Dodge Airflow truck
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The Dodge Airflow truck was a special request model truck that Dodge introduced in late 1934 and available through 1940.[1] It used styling cues from Chrysler Airflow cars and the Divco 1937 Model-B delivery vans. Most of the 265 units produced were fitted with streamlined tank truck bodies, and were used by major oil companies, like Texaco, Socony-Vacuum Oil Company and Esso.
Airflow trucks were based on standard Dodge models, so from an engineering point of view they were rather conventional, despite their striking look. Five model names were assigned successively to the Airflow production; namely K-52, LM-70, LM-71, RX-70 and RX-71.
Garwood Industries and Heil Co. of Milwaukee, Wis, among others, were the producers of the tank bodies; while the bodies of two beer trucks for Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company were built by H. Barkow Co., of Milwaukee.
On display
One is on display at the Henry Ford Museum, in a Texaco design.[2]
A restored 1940 Dodge RX70 Airflow Texaco tanker truck is on display at the Transport World museum in Invercargill, New Zealand.[3][4] This truck is believed to be the only one of its type in the world that can still be driven. It was a highlight of the 2017 Southland Truck Parade held in Invercargill in October 2017.[5]