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November 2007 Issue
 
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Commercial Vehicles
By Robert McLellan
 
 
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The old car hobby often does not lead us in the direction we expect to go. Most of us have something specific in mind, but wander in many directions before we get there — just to be sure there wasn't something better that we did not know about. In my 50 plus years in the hobby I have explored antiques, classics, hot rods, customs, the brass era, cars that fly and others that float, sports cars, motorcycles, dune buggies, kit cars, limousines and all sorts of racing. Most recently trucks and buses have caught my attention.

A local car and truck literature collector died not long ago and his daughter presented us with a thousand or so brochures. The following are just some of the most interesting truck and bus brochures. You might want to take a break from your current interest to browse through what I find to be some fascinating literature.

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TRUCKS

1946 Brockway

1937 Diamond T

1938 Diamond T
     

1940 Diamond T

1947 Fargo

1973 Freightliner
     

1950 GMC

1974 GMC

1941 Hendrickson
     

1941 Hendrickson

1938 International

1941 International
     

1941 International

1942 International

1945 International
     

1936 Mack

1938 Mack

1938 Mack
     

1945 Mack

1947 Mack

1946 Moreland
     

1974 Peterbilt

1937 Reo

1941 Reo
     

1948 Thames

1948 Thames

1937 White
     


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BUSES

1946 ACF-Brill

1948 ACF-Brill

1949 ACF-Brill
     

1949 ACF-Brill

1938 International

1939 Mack
     

1946 Marmon-Herrington

1947 Twin Coach

1947 Wayne
     
 
 
 
The Automotive Chronicles, November 2007