Monday, April 13, 2020

1937 Dodge Airflow Tanker Texaco Truck by Matchbox














1937 Dodge Airflow Tanker Texaco Truck by Matchbox Collectibles

The Dodge Airflow truck was a special request model truck that Dodge introduced in late 1934 and available through 1940. It used styling cues from Chrysler and DeSoto Airflow automobiles. Most of the units produced, a few hundred, were fitted with streamlined tank truck bodies, and were used by major oil companies, like Texaco, Socony-Vacuum Oil Company (Mobil) and Esso (Standard Oil of New Jersey).
Airflow trucks were based on standard Dodge models, so from an engineering point of view they were rather conventional, despite their striking look. They had waterfall grilles similar to Airflow cars. Several pieces still exist, mostly restored in automobile museums.
In 1990's, Matchbox honored THE PIONEERS OF PROGRESS TRUCKS COLLECTION in their Models of Yesteryear by presenting 6 die cast replicas. One of them is this model in bright red color with high quality paint finish and print graphic.





 Manufacturer: Matchbox
 Scale: 1/43
 Year of Production: 1990
 Part Number: YYM36834
 Material: DieCast
 Rating: 8/10 

2 comments:

  1. Maravilloso Dodge Airflow de Texaco (con tu modelo descubro que significa Texas Company). Los diseños de cien años atrás eran mucho más bellos que los actuales.
    Abrazo!
    PD: Cómo marcha la vida en Praga?

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  2. Hi thanks. It is probably the same in Prague as in the whole of Europe, but we will last!

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