I like the old trucks too. I go to a local event out here every year. My buddy has a 1919 Moreland. Fun truck.
This is not mine, but it is my buddy's. It's a 1919 Moreland 1 1/12 ton truck. Morelands were built in Burbank Ca. back in the day. It has hard rubber tires and goes a top speed of 20 mph. It has a 400 ci 4 cylinder 4 stroke engine made by continental and a 4 speed trans., leather u joints so let that clutch out easy.
The engine is called a distillate? engine because it could run on gasoline, kerosine, or just about anything that would combust back then. It is in the Whittier Christmas parade every year for the past 25. and a few truck shows around the area now and then. When the family bought it it was just a frame and running gear. They spent their summers scraping rust off and getting things fixed or fabricated. They don't even know what the sides of the hood are supposed to look like. Any way this is the only pic I had on the puter now so I'll dig out some others and scan them in later.
And a matching trailer they have. Unrestored. The trailer was a great find because it has mechanical brakes which was I guess rare back then. And the bed is a perfect template for what the trucks bed should be. So someday .... it will all get done.
By mechanical I meant that there are some steer linkage bars that hook up to the truck so the trailer brakes work of the foot brake.
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here some more on a difrent side of the show:
That old Mack semi with matching era trailer is cool!
