Rarest trucks??

Mid 70's 359 Pete with the flat dash, 1100 series cab and fiberglass hood. 113" from bumper to back of the cab.

119 was the standard hood, 127 exhd.

 

I know some might not like it but the rarest truck in the USA is a Volvo.
It's picture can be found on Hank's.
It's a FH COE (extended sleeper) build in the US.
The thinking is that it was build to test "stuff" and should have been destroyed.
It sits in a yard rusting away.
It is 1 off 1 ever build.

 

I bought one of those freightliners back in the 90's very good trucks. As it turned out, they would not have lasted much more than 7 years give or take anyhow. People ask me if I got into it why didnt I stay in it? That's not germane to the topic. The sellor discriminated against me in the old school because according to him deaf people do nothing at all. No business and certainly no trucking. How dare I buy a truck from him. Etc.

Marion would be a rare bird.

Mack AC Chain Drive would be in my book a pretty rare machine.

Here is one for sale. (Disclaimer, I know nothing about selling. Just a example of what is possible in today's money)

https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/dealer/mack/ac/2175792.html

 

Here's a few Marmons for sale.
https://www.truckpaper.com/listings/trucks/for-sale/list/manufacturer/marmon

 

I'd bet that burgundy 87 has been on there for at least 5 years. Pretty thrashed now from what I hear but I've seen pictures of it from when it was nice.

 

Rare trucks...

GMC General, Brockway, Ford cabover, heavy duty Ford N model.

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I see more FLC set forward axles than FLD.

I myself would not want a set forward axle, except maybe for a play truck.

I think I have driven just about every kind of truck. When I drove for the first time a full size sleeper FLD with a set-back axle, I could not believe how sharply it turned and how easily I could back into a tight spot. No other truck I've ever driven could do that.

I had a GMC General that was a much shorter truck but it had a set forward axle and no way could I back in like the giant Freightliner.

The worst truck of them all for Sharp turning for backing was a Mack vision with a set-back axle.

Here's a sort of rare truck that I would like to have.

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The rarest trucks on the road today are the ones driven by a person who knows how to trip plan with an atlas.

 

I have an old '88 FLB tattooed on the inside of my left bicep. I may spot one in person 6 times a year if im lucky

 

I knew that picture looked familiar...I took it a few years ago at the 75 chrome shop show lol

As for rare trucks, I love some Brockways and autocars.

 

I still have a soft spot for these. They may not be the prettiest trucks but they're hands down tougher than just about anything on the road today. I was offered these two trucks as they used to belong to someone I know. Turned it down against my better judgement because I had another project on the go. To my knowledge they are both currently being restored.