'The Brochure King' Rich Stanier is back on Biglorryblog and he's picked up on the recent Steinwinter posting propmpted by the good folk at Hemmings Autoblog which you can find at http://blog.hemmings.com.
"Rich says: Hi Brian, it was interesting to see the Steinwinter Project truck on BLB, and like you I understand the truck was a concept built on Mercedes running gear. The picture on the Blog is of a load carrying lorry with a drawbar trailer, but I attach a brochure scan from ECK - The Dutch trailer people - showing one as a fifth wheel tractor. In either configuration the idea was to sit the driver beneath the load in order to maximise carrying capacity within length limits." Now click through here for more 'guzunders'!
Rich continues: "The idea was not entirely new though, as Bussing had a go at it in the 60's (attached). Bussing were, of course famed for their underfloor designs, where the reference applied to the truck's engine rather than the driver!"
"And in the US, the Strick Corportation also produced a design during the 1970's - their's being referred to as a 'cab under'. Cheers! Rich."
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