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This is a Walter truck, manufactured by the Walter Motor Truck Co. while they were located in Ridgewood (Long Island), New York between 1935-1957. The company moved around New York State a bit, both before and after Ridgewood. It appears to be the standard "Traction Truck", although it could be the more specialized "Snow Fighter" used for plowing duty. It's very hard to date a late 40's to late 50's Walter from a picture, they didn't change much. This one looks like a typical late 40's-early 50's Walter. All of them were massive, powerful all-wheel-drive trucks used by many municipalities, especially here in the Northeast. I remember these trucks well from winters of my youth. Not much could stop them.
Quote from: fyreline on June 20, 2012, 09:43:03 AM
This is a Walter truck, manufactured by the Walter Motor Truck Co. while they were located in Ridgewood (Long Island), New York between 1935-1957. The company moved around New York State a bit, both before and after Ridgewood. It appears to be the standard "Traction Truck", although it could be the more specialized "Snow Fighter" used for plowing duty. It's very hard to date a late 40's to late 50's Walter from a picture, they didn't change much. This one looks like a typical late 40's-early 50's Walter. All of them were massive, powerful all-wheel-drive trucks used by many municipalities, especially here in the Northeast. I remember these trucks well from winters of my youth. Not much could stop them.
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Walter trucks of this vintage used a plethora of three or four-letter model designations, some peculiar to a particular truck. These included such designations as FGRS, FGBS, FMD, AWRS, and literally hundreds of others. Without access to specific Walter literature (and there is an excellent Walter book subtitled "100% Traction"), I don't see any likelihood of my guessing this particular Walter's specific model designation. As I am currently on vacation and away from my library, I will reluctantly have to ask that you unlock this puzzle in order that others may pick up the trail from here. Thanks.
Type CFGA?
I'm pretty sure it's not a CFGA, Ray . . . The 26 of those that Walter built had EXCEPTIONALLY short wheelbases, shorter even than the quiz photo truck.
Quote from: fyreline on July 02, 2012, 11:13:26 AM
Walter trucks of this vintage used a plethora of three or four-letter model designations, some peculiar to a particular truck. These included such designations as FGRS, FGBS, FMD, AWRS, and literally hundreds of others. Without access to specific Walter literature (and there is an excellent Walter book subtitled "100% Traction"), I don't see any likelihood of my guessing this particular Walter's specific model designation. As I am currently on vacation and away from my library, I will reluctantly have to ask that you unlock this puzzle in order that others may pick up the trail from here. Thanks.
Quote from: RayTheRat on July 02, 2012, 10:03:42 PM
Type CFGA?
Not one of these.
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Looks like a late-model FBS
A FGB ?
Quote from: pguillem on July 10, 2012, 01:04:14 PM
A FGB ?
Still not the right letter combination. And a (three-digit) number I need as well.
FZM 125 ?
Quote from: pguillem on July 10, 2012, 02:56:54 PM
FZM 125 ?
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* green: right number/letter and right position.
red: right number/letter, but
wrong position
Can't find it. Sure fyreline will get it in his book back from his vacation.
AEB 150?
'150' are the correct numbers, but AFAIR the letters are still wrong. I have to check it later.
Quote from: Wendax on July 14, 2012, 01:07:20 PM
AEB 150?
Just forgot there are two more letters at the end, so, the correct spelling is:
A _ _ 150 _ _
Looks very much like this one from 1945, but still no designation:
Quote from: Wendax on July 15, 2012, 08:16:26 AM
Looks very much like this one from 1945, but still no designation:
I have a brochure with the model designation captioned.
It looks similar to the Walter ADB Series trucks, which were fitted with 150 HP engines.
I don't know about the last two letters, unless it's something like ADB 150 HP.
Quote from: Tom_I on July 15, 2012, 10:42:57 AM
It looks similar to the Walter ADB Series trucks, which were fitted with 150 HP engines.
I don't know about the last two letters, unless it's something like ADB 150 HP.
That's a huge step forward!
AD_ 150 HP
ADR 150 HP?
ADU 150 HP?
It has double wheels at the back, so I'll try ADG 150 HP, as that's the only letter left in the code listing I found.
ADR
ADU
ADG
I found a similar AGV, so I'll try ADV 150 HP.
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Very good - a Walter ADV it is. The brochure shown dates from 1939. Strictly speaking, the "150 HP" is not actually part of the Walter model designation, it simply advertises in the brochure that this truck has a 150-horsepower engine (quite powerful for the time). Good work by Wendax, and another fun quiz.