ERIE TRUCK

Erie Motor Truck Manufacturing Co. (1914-1922)
Erie, Pennsylvania

This is an Erie truck radiator (1921)     ccj

There is little information about the Erie Motor Truck Manufacturing Company of Erie, Pennsylvania. The company was founded in 1913 with the first Erie trucks ready in 1914. 

There were at least four Erie truck models with 1-1/2-ton, 2-ton, 2-1/2-ton and 3-1/2-ton capacity models known to have been built, all powered by four-cylinder Continental engines. By 1919, Erie trucks were using Timken worm-drive rear axles.

As with most other small motor truck manufacturing companies, the post WWI recession hit Erie hard and, by 1921, Erie truck production was reduced to a single 2-1/2-ton capacity model. All Erie truck production ceased in 1922.

Emblems

The "Erie" truck "emblem" filled the whole radiator, as seen in the illustration shown above, and is surely the largest and clearest radiator emblem of any motor vehicle. This illustration was taken from an Erie truck advertisement published in February 1921, so this Erie radiator and emblem would have been in use since at least 1920. 

The Erie truck radiator includes a depiction of the Erie Motor Truck Manufacturing Company trademark, see detail shown below:

Erie Motor Truck Manufacturing Co. trademark

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