@Richie C. posted:
@Richie C. - how about that?!! I just looked at it as a truck that I found at a train show that happened to have a personal connection to me. Thanks for that informative background information.!!!
I just now looked at the box - it has 'Vintage Vehicle' as the label and it does say 'made by Ertl. I never read any of the stuff on the box but thanks to your comments I just did. On the back of the box is a somewhat big description of it.
walt