1e Mercedes covered truck
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2016 1:41 am
Photo taken from Nick Jones website
In 1963 Mercedes released a new styled cabin for their truck line - the cubic cabin. Initially, there was only the model with a medium-long cabin that offered considerably less space than the roundish predecessor, the saved length benefited the cargo area. After protests by drivers and customers a longer distance transport cabin was also offered from 1965. Both cabs were not tilted as its predecessor, so that the maintenance had to be carried out by numerous flaps and doors that were distributed throughout the vehicle. This circumstance brought these vehicles quickly the unflattering nickname "advent calendar".
Interestingly Matchbox built this model with single wheels on the rear axle although the original always has twin tires.
Typical axle combination in the sixties - 2 axles on thr truck, 3 on the trailer. Todays trucks mostly got 3 on the truck and 2 on the trailer.
In 1963 Mercedes released a new styled cabin for their truck line - the cubic cabin. Initially, there was only the model with a medium-long cabin that offered considerably less space than the roundish predecessor, the saved length benefited the cargo area. After protests by drivers and customers a longer distance transport cabin was also offered from 1965. Both cabs were not tilted as its predecessor, so that the maintenance had to be carried out by numerous flaps and doors that were distributed throughout the vehicle. This circumstance brought these vehicles quickly the unflattering nickname "advent calendar".
Interestingly Matchbox built this model with single wheels on the rear axle although the original always has twin tires.
Typical axle combination in the sixties - 2 axles on thr truck, 3 on the trailer. Todays trucks mostly got 3 on the truck and 2 on the trailer.