A Walk Down Memory Lane With Freightliner
Hello,
As Freightliner moves toward its 70th Birthday, I want to invite you to take a walk with me down memory lane as we travel back to the days of the 1940′s when the “slinky” was invented and the first Freightliner truck came into being…
The 1950′s brought television mainstream into many American homes. The rock and roll revolution began. Freightliner introduced a truck that solved a variety of problems with the WF 64 Model.
The 1960′s brought us the first computer video game. We sent the first humans on a space flight to the moon. Freightliner experiemented with gas turbines and power dollies.
The 1970′s brought the first super computer and floppy disks. Disco was born and a shift begins toward conventional trucks.
The 1980′s brought us video rental stores and Freightliner introduced its aerodynamic conventional tractor.
The 1990′s brought us digital technology. E commerce becomes common place and the Freightliner “Century” class was born.
The 2000′s brought us “Reality T.V.” , GPS and social networking. Freightliner debuts the new “Cascadia”.
The above information is just a glimpse into the historical timeline from the 1940′s to the 2000′s. I hope you take time to visit the “70 Years of Innovation” countdown at … http://www.freightlinertrucks.com/70years. Till next time, be safe…
Henry
February 20, 2012 at 9:43 am
Very interesting, Henry. Looking forward to MATS next month!
February 20, 2012 at 3:44 pm
Really cool, Henry. Freightliner has had a very colorful past, and it has been great. I look forward to the future, because I feel we haven’t seen anything yet, from Freightliner, or DTNA. I really look forward to cutting edge technology and from what i see that is what Freightliner is all about. So cool.