Anyone know what the earliest COE truck is. The earliest I have seen is the '39 Ford. But I have seen drawings of some Cabover with a '34 Ford grill.
White made some in 1932... then mid thirties ford with the 34 style grill. I have seen pics of the ford but not the White. Maybe someone in the group has some pics of these early birds? Here is a 36 Ford http://old-vehicles.blogspot.com/2012/02/1936-ford-coe-rarest-truck-made-rat-rod.html
My understanding about GMC's was they started COE production in 1937. Spankster, do you have any pictures of a 1934? I know my '39 has a 3 digit serial #
I think that the earliest was European makes; http://www.svvs.org/genpics10/1925_Renault_MR1_Wine_Transporter.jpg http://www.flickr.com/photos/bparo2003/3711921441/ here is a 1910 Alco, same ones that made trains http://www.google.com/imgres?q=1910...181&start=0&ndsp=28&ved=1t:429,r:14,s:0,i:116
1937 was the first year for the medium duty 1 1/2 ton COE. The larger Heavy Duty GMC COE's started around 1934.