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Car of the Day : July 29, 2014; Tins' Toys '10 Freightliner MT-55 Van
Topic Started: Jul 28 2014, 09:55 PM (939 Views)
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Car of the Day for July 29, 2014 is the Tins' Toys 2010-14 Freightliner MT-55 Van

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Morgan Olson 'Route Star' MT45 and MT55 are built on a Freightliner chassis and could handle large delivery/commercial applications. It had a variety of features designed to fit the needs of businesses along with quick and easy access to cargo.


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The MT-55 chassis is built to deliver excellent performance in the most demanding situations and heaviest payloads.


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Newspaper delivery, industrial laundry, tool trucks, utility service. For demanding routes, nothing delivers like the MT-55. Built to handle massive payloads of up to 19,000 lbs., the MT-55 works hard all day, every day. With the power to pull steep hills, the maneuverability to get in and out of the tightest spots, and the dependable stopping power to handle any surprises that come your way, it’s hard to find a chassis that outperforms the MT-55. Of course, with a taper-leaf spring suspension or optional Airliner® air suspension that provides a smooth, comfortable ride, there isn’t any reason to look for one.


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Freightliner Trucks is an American truck manufacturer, a division of Daimler Trucks North America LLC, itself a wholly owned subsidiary of the German Daimler AG. The division is known mainly for the heavy duty class 8 diesel trucks it offers, as well as classes 5-7 trucks.


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For more info see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-stop_truck
http://freightlinerchassis.com/Walk-In-Van-Chassis/mt-55-chassis/menu-id-112.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freightliner_Trucks

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Info on the MT class of Freightliner Step Vans is pretty scarce unless you're buying, 1:1s that is!

I saw this line of models from Tins' Toys offered recently, with several models from different law enforcement agencies from across the country and thought they were pretty cool. I couldn't afford the whole lot (and display space is down to precious little), so I got the one that meant the most to me...West Covina. I spent a year in my childhood living not too far from West Covina. I didn't realize until prepping for this that the model is a pullback...well hidden!

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ivantt
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
Absolutely a wonderful pick for CotD!!!! I love every bit of it.
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Dean-o-mite
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I like it too.
I have a selection of these vans out in the garage. I'll need to check if I have the West Covina version.
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pjedsel
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I like this little Freightliner Van from Tins Toys. I have most of the emergency variations of the van. Most list it at 1/87th scale - the pull back feature is nice. They are one of the few to have done a small scale Canadian police vehicle.

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Stampede
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Team Canada
Hmm...another one that I need to look into getting.

Interestingly enough, the vehicle that demonstrates the 'pull-back' action looks to be a Hong Kong Citybus double-decker bus. It does explain a lot, as the company is based in Hong Kong, and they have a large line of Hong Kong buses as well (1/64 and >1/100)
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