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• More Boys' Toys of the 70's & 80's: Toy Pages From the Great Montgomery Ward Christmas Catalogs 1970-1985 - This fantastic new book is a time-machine back to the Montgomery Ward Christmas catalogs of the 1970's and 1980's. 192 pages thick, this volume features authorized reprints of rare Wards catalog pages covering toys sold by Wards from 1970 through 1985 (the last year Wards produced a holiday catalog.) Star Wars, Star Trek, Masters of the Universe, Dungeons & Dragons, He-Man, GI Joe, Tonka trucks, electric trains and tons more. A "Must Have" for toy collectors and ideal for anyone who wants to relive thrilling childhood memories!
• GMC Heavy-Duty Trucks 1927-1987- Focusing on GMC's most fruitful six decades, from 1927 to 1987, this book offers a prologue and epilogue to round out the 100+ year history of GMC trucks and their predecessors Rapid and Reliance, with particular emphasis on the heavy-duty models. In-depth coverage of all models, engine specifications, year-to-year changes, and model-by-model genealogy charts is included, as well as the story of GM's role as a heavy-duty truck maker and the influences of Max Grabowski, William Crapo Durant, and Alfred P. Sloan Jr. An essential book for truck enthusiasts, historians, restorer's, and anyone interested in General Motors. Archival photos, many from the National Automotive Historical Collection, show these models in pristine form.
• GMC: The First 100 Years- Millions of GMC fans will celebrate 100 years of truck making with this full-color, hardcover reference that tells the story of General Motors Truck & Coach through photos, advertisements, production figures and other historical data. In 1902, Max Grabowsky founded Rapid Motor Vehicle Co. to build one-cylinder trucks and laid the cornerstone for the foundation of GMC, an enterprise that went on to make manufacturing history! Features the GMC models that helped shape America from the parlor-coach type buses of 1922 to the military "Ducks" of World War II to today's sport utility vehicles and pickup trucks. Provides a decade-by-decade look at various model changes, important personnel who determined company design and the available commercial and consumer vehicle lines. Hardcover reference traces the 100-year history of GMC—the company that “does one thing” and “does it well” -Striking full-color photos, original advertisements, production figures and historical facts -Features the GMC models that helped shape America.
• GM Light Duty Trucks- Appealing to both historians and enthusiasts GMC Light Duty Trucks is a chronological overview of the popular General Motors vehicles that have been long considered Pontiac’s trucks. It begins by tracing their roots to the year 1902 and origins as the long-departed Rapid and Reliance brands. The story continues with the pair joining an emergent General Motors and 1912 consolidation as GMC. A discussion of significant early milestones follows: Model 15 of 1914 the first “true” GMC; the role of GMC’s military vehicles during the First World War; and, the impact of General Motors’ acquiring Yellow Cab Manufacturing Company, which it merged with General Motors Truck Company and led to the wide range of GMC light duties when Yellowcab trucks, the Pontiac Delivery and Chevrolet Commercial Bodies were integrated into the evolving GMC line. Next the important middle years are reviewed, highlighting effects of GM’s corporate styling leadership on GMC; the offering expansion of the immediate pre-World War II era that brought several distinctive types to the line-up; the all-new 1939 model light truck engine, cab and bodies; contributions to the Second World War allied military effort; and, the birth of GMC Truck & Coach Division. The major postwar styling and functional redesigns of 1947 and 1955 are covered in detail along with the arrival of civilian 4x4 pickups and, in particular, the ambitious Breakthrough Engineering efforts for 1960, culminating in the V-6 engine program that marked the high tide of GMC uniqueness. The book concludes by summarizing the past three decades when a broadening diversity of added models—sport utilities, diesels, full-size and mini vans, multi-purpose vehicles, and compact and mid-size pickups contributed to a massive growth in customer acceptance.