when did freightliner build the first aluminum cab
Leland James, headed Freightliner and built one of the first Freightlinersâ¦. none of the trucks at the time suited him, so he made his own! 1941: the shovel nose cabover appeared. 1942: The company, Freightliner Inc. was now official. 1948: 40 of these trucks were manufactured in Oregon and this was the same year that Freightliner produced the cab of these trucks, in aluminum.