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Disney Pixar Cars Red: 1960s style fire truck (most closely resembles a mid-1960s Pirsch pumper but also resembles American LaFrance models)
Tex Dinoco: Cadillac Coupe de Ville
Tractors: American 1950s "Chew-all" tractors
Leakless: Piston Cup racecar

Tex Dinoco a gold 1975 Cadillac brand Coupe de Ville and owner of Dinoco Oil. In his packaging as a diecast car, his name is listed as "Tex Dinoco". Tex and Dinoco represent the best sponsorship any race car could dream of, including Lightning McQueen. It is unknown whether Dinoco is Tex's last name, or whether the name was simply added to give the consumer a better idea of who Tex was. Tex was mainly inspired by the gold Cadillacs with Long Horns that are used at the Big Texan Steak Restaurant in Amarillo, Texas to bring guests for dinner.

Tractors are American 1950s "Chew-all" tractors, a pun on the real-life Farmall brand of farm machinery. They resemble cows and appear when Mater and Lightning go tractor tipping (similar to cow tipping, except they are disturbed by noise, not touch). Mater honks his horn to tip the tractors, while Lightning McQueen revs his engine.  The tipping is also an in-joke to that model, which was known for upending due to the center of gravity being near the rear of the machine. When the tractors tip, they blow out a smoke ring from their funnel. The loud engine revving causes every tractor to tip, which draws Frank's attention causing him to chase the two. They can also be seen in the background during the epilogue, when the cars are watching films at the theater.

The Farmall was the name of a tractor and later a brand name for tractors manufactured by International Harvester. The original Farmall was the first general-purpose tractor with narrowly spaced front wheels. The 'tricycle' front wheel design combined with good ground clearance allowed for more nimble maneuvering and accurate field cultivation than many other tractors of the day, yet the Farmall could perform all the other duties a farmer would have previously achieved using a team of horses.

Tractor Tipping (Cow Tipping) - Cow tipping is the purported activity of sneaking up on a sleeping, upright cow and pushing it over for fun. In reality, though, cows generally do not sleep standing up.


According to popular belief, cows can easily be pushed over without much force because they are slow-moving, slow-witted and weak-legged, have a high centre of gravity and sleep standing up. Numerous publications have debunked cow-tipping as a myth.

A variety of calculations have been performed, sometimes with humorous intent, to determine if cow tipping is physically possible. A study from the University of British Columbia concludes that cow tipping by a single person is impossible.

Some consider the attempt to practice it an act of animal abuse. In 2004, a Florida legislator proposed a ban on "cruelty to bovines", which, while not specifically addressing cow tipping, included language that would apply to the practice: "A person who, for the purpose of practice, entertainment, or sport, intentionally fells, trips, or otherwise causes a cow to fall or lose its balance by means of roping, lassoing, dragging, or otherwise touching the tail of the cow commits a misdemeanor of the first degree." The proposal did not become law.

With the success of the Farmall line, other manufacturers soon introduced similar general-purpose tractors with varying success. As a class, these are generally referred to as 'row crop' tractors.

Red (voiced by the late Joe Ranft) sometimes called Big Red, is a mid-1960s Pirsch Fire apparatus, bearing Carburetor County license plate 002. Disney Cars Red is painfully shy and emotional, often bursting into tears and hiding. When Red is not cheerfully helping out his neighbours, you can find him lovingly watering the flowers he grows in town, or hiding out in the firehouse where he lives. Joe Ranft died in a car accident in 2005, shortly before the movie was released.

Leakless #52 - Claude Scruggs is a racecar that is identical to Crusty Rotor, only Claude Scruggs is yellow, black and white. The names of his pit crew are unknown, except for one named Stacy. He was the car that was tipped upside down by No Stall and McQueen jumped on to get out of the wreckage of the car accident. He was also briefly seen in the shot before Lightning crosses the finish line on his last lap. His trailer was also seen when McQueen when he saw that his trailer is not there. Claude has been the #52 Leak Less car for more than twenty years. The only brief dialogue he has is when he is seen chuckling with Billy Oilchanger.

The Coupe deVille (sometimes spelled Coupe Deville or Coupe DeVille) was a model of Cadillac from 1949 through 1993. The name has become famous through pop culture, with references in pop songs, movies, and other media.

The Coupe deVille was introduced by Cadillac late in the 1949 model year. Part of the Cadillac Series 62 line, it was a closed, two-door coupé, Cadillac's first pillarless hardtop. Intended as a prestige model, at $3,497 it was one of the most expensive models of the Series 62 line. It was luxuriously trimmed, with leather upholstery and chrome 'bows' in the headliner to simulate the ribs of a convertible top. The first-year Coupe deVille sold 2,150 units, but 1950 sales were more than double, and 1951 more than doubled those of the previous year. By 1961 it was one of the company's most popular models, with annual sales above 20,000.

Cadillac De Ville nomenclature always followed a tradition: Two doors with steel roofs were always Coupe De Ville, four doors were always Sedan De Ville until the elimination of two door models, and convertibles were always simply De Ville, as they were neither a coupe, nor a sedan by design. Further, from the beginning and for many years, Cadillac De Ville denoted an option package on the basic car (called Series 62, later Calais), NOT the body style. In other words, you could have a four-door Cadillac that was NOT a Sedan De Ville, nor would it have such lettering on the flanks of the car.

In 1956 the Coupe deVille was joined by the Sedan deVille, a four-door hardtop sedan. The Sedan deVille would ultimately outlive its two-door predecessor. For 1957 the car was fitted with quad headlights.

Cadillac Coupe de Ville was completely redesigned for 1965 yet rode on the same 129.5-inch (3,290 mm) wheelbase. The tailfins disappeared with fins planed absolutely flat, though a hint of them remained, and sharp, distinct body lines replaced the rounded look. Also new were a straight back bumper and vertical lamp clusters. Up front, headlight pairs switched from horizontal to vertical, thus permitting an even wider grille. Curved side windows appeared, and pillared sedans returned in the Calais and DeVille series. Sixty Specials likewise gained roof pillars, while six-window hardtop sedans were dropped. The Special also reverted to its exclusive 133-inch wheelbase after riding the standard 129.5-inch chassis for 1959-64.

Although sales on the handsomely restyled 1965 Coupe de Ville set yet another record for this popular body style, it took second place to the companion four-door hardtop Sedan de Ville. An impressive 43,345 Coupe de Ville hardtops, and 19,200 Coupe de Ville convertibles, were sold during the booming 1965 model year. Models 68357-J to 68367-F, the Coupe de Ville carried a manufacturer retail prices ranging from $5,419 to $5,639 dollars for hardtops, and convertibles.

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