Tuesday, September 1, 2009

TLV-43 Prince Clipper Vacuum Truck

Prince Motor Company which started as Tachikawa Aircraft Company, makers of the famous Japanese Zero fighter planes, produced the Clipper trucks from 1958 until it's merger with Nissan in 1966.


*photo from http://www.earlydatsun.com/princetruck.html

It's considered as a cab-over or COE (Cab Over Engine) type truck which has a flat face with the cab of the truck sitting on the engine and front axle. This truck chassis configuration is currently common among European and Japanese truck manufacturers, because the laws governing overall vehicle lengths are strict and the body style allows longer trailers or a longer cargo area for the same overall length.

LV-43 Prince Clipper Vacuum Truck




10 comments:

  1. Now I know what COE means :) Nice Tomica!

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  2. i wish i had all the money in the world to buy all the tomica limited vintages around, its the only tomicas i like nowadays!

    great model Jovet! i envy you with these tomys! :-)

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  3. Haha!
    Bri, I just learned the meaning of COE when I was searching for 1:1 photos of this model.

    Mike, that's the reason why I gave up on my other lines. lol

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