Regular identification guide
This is several information to help you to know then your Tonka trucks were built.
DATE | LOGO | CABS | WHEELS | HEADLIGHTS | ||
1947 | No trucks, only a shovel.. | |||||
1948 | ||||||
1949 | GMC type. No windscreen. | Full metalic rim with rubber tire. | No appended headlights. | |||
1950 | ||||||
1951 | ||||||
1952 | ||||||
1953 | ||||||
1954 | New cab without windscreen. | Hubcaps with 5 round holes and new tire. | metal | |||
1955 | ||||||
1956 | New grille and bumper. | Clear smooth plastic headlight. | ||||
1957 | The same cab but a scoop is added on hood. | |||||
1958 | New cab with a windscreen. | Clear smooth plastic headlight but smaller than 56-57 models. | ||||
1959 | Solid hubcaps except "hard worker" models who receive hubcaps with 5 triangular holes. Some models receive whitewall tires. | |||||
1960 | New design of ribs on the hood. | |||||
1961 | Similar to 1960 model except the embossed "T" who is now on the center of the bumper. | |||||
1962 | New cab. And the Jeep is available. | |||||
1963 | Clear textured plastic headlights. | |||||
1964 | ||||||
1965 | New conventional cab and new cabover "Turbine". | In the middle of 1965, blackwall tyres are stopped. | ||||
1966 | ||||||
1967 | Solid hubcaps are stopped. | |||||
1968 | New Dodge-style cab. "Turbine" cab still avaible. | |||||
1969 | ||||||
1970 | On whitewalls, huge letters. | |||||
1971 | ||||||
1972 | New blackwall tyre with white letters. | |||||
1973 | White textured plastic headlights. | |||||
1974 | White plastic rim with 8 round holes and black tyre with "XR-101" letters. | |||||
1975 | ||||||
1976 | Dodge-style cab is stopped.
New plastic front panel. |
White or yellow plastic rim with 8 round holes and black tyre with "XR-101" letters. | chrome-printed headlights. | |||
1977 | ||||||
1978 | ||||||
1979 ... | Single piece plastic wheels with printed rims. |