Vale Tom Kruse

[Keith Webb]

Originally Posted by Howard

And to think that the cab 12 in this photo was probably less than 15 years old at the time...

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: