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• Autocar Trucks 1950-1987 Photo Archives - Autocar - The World's Finest! In 1950 the Autocar Driver Cab was introduced, which along with the Autocar Sleeper Cab and the Autocar Aluminum Driver Cab, was used on all conventional models produced until Volvo replaced it after purchasing Autocar. In the 1950s Autocar began what it called Custom Engineering, designing each vehicle to the individual customer's specific requirements. At this time Autocar focused on models for construction, logging, mining, quarrying and oil production, as well as lightweight over-the-road designs. Large format photos with informative captions illustrate all of the major models produced during this period. A brief history of the Autocar company is included.
• Beer Trucks: A Photographic Salute - Great pictures and original advertising copy for various types of delivery trucks used for delivery of beer. The book represents pictures of beer brands from all over the United States.
• Big Rigs - The King of the highways of the world is the big rig, the semi trucks that carry the cargo destined for sale around the globe. Here is a unique look of these motorized behemoths. Examine the details of the top twenty rigs in use today. Full color photographs, cutaway diagrams, and charts detail everything from their power plants to cab design and custom paint work. Big Rigs offers something for the expert and amateur enthusiast alike.
• Big Rigs in Action - The author gives a get description of the kinds of trucks on the road today. It has great pictures with a lot of action.
• Brockway Trucks 1948 Through 1961: Photo Archive - Photos from the Mack Trucks Historical Museum Archives. From its start in 1912, Brockway earned a reputation for reliability and rugged design that was carried on after the company was acquired by Mack Trucks in Oct, 1956. Photos highlight Brockway's postwar years & into the early 1960s.
• Buses of ACF Photo Archive: Including ACF-Brill and CCF-Brill - American Car and Foundry (ACF), a pioneer transportation manufacturer, came into existence in 1899 as a result of the merger of 13 railroad-manufacturing companies. After a complicated transaction in the mid-20s, ACF had control of the Brill Corporation, Hall-Scott Motor Company, and Fageol Motors Company. From the beginning, both intercity and transit buses were built by ACF. ACF began to capture large orders for intercity buses, especially when the National Trailways Bus System was formed. A total of 5,738 buses were built by ACF-Brill between 1945 and 1953. The most popular models were the C-36 city bus with 1,546 sold, and the IC-41 intercity model, with 1,375 units built.
• Buses of Motorcoach Industries: 1932 - 2000 Photo Archive - If you loves the buses built by Motor Coach Industries then this book is for you.Take a look back through the history of MCI in b&w photos.See the bus models you know and other buses you never knew of.Even buses built in Australia and those built for Australia get mentioned.
• Car Coloring Books - Of all kinds. Great for youngsters.
• Classic American Heavy Trucks - Classic American Heavy Trucks.
• Custom Semi Trucks - A truck driver's tractor-trailer is more than just a vehicle or a tool for making a living. It is a calling card, a personal statement, a way of life. Truckers take as much joy and pride in modifying their rigs as hot-rodders and car customizers. All are featured in full-color photography that highlights the flash, incredible detail, and personal touches of custom semi trucks. The book also provides an overview of the truck-show scene and what makes for an award-winning rig.
• Delivery Trucks - If a picture is worth a thousand words, this massive photographic reference is everything that truck enthusiasts and Chevy fans could want. Truck aficionado Don Bunn has scoured collections throughout the United States to come up with more than 1,000 photographs representing virtually every light-, medium-, and heavy-duty model Chevy has ever built. From the little Chevy LUV to cement mixers, all of photographs come with detailed captions that combine to tell the complete story behind Chevrolet trucks.
• Dodge Pickup 1939-1978 Photo Album - Factory photos of Dodge pickups, beginning with the "Job Rated" trucks, the most collectible of Dodge pickups, through the Lil' Red Express. Archival shots of: interiors, exteriors, & components. A comprehensive photo history of the pickups that earned Dodge its reputation as a leader in engineering & styling. Many photos never published outside of their original format (sales literature, advertisement, etc.)
• Dodge Power Wagon 1940-1980 Photo Archive - Sturdy, go-anywhere, Dodge Power Wagons were used for numerous on and off-road jobs, from fire rescue to maintaining horse racing tracks. This is the only exclusive and comprehensive photo history of the rugged Dodge Power wagon, (including its WWII predecessors), covering all years, models and types -- military and civilian.
• Dodge Power Wagon Photo History - The fascinating story of Dodge's most famous trucks from World War II through the 1980s illustrates how this workhorse was adapted to changing markets and consumer preferences while maintaining its position as the most rugged 4x4 available. Military and civilian versions are shown, along with technical information, mechanical specifications, and production figures. A special section highlights the Ramcharger and Plymouth Trailduster.
• Dodge Trucks 1929-1947 Photo Archive - Sharp B&W photos of Dodge trucks at work in a variety of applications. Includes pickups, panel trucks, bottling trucks, oil tankers, coal trucks & more.
