Comments on: Crotchety Old Television and Radios. Oh. And a Car Too http://crotchetyoldfan.wordpress.com/2008/07/10/crotchety-old-television-and-radios-oh-and-a-car-too/ Science Fiction for Old Farts Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:38:33 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Today I Made History | The Crotchety Old Fan http://crotchetyoldfan.wordpress.com/2008/07/10/crotchety-old-television-and-radios-oh-and-a-car-too/#comment-940 Today I Made History | The Crotchety Old Fan Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:22:24 +0000 http://crotchetyoldfan.wordpress.com/?p=156#comment-940 [...] a lead and his search picked up on the Kemp Truck Museum entry on their site and followed it here.(Here is the comment received from the Linn Truck Obsessors - rather long and appreciated history of the [...] [...] a lead and his search picked up on the Kemp Truck Museum entry on their site and followed it here.(Here is the comment received from the Linn Truck Obsessors – rather long and appreciated history of the [...]

]]> By: crotchetyoldfan http://crotchetyoldfan.wordpress.com/2008/07/10/crotchety-old-television-and-radios-oh-and-a-car-too/#comment-932 crotchetyoldfan Sun, 23 Nov 2008 18:07:33 +0000 http://crotchetyoldfan.wordpress.com/?p=156#comment-932 Rene. thanks very much for providing that information - I've not really been able to find anything significant on the internet. Do you happen to know anything about the model in the picture - what it might have been used for, etc? And - any idea what it might be worth? Rene.

thanks very much for providing that information – I’ve not really been able to find anything significant on the internet.

Do you happen to know anything about the model in the picture – what it might have been used for, etc?

And – any idea what it might be worth?

]]> By: Rene Elliott http://crotchetyoldfan.wordpress.com/2008/07/10/crotchety-old-television-and-radios-oh-and-a-car-too/#comment-930 Rene Elliott Sun, 23 Nov 2008 06:16:33 +0000 http://crotchetyoldfan.wordpress.com/?p=156#comment-930 The Linn van was built in Oneonta NY by a company founded by HH Linn after he swopped stock of the Morris, NY tractor firm of his name to Republic Truck in 1927, effectively selling out his control. He then organized the Oneonta firm to produce trailers in 1929, such as the one wheel wonder U-Can-Back he bought the rights to in Paris. After his death in a plane crash July 3, 1937, Linn's widow brought in Arthur R. Perkins of Unadilla Trailer Co., New Berlin, NY to run the Linn Trailer Co. and he almost immediately began work on front wheel drive vans, which were on the market by 1939, at which point he negotiated to buy the firm, but lost control due to financial issues after WW2. They built a lot of trailers and vans for the military, mobile dental units, radio, etc. The front wheel drive was a 6 cyl. Hercules engine and Morse silent chain transfer case, with a quickly interchangeable power unit so that fleet owners could keep a spare on hand. The rear axle was a torsion bar arrangement so you could have a low floor and greater headroom. Great American Industries took over the firm by 1948, however after a battle with the union in 1952 they closed their doors. You can see one of their TV units in the background of an old "The Fugitive" episode. Due to the military contracts they had unfinished at the time a similar sounding name, "Lyncoach" was taken by former officers and they reorganized to fill those orders, then took on more, finally aquiring the Reynolds aluminum body line they expanded by 1973 to a plant in Troy, AL, then closed their plant in Oneonta. My father was in a RSM unit in Alaska during the Korean War that had the tractors waiting but no radio trailers yet, which he didn't see until he was back home, and saw them waiting for delivery at the side of the trailer plant in Oneonta. My grandfather worked in the plant and had his spine collapsed when a worker fell on some aluminum sheets and knocked the jackstand out from under a trailer frame, the lawyers settled out of court for enough to pay the hospital and lawyer fees. The Linn tractor company in Morris had built their last new tractors in 1952, but factory serviced them and sold parts until 1960, other than building some trailers for use with Linn tractors all they shared was a common founder. Paul Smith out in the desert of CA was the last big collector of these vans but I havn't heard from him in years. I know there were two similar vans to that shown, outfitted as mobile jails, down in CT somewheres not too many years ago. The Linn van was built in Oneonta NY by a company founded by HH Linn after he swopped stock of the Morris, NY tractor firm of his name to Republic Truck in 1927, effectively selling out his control. He then organized the Oneonta firm to produce trailers in 1929, such as the one wheel wonder U-Can-Back he bought the rights to in Paris. After his death in a plane crash July 3, 1937, Linn’s widow brought in Arthur R. Perkins of Unadilla Trailer Co., New Berlin, NY to run the Linn Trailer Co. and he almost immediately began work on front wheel drive vans, which were on the market by 1939, at which point he negotiated to buy the firm, but lost control due to financial issues after WW2. They built a lot of trailers and vans for the military, mobile dental units, radio, etc. The front wheel drive was a 6 cyl. Hercules engine and Morse silent chain transfer case, with a quickly interchangeable power unit so that fleet owners could keep a spare on hand. The rear axle was a torsion bar arrangement so you could have a low floor and greater headroom. Great American Industries took over the firm by 1948, however after a battle with the union in 1952 they closed their doors. You can see one of their TV units in the background of an old “The Fugitive” episode. Due to the military contracts they had unfinished at the time a similar sounding name, “Lyncoach” was taken by former officers and they reorganized to fill those orders, then took on more, finally aquiring the Reynolds aluminum body line they expanded by 1973 to a plant in Troy, AL, then closed their plant in Oneonta. My father was in a RSM unit in Alaska during the Korean War that had the tractors waiting but no radio trailers yet, which he didn’t see until he was back home, and saw them waiting for delivery at the side of the trailer plant in Oneonta. My grandfather worked in the plant and had his spine collapsed when a worker fell on some aluminum sheets and knocked the jackstand out from under a trailer frame, the lawyers settled out of court for enough to pay the hospital and lawyer fees. The Linn tractor company in Morris had built their last new tractors in 1952, but factory serviced them and sold parts until 1960, other than building some trailers for use with Linn tractors all they shared was a common founder. Paul Smith out in the desert of CA was the last big collector of these vans but I havn’t heard from him in years. I know there were two similar vans to that shown, outfitted as mobile jails, down in CT somewheres not too many years ago.

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