I built a brewery, it was posted on here...I have all these beer reefers...I needed somewhere for the beer to be unloaded. I am kitbashing, out of a couple of Bar Mills structure kits, a wholesale beverage distributor, with a
RR loading dock in back and a truck dock in front. I had, before I did my homework throoughly, complained about enough trucks for my modeling period
(1940). Having now waded through books on circa 1940 and prior trucks, and
the available choices on eBay, of model, trucks, I found more than I guessed as
correct for that period. Matchbox made a 1939 Peterbult..this the first year for
this make after Fageol (Calif. truck maker, was bought out). Peterbilt only made 14 trucks that first year. A Chinese company is making a model 380 1/43 Peterbilt. It was made in the "1940's", but as early as 1940? This model is avaiable with some huge, interesting, trailers. I know there are some truck
drivers on here... I also found Model Mint had made a White Mustang and
an IH tractor....Ertl made a Diamond T tractor and a 1937 Ford one. These
first three are supposed to have been introduced in 1939...the Ford I have
always considered too light for these big trailers. Corgi made a Mack LJ model
tractor, also introduced in 1939, and made a 1934 cab foward 6 wheel non
tractor White, found as a tank truck and a beverage truck!. Corgi has also made a variety of open and closed trailers. Luckily for me, not much changed through WWII, at least, in appearance, of all these truck models. Now I have
enough variety of trucks to back trailers up to the loading dock, empty those
reefers, and send'em back. The Peterbilt 380 model, has the center pointed
cab and flat paned double windshields of pre-1940 trucks....(except for IH)..
anybody familiar with these early Peterbilts, and when this model was introduced?