• Dodge Trucks 1948-1960 Photo Archive - Dodge Trucks 1948-1960 Photo Archive. Detailed photos of Dodge light to heavy duty trucks. Includes pickups, panel trucks, Power Wagons, stake trucks, delivery vans & semi-tractors.
• Dodge WW2 Military Portfolio, 1940-1945 - A collection of articles on the characteristics and use of Dodge military vehicles during WW2 including full specs, G #'s, and historical notes. Included is the design, development, and production of the General Grant, Sherman, and Pershing tanks.
• Dodge B-Series Trucks: Restorer's and Collector's Reference Guide and History - Dodge B-Series Trucks: Restorer's and Collector's Reference Guide and History.
• Dodge C-Series Trucks: Restorer’s and Collector’s Reference Guide and History- This reference guide and history of Dodge C Trucks combines in-depth history with high-quality photos to provide the Dodge C enthusiast with all the information necessary to correctly restore a truck to original condition, or to make a smart purchase. This book covers it all, from the light-duty to the heavy-duty models. Includes charts for standard equipment and dimensions—everything from chassis length to gear ratios and transmission lineups.
• Dump Trucks - This photo retrospective documents the development of dump trucks from the turn of the century to the present. Archival and contemporary photographs sourced from the best collections in the United States depict the trucks at work and at rest, and are accompanied by detailed captions telling the stories behind heavy haulers from manufacturers like Mack, Ford, Chevrolet, Dodge, Diamond T, White, and many others. The variety of styles shown provides an excellent overview of design development throughout the century.
• Euclid and Terex Earth-Moving Machines - Any fan of the "Green Weenies" will love all the data presented here. There is a complete description of the Euclid numbering system. Pictures of experimental models that will make you wonder "What were they thinking?" There are pictures of machines that you will probably never see again. Well worth the effort to produce what was done. I have used this book as reference guide so many times that it has become indispensable.
• Fageol & Twin Coach Buses 1922-1956 Photo Archive - An innovator in the bus business, Fageol was the first company to build a bus from the ground up, and it was called the Safety Coach. Later in 1927 the Fageol brothers sold out and began Twin Coach. They then built the Model 40 Twin Coach – a twin engine city bus that began the city bus business. This bus operated for up to 20 years in many cities – a rarity at the time. In 1960 Twin Coach was bought by Flxible. Period photos, with detailed captions, tell the story of these buses. This is a book bus enthusiasts won't want to miss.
• Flxible Intercity Buses: 1924-1970 Photo Archive - Hugo Young founded the Flxible Side Car Company in 1913 in Loudonville, Ohio. In the early 1920s, the mass production of automobiles lowered their cost to the point where sidecar-equipped motorcycles could no longer compete. The Flxible Company used this challenge as an opportunity to enter the bus-building business. The first Flxible bus was built in 1924, and was among only a few Flxibles built in the 1920s. The real boost in Flxible's bus production came in 1936 with the introduction of the Flxible Airway coach, mounted on a Chevrolet truck chassis. Read and see photos of the Flxible Airway coaches and other Flxible intercity buses like the Clipper, Visicoach, C-37, Starliner, Vistaliner, Hi-level models, Flxliner, and more.
• Gas & Oil Trucks - If you ever wanted to know how these trucks looked like since the beginning of the oil industry, and its evolution throughout the years, this book will give you a very clear picture. It has lots of fantastic photos, drawings and other interesting details
• Giant Dump Trucks - Dump trucks. GIANT dump trucks. We're talking trucks that can WEIGH A MILLION POUNDS when fully loaded. With tires 12 feet tall. Big enough to crush those sniveling little ticks from the monster truck rallies without a twitch of the suspension. This little book is packed with photographs of behemoths that would be at home tearing about madly in a science fiction movie set on Mars in the 39th century.
• GM Intercity Coaches 1944-1980 Photo Archive - During 1943, General Motors purchased the minority interest in Yellow Truck & Coach Manufacturing Co., and effective October 1, 1943, Yellow became a division of GM under the name GM Truck & Coach Division. It is the coaches of this latter company that are discussed in this book.
• Heavy Equipment - A big book describes big machines, providing eye-popping pictures of the monsters at work and good explanations of how they lift, dig, crush, mine, push earth and carry huge loads. One learns that the Komatsu 575A-2, pictured on page 21, is the world's largest bulldozer, capable of moving 90 cubic yards of dirt with a single shove. And that a massive, electric mining shovel needs a 7,200-volt power supply and, working 450 hours a month, will consume 430,000 kilowatts of electricity at a cost of $30,000. David J. Bowler, who operates several kinds of heavy equipment, gives the reader a sense of the skill and care required: "The day I think I know everything about running a crane is the day I'm going to get into trouble. Every job is different. You've got to know your load and you've got to know the machine's limit."
• Heavy Rescue Trucks: 1931 - 2000 Photo Gallery - Pictures of all kinds of various trucks and equipment.
• Highway Buses of the 20th Century: A Photo Gallery - Highway Buses of the 20th Century: A Photo Gallery.
