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JeffLakaszcyck
Registered: 02/03/07
Posts: 1,063 10/05/07 at 05:17 AM
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Inspired by Kevin's "Other Trucks" posting, here is a truck under the wing of a very large aircraft. Name the truck and, for extra credit, the airplane. The emblem on the truck has been obscured in the closeup. This photo is from Pat MacPhail.
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clyde318
Registered: 08/05/07
Posts: 405 10/05/07 at 05:22 AM
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The truck,my guess, is a Sicard,not up on planes,but looks like some sort of flying boat.
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ppsyclone
Registered: 02/03/07
Posts: 221
10/05/07 at 05:22 AM
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Coleman with back to back Chevy cabs. Its a flying boat of some kind,
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MichelleCole
Registered: 02/03/07
Posts: 1,742
10/05/07 at 05:26 AM
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Wrong it is a Coleman with a pre 48 Ford crew cab. The flying boat is built by Boeing, probably an old Pan American Clipper
Michelle
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KWFeren
Registered: 02/04/07
Posts: 162 10/05/07 at 05:29 AM
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Sterling truck & I think the plane is a S42 flying Clipper Seaplane ?????
Bill_D
Registered: 02/03/07
Posts: 402 10/05/07 at 06:01 AM
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I agree with Michelle, a Coleman. The plane may be Boeing, but I think it is a later Martin Mars.
Terry_Tombaugh
Registered: 02/03/07
Posts: 287 10/05/07 at 06:09 AM
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Don't know about the truck, but the plane is a Martin Mars, probably operated by Flying Tankers, Inc., considering the colors.
I seen a story on them on History or Discovery or some such channel, I believe they said only two of the planes survive.
T.
I found the below photo, if you look closely below the tail of the aircraft it appears to be the same truck repainted in blue & white.
T.T.
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SteveO
Registered: 02/06/07
Posts: 125 10/05/07 at 07:10 AM
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I don't have a clue what kind of truck that is, but I'd like to know what is it used for? Is is a tug for pulling aircraft around, or is it a snow plow with the plow removed for the summer? I like those tires!
BobTailn
Registered: 06/06/07
Posts: 129
10/05/07 at 07:30 AM
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Coleman
Here's some more info on the two remaining Martin Mars.
http://www.martinmars.com/
I never realized the size of those planes!
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werkhorse
Registered: 02/03/07
Posts: 102
10/05/07 at 12:45 PM
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Coleman
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Eddy
Registered: 02/07/07
Posts: 373 10/05/07 at 04:26 PM
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The big round hubs look correct for a 1920's Coleman
edpruss
Registered: 02/04/07
Posts: 261 10/05/07 at 06:35 PM
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Mars aircraft, I believe 2 of the three are still around.
Federal aircraft tug, two '47 to '54 cabs correctly stated before were used. There is one nearby if you are interested, not mine.
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W71Mack
Registered: 02/03/07
Posts: 344 10/05/07 at 07:42 PM
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Well, it might be a Coleman, but it looks like a White.
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BMC
Registered: 10/05/07
Posts: 2 10/06/07 at 01:32 AM
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Coleman. According to my information the first one was built in 1949 It also states the cabs were Coleman but used doors from Ford. The bottom of the windshield lines up differently than on a Ford. The dash is also different on the one I've seen. It was too expensive to produce their own cabs so Coleman switched to GM cabs by 1951
Ed, I would like to see the one near you.
KenGoudy
Registered: 02/04/07
Posts: 48 10/06/07 at 02:41 AM
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That is what I thought the planes were. Near Port Albernie BC on Vancouver Island to fight forest fires
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What Am I for Friday 10/05/07
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theakerstwo
Registered: 02/10/07
Posts: 372 10/06/07 at 03:07 AM
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WC white
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JeffLakaszcyck
Registered: 02/03/07
Posts: 1,063 10/06/07 at 05:30 AM
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Once again lots of interesting answers here. Brian was right about the make of the truck but wrong about the cab, Michelle was right about the cab but wrong about the plane, and Bill Donnelly was right about the truck and plane (I think). Whew !
Federal did build a very similar model to this, but this is a 1949 Coleman CF-55-AF aircraft tug. Ford parts were used in the cab. There was a later version which did use the early '50's GM cab. These scans from Fred Crismon's "US Military Wheeled Vehicles" tell the whole story.
Thanks to Chuck P for the Website on the Martin Mars. Designed to be huge wartime transports, these magnificent aircraft were introduced too late help in the war effort, but have had a much more significant role in civilian life. What a great story.
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tundra
Registered: 02/03/07
Posts: 626 10/06/07 at 09:46 AM
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went to a bankrupt air carrier auction some time ago[up hear in alaska]
lottsa cool stuff.......includin several dc.3;s [c 47]
...one of which was onna the only know survivors on ski;s
couple dc .6;s ......several cessna;s
...an otter [in pieces] .......a widgeon [also in pieces]
tonsa parts ....props ....wings ...engines.....you name it
mosta the aircraft didnt sell ....because they could not[or would not]]
guaranty that there were no liens on the aircraft
[turned out there were indeed liens on em]
...the outher stuff went dirt cheap
anyway
there was onna them double cab [gm cabbed] things there
it was complete......but they had started ta take the cyl off
[for some reason]
....the auctioneer couldnt get a bid on it
...so he offered it ta me for 100 bucks...
[he knows iam a truck guy personally]
i didnt have any time ta deal with it .....and had no idea what i would do with
it .....if i did........kinna sorry i passed up on it now
...its still around though ....i know where it is
seen a few of em up here
but ....that was the most complete one iv ever seen though
....jim k tomer ...the altar boy
JohnCostley
Registered: 02/04/07
Posts: 1,477 10/06/07 at 02:34 PM
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Jim,
For a hundred bucks it would make one heck of a snow plow,lol.Neet looking rigs.The pic of the GM cabbed version looks like it has crab ( four wheel ) steering.John
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