White Freightliner Drom pix

[78KW]

:-/I thought I would share my reference pix with you, on the off chance you might want to try and build this truck yourself. They were used as both straight trucks and tractors. Daycabs and sleepers.

Here's the truck I'm doing.

It was owned by Crouse Transfer and Storage, the same people that ran CCC.


This is one of CCC's droms. One of these was recently restored...
and here's a look inside the restored truck...


Shown in the next few pix is a truck owned by Willamette Valley Freight Lines.









Here's the driver's side of the truck, note the exhaust routing, and the small muffler at the bottom front corner of the freight body. Just behind and below the muffler is the engine.



....and here's the naturally aspirated Cummins engine up close.



Here you can see the valve covers, intake manifold, a few other items, and the air intake pipe going towards the rear of the truck to the air cleaner. It's frame mounted, just aft of the engine. If you look at your AMT Cummins engines, this would be like looking down at the top of it.

This is the Cummins NHHT "Pancake" engine. The oil pan is rounded in shape, same spot as an "upright" engine . The air compressor and fuel pump are on the front of the engine.

The turbocharged version has the turbo mounted to the frame rail.

Here is a Lee & Eastes Truck and trailer with the "Pancake".


Here is another one with a flat drom deck pulling a tanker outside of a Lee and Eastes terminal...

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The truck at the bottom of the pic in the link is fresh off the assembly line. Note the frame rail mounted turbo, air cleaner tubes, and the small muffler. This is going to be a Ringsby truck I believe. Also, notice the "cage-like" structure by the engine along the bottom flange of the framerail. I guess this was for added support.

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I hope you enjoyed these. ;D If any of you want to try this one, you will need at least 2 Freightliner cabs, and one should be the DD kit. I used the rear cab wall of the SD kit to make my sleeper front wall. Also, these trucks supposedly had a flat floor.

If I find more pix I will post. Don't be shy , if you have any more pix or reference material, feel free to add to this post. ;D ;D

[78KW]

I hope all the pix show for you. If there are any that don't, I will send them to you.

[78KW]

Here are the 6 pix of the Willamette Valley Freightliner. They are near the bottom of the page in the link.

www.hankstruckpictures.com/larry_choate3.htm

[towguy76]

I looked at all the truck pics at that site. The early truck designs left something to be desired. Some looked like they were hit by a Mack truck! Maybe repeatedly.

[oldcat]

I think the CCC and the AVL are neat...because they're different{kinda why I like dodge trucks}.
Does anyone have a pass side shot of the drom's doors? I heard some fo the truck boxes had rear doors too, but that doesn't make sence when the trailer is attached.
My future goal is to model an old 50's white coe with an early single axle moving van trailer{rounded front}...need more pics yet for that one.
Keep up the fine work on that AVL drom!...she might not win any beauty pagents, but she's fine in her own right...time wise. This is why things change...otherwise we'd all be driving model T's, Edsals, Pacers{AMC fishbowl} or Astres{I owned two vegas so I gotta pick on PMD's-hahaha}

[78KW]

Some droms do have rear doors. Not sure why though. I guess you only put small items in the droms, which would be hand carried. I know some droms were removable with a forklift for unloading as well.