The '50s Berliet GLM truck is a pretty mofo.

"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile) 01/24/2020 at 16:27 • Filed to: trucklopnik

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Bit weird, though.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 01/24/2020 at 16:35

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Is that a later version of the one you spotted in my picture? Looks very ornate, almost Art Deco, for a commercial truck.

jimz > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 01/24/2020 at 16:36

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jimz > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 01/24/2020 at 16:41

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though Ford did something similar in the ‘70s with the LTS 8000/9000. Need a heavy truck engine but a set-back axle?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 01/24/2020 at 16:48

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Earlier version of the one in your pic, which would be early 60s/late 50s .

lone_liberal > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 01/24/2020 at 16:53

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The Jimmy Durante of trucks.

To all the youngins, that’s the guy that narrated the Frosty the Snowman cartoon.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > jimz 01/24/2020 at 16:58

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Haha the student driver is just painted on the bumper which is never something you want to see at eye level next to on the highway.

But I have to imagine the design makes it super oversteery and unstable without a trailer.

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 01/24/2020 at 17:12

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It makes for a far sharper turning radius, but the axle back configurations have fallen out of favor as payload capacity rose to meet the bridge law weight distribution charts.

Wacko > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 01/24/2020 at 17:32

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You finally found something with a longer nose than Doug De muro