james j neiweem Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 Was this IH's first attempt at a tilt cab over? If so sure was popular for a first attempt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlotpilot Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 pretty sure it was first i know of was 1958 . I had a 59 2 64s and 2 65s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post High Binder Posted March 13, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 13, 2022 No, IH made their first tilt cab over around 1953. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 That’s very interesting I’ve never seen one thanks for posting.. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james j neiweem Posted March 13, 2022 Author Share Posted March 13, 2022 (edited) 1/2 a tilt cab🙂 I've seen this model before and did, but did't realize this was an R model. Buubble nose R. Edited March 13, 2022 by james j neiweem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlotpilot Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 (edited) 7 hours ago, carlotpilot said: pretty sure it was first i know of was 1958 . I had a 59 2 64s and 2 65s can`t argue with a picture but first year of dco 405 known as emeryville was 1957 Edited March 13, 2022 by carlotpilot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post High Binder Posted March 13, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 13, 2022 The truck above belonged to one of my best friends who was killed by a drunk driver. The truck now belongs to a museum in Fla. I tried to buy it off my friend but he wouldn't sell because he and his daughters restored it. So I found one and restored my own. He always accused me of stealing his paint scheme. Mine is non tilt with a Cummins. To my knowledge, the tilt cab only came with gas motors. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Boy that certainly is a good looking sob thanks for the post my uncle hadda later emeryville way back in around 1962 I don’t even remember exactly what year but I was just a young kid he hadda fleet of brockways but for some reason he owned that IH cab over and a 50s GMC maybe he started with them both not sure… Bob 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Oh sorry about your friend that’s messed up that’s a hell of a rotten deal ……. Bob 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Mack Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 bad deal for sure... I'm sorry....... jojo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Binder Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Thanks for the comments. My buddy was a really nice guy and had a great family. I was looking through some pictures and found some of an L model tilt cab which means IH built it's first tilt cabs maybe 51-52. The emblem on the hood is indicative of the L model and the four horizonal grill bars indicate tilt cab. Non tilts only had three bars. The truck now resides in OZ. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleclutchinweasel Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 You know, I've seen those models before, but never knew any of them tilted. I'll have to pay more attention now, for sure. Thanks for the education, High Binder. Quote "Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc transport Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 yup, ya can learn something new every day if you keep your eyes open!! Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Mack Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 These truck's are beautiful.... jojo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Brocky Posted March 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 17, 2022 I Learn something every day!! I did not know any of the Hi-Binder's tilted.. The ffirst prorotype Emeryville was built by Diamond T.. Possibly industrial espionage prevention????? It has Diamond T badges and the glass block windows are in the Diamond T plant pictures. 3 Quote Brocky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 wow thats probably news to most of us...very interesting thanks for the post..bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70mackMB Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 (edited) 7 hours ago, Brocky said: I Learn something every day!! I did not know any of the Hi-Binder's tilted.. The ffirst prorotype Emeryville was built by Diamond T.. Possibly industrial espionage prevention????? It has Diamond T badges and the glass block windows are in the Diamond T plant pictures. Brocky, Didn't they also use this cab (from the step/running board up) as a cab forward like my MB? Look on the side under the DT emblem there is a half circle where the steer wheel would go. And only the top half of the grill and one pair of headlights were used. Budd made the cabs for Ford (and Mack N model?) did the same thing, cab over and cab forward. .....Hippy Edited March 17, 2022 by 70mackMB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Brocky Posted March 18, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 18, 2022 Hippy, You are correct!! The IH and DT design engineers were close personal friends whose work together went back to just post WW2 with the design of the IH "Compfo-vision" cab introduced in 1950.The low cab forward DT was design engineered under contract for Diamond T by the Murty Bros of Portland OR. The Murty Bros also designed the spring loaded counterbalance cab tilting mechanism that DT used on both the LCF and 921 "China Closet" cabs. When IH saw the DT LCF design they started building them under license then bought the whole design outright. So this prototype Emeryville was built in the Diamond T shops in the same manner as the H model "Two Story Falcon" Ford cabover. 2 1 Quote Brocky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james j neiweem Posted March 18, 2022 Author Share Posted March 18, 2022 Were all DC 405's built in California? I would think some came from Illinois. I saw on facebook that some of them were aluminum cabs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrybarbon Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 Correct aluminum cabs, in all the 3 cab sizes built. But from my reading of Crismon's International Truck book/bible the early low rise cabs were steel. Not sure if any of the low rise were aluminum! I have seen pictures of the DCO 405's being built in the Illinois plant considering that the majority of the built DCO's were operating east of the Rockies, especially in big fleet operators. For about 4 yrs (early 60's) the DCO 405's were the highest selling class 8 truck in USA. The low rise cab models which came out first around 1956 were widely used by local east coast council's for waste units, fire trucks, local delivery trucks and US military. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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