Category Archives: Autocar Trucks

Autocar Mondays – Autocar and Friends

Posted on May 12, 2014 by Eric

Can you believe Erie County (NY) still has Autocars to surplus? As of April 2014 they are still crossing the auction block in various forms of destruction. A few weeks ago Dan was nice enough to stop by the marshaling … Continue reading →

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Autocar Mondays – A Mighty Fine ACL

Posted on May 5, 2014 by Eric

The Connective Corridor has already provided so much wonderful material for this site yet it keeps on giving! It’s a style of living we should all try to emulate. This Autocar ACL is one of the many truck working daily … Continue reading →

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Autocar Mondays – ACL Dump Truck

Posted on April 28, 2014 by Eric

No, the camera lens was not dirty at the time of the photo. What you see is snow. Depressing, I know. Seth sent in this photo of an Autocar ACL working a demolition project in Rochester, NY a week or … Continue reading →

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Autocar Mondays – Back to the Quarry

Posted on April 21, 2014 by Eric

The slate quarry, where old Autocars go to retire. Clarence sends in this photo from the NY/VT border where one quarry owner has a fleet of old Autocar that refuse to die. However, I’m gathering from the details that this … Continue reading →

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Autocar Mondays – Lysander and Salina

Posted on April 14, 2014 by Eric

Just when I thought there would be no Autocar Monday this week Joe comes to the rescue. Back in 1996 Joe attended a municipal auction at the Town of Camillus facility. It was there that he saw this 1983 DC … Continue reading →

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Autocar Mondays – Truck 100

Posted on April 7, 2014 by Eric

Check this out. An Autocar DK(?) hooked to an International AWD plow truck. These two rigs comprise the coolest trucks in the Syracuse DPW fleet. This photo comes to us from an an anonymous source. Would you like to help … Continue reading →

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Autocar Mondays – Two Years in Time

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Eric

For Autocar Mondays we return to a truck show of the past, the ATHS Hudson Mohawk chapter show from 2006 and 2008. To begin, the ’68 Autocar as it appeared in 2006. As you can see it’s already a fine … Continue reading →

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Autocar Mondays – Oregon DOT

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Eric

Does it get more Autocar than this? Clearly this is a rhetorical question. Ryan is back with a vengeance today sharing with us a fleet of Autocars still in use by the Oregon Department of Transportation in the Cascade Mountain … Continue reading →

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Autocar Mondays – Ortiz Wrecker

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Eric

There are times when you don’t have to say much about a truck. Often times that is the case with genuine Autocar Trucks. The entry for today is no exception. Once again Jeremy shares with us a fine example of … Continue reading →

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Autocar Mondays – The Philadelphia Branch

Posted on March 10, 2014 by Eric

Jason sent me a neat link last week regarding the old Autocar Trucks factory branch in Philadelphia, PA and it’s untimely demise. Hemmings Motor news ran a story about the building in 2011 nearly a year after a fire tore … Continue reading →

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