuel delivery truck. I have a Texaco collectable die cast model of that exact same truck.
 
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Pull the tank out of that and it could be made into a really nice travel RV.

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Posts: 27911 | Location: Dallas, TX | Registered: May 08, 2006Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Originally posted by signewt:
a bit of history & another photograph from an Aussie version

https://tfltruck.com/wp-conten...APDoodlebug_1500.jpg


https://tfltruck.com/2018/03/t...-t-doodlebug-tanker/

(don't know why the images didn't transfer)

what a marvelous concept!

The photo in the 2nd link of your post looks identical to the photo in my OP, except it’s B&W. Likely the photo in my post was colorized.


Look to the right of hte pumps in your picture at the car in the background. That portion of your pic is the original B&W image that wasn't colorized. Note, spend enough time in a darkroom making B&W prints and the shade and gradation becomes something you recognize in less than a second. My hunch that the film used was Kodak XX, a predecessor to Tri-X.


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Looks like it could be from "Iron Giant" Smile
 
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That logo "T" looks like Tesla. Maybe Texaco could sue. Wink




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1930's beer truck in Canada. (not my pic)

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Love it.
 
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