I have a thing for GM’s cab-over trucks from the Advanced Design era, particularly the 1.5-tonners, but when I spotted this Cannonball by the side of the road just west of town last week, I had to stop.
Actually, I’d seen it in the guy’s yard ever since I moved up here, but never had reason to stop and check it out until now. Unlike the 1.5-ton COEs, the Cannonball was an out-and-out over-the-road tractor, much taller and larger and rated at - I believe - 2.5 tons. This one in particular’s a 1950, fitted with a gas-burning 360-cu.in. six-cylinder engine. From a quick glance at the engine, it doesn’t appear to be of the same architecture as the smaller Stovebolt gas engines GM used at the time.
The Cannonball was in real good shape, though. No rust to speak of, and the seller said he’s had it running and on the road for the last 10 years.
I don’t really need something more spine-jarring than my one-ton - and at $9,500, I won’t be buying this particular example any time soon - but a 1.5-ton Advanced Design COE I’d jump at.
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