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Big Trucks Consumer Guide All the latest models in color Soft Cover
Big Trucks Consumer Guide 1980 February Volume 261 Soft cover
Big Trucks
Consumer Guide
Soft Cover
82 Pages
Copyright 1980 February
Volume 261
Contents
Introduction 6
Chevrolet 9
The automobiles carrying Louis Chevrolet's name have been famous for decades, but Chevy did not produce a big rig of its own until 10 years ago.
Crane Carrier Corporation (CCC) 12
As its name suggests, Crane Carrier Corporation began by making vehicles that carried cranes. When the supply of army surplus vehicles dried up, CCC set out on a new course.
Ford 14
Ford Motor Company is another well-known name in the transportation business, but the company did not exist when its founder built his first truck.
Freightliner 17
The launching of Freightliner was a case of bad timing. No sooner had the company opened its doors than the United States went to war and forced them to close.
FWD 20
The manufacturer of four-wheel-drive trucks was given a tough
assignment by the U.S. Army: to prove that its vehicles could survive an agonizing "slow march."
G MC 22
Max Grabowski, a true pioneer in the trucking industry, might not have been forgotten if his little truck' operation had not been swallowed up by General Motors.
International 25
One name that is not often associated with trucks is Cyrus McCormick, the inventor of the reaper. Yet he laid the foundation for International.
Kenworth 29
A man named Kent and a man named Worthington each contributed a syllable to the name of a truck company that grew out of America's logging camps.
Mack 32
The British troops in World War I gave Mack's trucks a nickname. The nickname stuck and gradually evolved into a hood ornament that is now world-famous.
Color Convoy 35
A closer lookin full colorat some of the brawny and beautiful big rigs that have become the kings of the highways.
Magirus 67
The newest importer of European-built medium and light-duty trucks owes its existence to the oil crisis. An international "club" of truck makers is responsible for the products it now sells in North America.
Mercedes-Benz 69
Appropriately, this maker of some of the world's most expensive cars also manufactures trucks that haul money. Ironically, Mercedes also makes trucks that haul garbage.
Oshkosh 71
Some very unusual trucks built in a small town in Wisconsin are now in use in Australia, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and South Africa. They also clean snow from roads in Iran.
Peterbilt 74
Al Peterman went looking for timber, and he found it. He then needed trucks to haul the timber, so he built them. It's no wonder they called him dynamic and inventive.
Spartan 76
This new company is just new getting its wheels on the ground, but the people who build its trucks and components are true veterans of the business.
Volvo 77
Volvo employs one out of every 50 people in all of Sweden. The United States is one of 160 countries where Volvo's trucks and other products are sold.
Walter 78
William Walter began building automobiles in a location that seems unlikely todaydeep in the heart of New York City, just west of Central Park.
White/Autocar 79
Sewing machines are what the company founded by Thomas H. White first made when it opened for business the year after the end of the War Between the States.
Minor Makes 82
Here's a pictorial round-up of trucks produced by the smaller specialty manufacturers. Each one is a rare, custom-built creation designed for specific, and unusual tasks. These are the nameplates you won't see every day.
Incredibly rugged, immensely powerful, imposing in appearancethe big rigs tower over everything as they roam the highways and
byways of the land. Here in lively words and living color is a big look at the big rigs.
The long-haul drivers like to say "if you got it, a truck
brought it."is the colorful portrait of the vehicles that keep the country moving. Today's intriguing 18-wheelers are a far cry from the 'rough-hewn haulers of yesteryear. Built to special order, these magnificent beasts can be equipped with all the comforts of homealong with flashy paint jobs and a mind-boggling array of dials and switches.
Through the pages of
you can step up into the cab for a high, wide, and handsome view of the trucking worldwith all its glamour, romance, and excitement.
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