This eye-popping purple 1947 GMC COE truck is currently for sale at a classic car dealership in the Metro Detroit area and could make the perfect stylish hauler for a classic, muscle car or race car.

Although the roots of GMC trucks can be traced back to ... to leaf springs assisted by Firestone airbags. Cab Over Engine custom classic trucks are a breed apart from other vintage haulers.

The project in question, a 1953 GMC COE (cab over engine) truck, is a visual masterpiece ... keep the original, vintage dash functional yet moderately traditional. See All 29 Photos The suspension ...

As regulations changed for medium and heavy-duty trucks, the GMC COE disappeared. In more recent years, the medium-duty GMC COE has become popular as a hauler for vintage or custom cars ...

In the heart of the Midwest, 37 museum-quality vintage trucks ... includes trucks from as early as a 1906 Packet Open-Cab Express up to the only 1953 Sterling White Cabover truck known to exist.

This Hugger Orange custom mashup of 1948 White COE (cab-over-engine) and 2003 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 dually is exactly the type of truck we're talking about. It was popular enough (among ...

Officially, it was called the GMC F-Series, a Class 8, tilted-cabover design ... But, as much as any other truck, the Crackerbox came to define American trucking in the 1960s during its production ...

One of the oldest GMC trucks on this list, the Astro line ended production by 1987. However, even with its notable age, this cabover managed 320 hp. Again, this doesn't mean much in the modern era ...