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Vintage Truck: Flathead Powered Flatbed Full Of Flatheads
Posted on April 25, 2022 | 20 CommentsA flathead six powered Dodge truck hauling Dodge flathead sixes, locally in Detroit. Well, actually they could be Plymouth or Chrysler flathead sixes, but then there’s not a whole lot […] -
Vintage Trucks: Federal Truck Hauling Hudson Bodies
Posted on April 23, 2022 | 33 CommentsThis is the way it was done in the good old days in Detroit: bodies built in one plant, then trucked down Conner or Jefferson or whatever street it is […] -
Vintage Ad: 1971 Dodge LNT-1000 COE – Check Out The “First Class Cabin”
Posted on February 25, 2022 | 25 CommentsTalk about (not)truth in advertising. There was absolutely nothing soft about these old tin can COE trucks. I didn’t drive them, but I rode in quite a few as a […] -
Vintage Trucks: 1939 Peterbilt – The First Peterbilt And How It Came To Be – It Didn’t Yet Have The Traditional Peterbilt Grille
Posted on February 23, 2022 | 17 CommentsThe flat-nosed, long hood classic Peterbilt is an icon, instantly recognized. And it’s still being built, as the Model 389. Today we’ll take a look at the origins of this […] -
Vintage Truck: Peterbilt 350 COE – The Happy Trucker
Posted on February 18, 2022 | 27 CommentsI love vintage photos of trucks, but I really love old photos of people when they’re expressive. So this one scores doubly: it’s a tall and burly Peterbilt 350 COE, […] -
Vintage Trucks: Mack LT – Mack’s Big And Burly West Coast Truck
Posted on February 7, 2022 | 8 CommentsGiven the vastly different operating conditions and regulations on the West Coast back in the 1940’s and 1950’s, like most of the big truck manufacturers, Mack had a special truck […] -
Vintage Truck: Mack N-61 Thermodyne Diesel – It Only Looks Like A Ford C-Series
Posted on February 1, 2022 | 6 CommentsWe’ve given the near-immortal Ford C-Series a lot of love here over the years; it was built in large quantities for 33 years. But it had a shy cousin, the […] -
Vintage Truck: 1968 -1972 GMC ME-6500 Semi With 427 V8 – A Chevy Except For The Badges
Posted on January 24, 2022 | 23 CommentsThe decision to essentially merge GMC and Chevrolet trucks in 1968 had several repercussions. Chevrolet would have access to GMC’s HD truck line (and engines), rebadged as Chevys. And reciprocally, […] -
Truck History: Freightliner Power Dolly – A Helper Engine On A Second Semi Trailer
Posted on January 11, 2022 | 24 CommentsWhen you spend as much time as I have lately at old truck forums, you inevitably run into some new and unusual things, like this Freightliner Power Dolly, created […] -
Vintage Truck: 1950 GMC With Giant 275 HP 6-110 Detroit Diesel – First High Power Diesel Truck, But With A Fatal Flaw
Posted on January 9, 2022 | 19 CommentsThere’s a reason this 1950 GMC truck has such a swollen hood: It’s covering up a giant Detroit Diesel 6-110 engine, designed primarily for marine, military, industrial and railroad use. […] -
Vintage Ads: 150 American Truck Brands You’ve Never* Heard Of Before
Posted on January 5, 2022 | 28 Comments(* Probably) There’s only a handful of American truck manufacturers left, but once upon a time, it was very different. I’ve compiled 150 vintage ads and press articles of defunct […] -
Truck History: 1939 GMC – First Year For The Legendary “Jimmy” Detroit Diesel — It’s Still Being Built 85 Years Later
Posted on January 3, 2022 | 69 CommentsThe classic Detroit Diesel has become not just legendary, but iconic. Thanks to its two-stroke design, it always sounds like its revving twice as fast as it really is, and […] -
Vintage Truck of the Day: Peterbilt CCOE (Crew Cab Over Engine)
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Vintage Military Trucks: USMC M442 – Marine Mighty Mite
Posted on December 18, 2021 | 11 CommentsA very informative short ten minute video popped up on Youtube this week – providing some history on a unique military vehicle used by the Marines in the late 50’s […] -
Vintage Truck: Home Built 1950 Sterling Truck With 1400 HP Allison V12 – Hot Rod Semi
Posted on December 13, 2021 | 33 CommentsUpdate: This was previously identified as a Federal truck, but in reality it was a Sterling. And according to one source, the engine was substantially derated, to some 500 hp. […]