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Buick Model A . Beautiful Stake Bed Truck was originally purchased from the Imperial Palace Auto Collection of Las Vegas, Nevada. It has since been a prominent display in our museum, Historic Auto Attractions, for the last few years. It is pristine in pristine condition and has no major flaws. This truck has a unique history and would make an impressive display for any museum or collector, and its condition is so beautiful anyone who enjoys antique cars will fall in love with this one.
By the time the 20th century was 10 years old, the number of telephone subscribers was increasing rapidly throughout the country. To meet the demand for phones, the Bell Company realized that horse drawn service equipment was just too slow. So in 1908 they began experimenting with motor vehicles. The first service truck went into action was a Buick, Model A-4, Express. It carried reels of telephone wire, tools, and equipment and chugged manfully over rutted roads to speed up service and repairs. Although the engine only had two cylinders, chain drive, the truck was capable of speeds up to 15 miles per hour. Since the weight carried was so light, the Buick Express was equipped with pneumatic tires, 32x4, front and rear. What seems to us today, the two sets of expanding brakes on the rear of the wheels were lined, of all things, with camel's hair! Buick stopped making them after 1918.
Wheel base 110 inches, tread 56 inches, road clearance 10 3/4 inches, length overall 14 ft, length back of seat 108 inches, width inside 43 inches, height of sides 12 inches, height of stakes 22 inches.
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