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Originally Posted by Howard
And to think that the cab 12 in this photo was probably less than 15 years old at the time...
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12 years in fact as the movie was made in 1953, released in 1954. It seems a lot of these trucks sort of reach a plateau of degradation fairly quickly depending on the use/abuse they receive.
The Badger was five years older but had a rebuild including new chassis and a Thorneycroft bogie around 1948.
Here's the Badger:
