MAY 2003 WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO...
| "THE DUESENBERG OF DIESELS" Story and Photo by Truck Historian/Author Stan Holtzman
Long before chrome bumpers were in style, truckers painted their front bumpers with safety stripes. It is not known if these safety stripes actually prevented any highway accidents, but they were a very common sight both for the larger fleets and with the owner operators. Pictured here is in this 1956 photo, is Gordon Loeffler’s yellow and blue LT Mack, parked at Joe Cabral’s yard in Montebello, California. Based in West Covina, Gordon ran California and Oregon hauling flatbed commodities like this load of steel. The LT Mack was considered by many in trucking as, “The Duesenberg of Diesels.” LTs were made from 1947 to 1957, and the only mistake that Mack made was to discontinue this classic model. Notice the twin stacks... when was the last time you saw twin stacks that were not chromed? The LT Mack is fast becoming the truck to restore and to bring to truck shows. |
