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The 1962 Sisu KB-112/117 was the first European serial produced truck with a hydraulically tiltable cabin, enabling easy access to the engine. A Mack F series truck. In Class 8 tractors (using the US designation), the cab-over design allows the vehicle's wheelbase to be shorter than in the conventional arrangement, wherein the engine is placed in front of the cab, covered by a horizontal or ...
1962: The Second of the COE (cab-over-engine) family of trucks is introduced: The F Model all steel sleeper (FL) or non sleeper (F) is the first of this family of models for Mack. 1965: Mack releases the Super Pumper System, to be used by the New York City fire department. [21] It would help put out 2,200 fires.
A "cab over/cab forward" vehicle is one where the driver is situated on top, or forward, of the front axle, and the engine is installed between the front wheels, centrally located underneath the vehicle, or behind the rear axle. Most of the vehicles in this category are either trucks, buses, or vans.
The EH had a ladder frame with two beam axles on leaf springs. The military models had two wheelbases, the 146 inches (3.71 m) short for tractors and the 170 inches (4.32 m) long for straight trucks. The variant EHUS had a shorter wheelbase at 132 inches (3.35 m). They were used as fuel servicing trucks in the US Navy or as wreckers for the USMC.
The first cab over engine (COE) truck produced with a tilting cab by Ford, the C series replaced the C-series COE variant of the F-Series, produced since 1948. Produced as both a straight/rigid truck and a tractor, many versions of the C series were produced, ranging from Class 5 to Class 8 GVWRs .
The CargoStar was a forward control cab-over-engine medium-duty series introduced in 1970. Replacing the cab-over-engine LoadStar models, the CargoStar had an improved cab and heavier models. The CargoStar's maneuverability made it useful in cities as straight trucks, larger models could be local semi-tractors. The CargoStar was discontinued in ...
In 1975 the modernized Road Commander 2 was introduced, with a redesigned cabin using the new "tapered" doors seen across the White lineup and also on many Autocar with the "2" version and other classic Autocar and Western Star trucks kept the White classic cab, both brands also owned by White. The windshield remained split.
On-highway truck, nicknamed the "narrow-nose" truck First model line introduced with red Peterbilt emblem (at launch) Butterfly-type hood with cycle-style fenders. Horizontal shutters on grille Set-back front axle option introduced in 1971 (later becoming 353) NASA owned 4 such truck but retired two of them, R-13 and R-15. Due to problems with ...