Chevrolet COE 1950

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      First truck in the United States was built by Autocar in 1899 using a format then called "engine-under-the-seat" and was available with optional 5 or 8 horsepower motors.  Although early Autocar trucks were not exactly "cab-over". since the truck did not have a cab. per se. they were the fore-runners to COEs. The Sternberg company of Wisconsin produced cab-over trucks as early as 1907. though by 1914 only their seven-ton model was a cab-over. They reintroduced the cab-over layout in 1933 with their "Camel Back" model. which allowed the cab to be tilted to access the engine