
Freightliner COE White IXO 1:43

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Specifications
- Brand
- Freightliner
- Manufacturer
- IXO
- Scale
- 1:43
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- New Model
- SKU
- TR128
- Year
- 1976
- Era
- 1970s
- Body Type
- Trucks
- Vehicle Class
- Semi-Trailer Trucks
- Openable Parts
- No
- Packaging Condition
- New
- Model Type
- Street Models
- EAN / GTIN
- 4895102337842
About the Freightliner COE White IXO 1:43
TL;DR: IXO's 1:43 diecast Freightliner COE in white reproduces the 1976 cab-over semi-tractor as a sealed, one-piece body casting. It marks Freightliner's own entry into the length-restriction-driven cab-over era.
The COE designation says it plainly: cab-over-engine, the layout American trucking leaned on through much of the 1970s to maximize trailer length within legal limits.
A Sealed White Casting of a 1970s Cab-Over
With the body cast in one piece, IXO holds the COE's flat front and squared cab corners cleanly, avoiding the wider seams a hinged door would add to a shape whose appeal rests in its straightforward geometry. White paint sits evenly across the flat panels, showing every line the casting holds without distraction from color. Zinc alloy gives the model real heft, and the grille and headlight detailing remain legible at 1:43 thanks to tooling built specifically for commercial vehicle accuracy rather than adapted from a car-focused catalog.
One More Data Point in a Cab-Over Fleet
Alongside the Peterbilt 352 H and the Freightliner FLC120, this COE rounds out a small cluster of cab-over designs from roughly the same period, each with its own take on the shared layout constraint. Comparing grille shapes and cab proportions across these three is exactly the kind of study serious American trucking collectors pursue. The compact 1:43 scale makes that side-by-side comparison practical on a single shelf. For a collector building a focused cab-over-era display, this Freightliner COE is a clean, well-executed addition.