• Leyland Man: The History, Rediscovery and Resurrection of the Early Leyland Omnibus - Mike Sutcliffe has devoted the last thirty years to the rescue and restoration of several, now famous, examples of the early Leyland motorbus. The Mike Sutcliffe Collection is one of the most important collections of early buses in the world and thousands of enthusiasts are aware of his magnificent achievements. This book tells the story of the man and his buses, from the 1908 Leyland X-type, the oldest restored British-built motorbus in the world, to the unique London Pirate 'Chocolate Express" of 1925. The Leyland Man will be irresistible to anyone with an interest in Leyland, the early bus, and to anyone who has seen one of Mike's amazing restorations.
• Logging Trucks 1915 Through 1970: Photo Archive - Logging operations presented some of the biggest off-road challenges to trucks & their drivers. This collection of photos includes rugged logging trucks built on various manufacturers' chassis. Beginning with the trucks that replaced oxen in America's forests to modern rigs.
• Mack Ap Super-Duty Trucks: 1926 Through 1938 : Photo Archive - Photos selected from the Mack Trucks Historical Museum Archives. The Mack AP was a derivative of the legendary AC "Bulldog." The most rugged of the Bulldog-styled trucks, the AP was used mainly in construction. Included are dramatic photos of AP trucks at work on construction of the Hoover Dam.
• Mack Model B 1953-1966 Photo Archive - All new photos from the MackTruck Historical Museum Archives. More of the great Mack B photos that you have asked for. This book shows the Mack B in use, in a wide variety of body configurations and paint schemes.
• Mack Trucks - If you are looking for a book on the history of mack's this one is for you. If you like pictures of old trucks (and really old ones, 1920's-30's) you will like this. The book covers the beginning to the 60's.
• Mack Trucks Photo Gallery - "Built Like a Mack Truck" --- a phrase that has become synonymous with strength and quality. Here is a photographic review of Mack Truck products over the years. This is the largest collection of Mack Truck photographs ever published. These magnificent photographs have been selected from the extensive collection in the Mack Truck Historical Museum archive and are of the finest quality.
• Mack Buses: 1900 Through 1960 : Photo Archive - Mack is proud to claim, "The first buses were Macks, and the first Macks were buses." Although the manufacturer with the famous bulldog logo builds only trucks today, buses comprised major product lines during the company's first 60 years. Photography from Mack archives reveals the variety of buses that are a significant part of the company's history. Captions describe interiors, exteriors, production histories, and specifications for gasoline- and diesel-powered conventional, tour, and transit buses, as well as electric trolley coaches.
• Prevost Buses: 1924 Through 2002 Photo Archive - Prevost Buses: 1924 Through 2002 Photo Archive.
• Trailways Buses 1936-2001 Photo Archive - This is far more than a picture book of Trailways buses; it is a gold mine for anyone fond of intercity bus travel or yearning to learn more about the history of the bus industry. The photo collection itself is superb -- prized as much for the historical value of background scenery as for the buses themselves. Through the captions, Luke delivers a remarkably detailed summary of how Trailways evolved from a collection of small regional companies, to a national powerhouse.
• Truck Coloring Books - Perfect for the young ones.
• Truck Model Kits - All kinds of heavy trucks, trailers, and fire trucks.
• Trucking in America: Moving the Goods : A Nostalgic Reflection on the Rigs That Rolled the Roads of America in the Glory Years of Truck History - This book is great if you are looking for a picture book of old trucks.
• Truck Stop - This book truly captures the life of an average truck driver. It shows the experiences of the road and best of all the truck stops. The truck stops are wonderfully photographed.
• Trucks & Off-Road Vehicles - Trucks & Off-Road Vehicles.
• White Trucks: 1900 Through 1937 Photo Archive - The White Company was one of America's earliest & most successful truck manufacturers. White trucks worked at a variety of applications; dump trucks, sedan deliveries, express, step vans, buses, tankers, & more. Beginning with the first White model through De Sakhnoffsky's ultrastreamlined designs of the late Thirties. Photographs from Detroit Pub. Library's Nat. Auto. History Col.
• Who Needs a Road: The Story of the Longest and Last Motor Journey Around the World - In a the current world of SUV commercials preaching get out and drive for fun, these guys show how much you can have without your heated seats and cell phone. I love the idea of packing all your junk in a rustic old truck and heading around the world. Of course it would be great to get all the sponsors that they had, but it would be a little bit harder to be as out of reach today especially if you had to report to the man. This book is fun and exciting and reason enough to quit you job, sell your $35,000 Explorer, buy a real truck and use the left over money to start driving.
• World's Greatest Working Trucks, Vol. 1 - Pictures and information on various unusual trucks.
• Yellow Coach Buses 1923 Through 1943: Photo Archive - Yellow Truck and Coach (part of GM after 1928)was one of, if not the most important, maker of buses and coaches in the U.S. before the war and this volume gives the reader a good idea of what their products looked like in beautiful, clear b&w photos just like the rest of the Iconografix series. It has good technical detail and even gives production numbers of most models, as well as who used them, giving the reader an idea of the relative importance of each model. If you want to know where modern buses evolved from you need this book.

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