1949 GMC HF-Series Cannonball

1949 GMC HF-Series in North by Northwest, Movie, 1959

Class: Trucks, Trailer truck (tractor) — Model origin:

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pilou ◊ 2005-12-07 14:01	This is a GMC 9800 cab-over-engine " Snubnose" tractor of 1950/1951 ( the cabin seems to be of the three window type , 1952's had five).
Dwayne ◊ 2007-07-18 04:01	GMC 9800 Cannonball
eLMeR ◊ 2015-12-20 06:19	These GMC heavy-duty COE models (500-Series to 900-Series) were sold as HF-Series models from 1949 to 1951 and F-Series / DF-Series from 1952 to 1959: these trucks would be later nicknamed Cannonball after the TV-Series... (Excerpt of a 1950? mailer // 1956 brochure cover) I propose HF-Series as name for consistency with the HC-Series already used in the IMCDb for the conventional versions of these trucks. -- Last edit: 2015-12-20 06:21:54

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pilou

◊ 2005-12-07 14:01

This is a GMC 9800 cab-over-engine " Snubnose" tractor of 1950/1951 ( the cabin seems to be of the three window type , 1952's had five).

Dwayne

◊ 2007-07-18 04:01

GMC 9800 Cannonball

eLMeR

◊ 2015-12-20 06:19

These GMC heavy-duty COE models (500-Series to 900-Series) were sold as HF-Series models from 1949 to 1951 and F-Series / DF-Series from 1952 to 1959: these trucks would be later nicknamed Cannonball after the TV-Series...
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(Excerpt of a 1950? mailer // 1956 brochure cover)

I propose HF-Series as name for consistency with the HC-Series already used in the IMCDb for the conventional versions of these trucks.

-- Last edit: 2015-12-20 06:21:54

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1949 GMC HF-Series in North by Northwest, Movie, 1959

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