Category Archives: Autocar Trucks

Autocar Mondays – The Autoway

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Eric

Here is a truck that can help you win a few beers of your friends. Ask anyone who is familiar with old trucks what they see in the photo below and the answer will always be Autocar. Who could blame … Continue reading →

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Autocar Mondays – 1949 DC100 Tow Truck

Posted on February 24, 2014 by Eric

Today for Autocar Mondays Jeremy shares with us a 1949 DC100 tow truck used by his grandfather and father in their towing business for many a year.  The truck started life with a gas engine that eventually gave way to … Continue reading →

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Auotcar Mondays – Broome County Highway Department

Posted on February 17, 2014 by Eric

A great edition of Autocar Mondays is here with truck 97 of the Broome County Highway Department. This 1988 version is powered by a 350 Cummins connected to a 18 speed transmission. Out back a classic Holmes 750 wrecker is … Continue reading →

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Autocar Mondays – Autocar CK64B

Posted on February 10, 2014 by Eric

What you see below is a Autocar CK64B. A rare truck by any standard. Take a moment to google the name and see how many images you find. I’ll wait. Back already? That didn’t take long. Did you try Bing? … Continue reading →

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Autocar Mondays – Steel Mill Worker

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Eric

Have you ever noticed that no matter how broken, battered, and scarred an Autocar becomes it always looks ready for more? You could almost argue that an Autocar earns its stripes not from the badge on the hood but that … Continue reading →

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Autocar Mondays – Ashby Moving Engineers

Posted on January 13, 2014 by Eric

Here is a fine looking Autocar from the 2007 ATHS national meet that was held in Colorado Springs, CO. The show registration pegs this truck as a 1974 DC9364B model. It wears the logo of Ashby Moving Engineers of Oklahoma … Continue reading →

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Autocar Mondays – ATCA Macungie 2009

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Eric

For those of you who do not know and those that forgot the 2009 ATCA classic truck show in Macungie, PA was a real wet one. Heavy rains soaked the show field the entire weekend resulting in more than a … Continue reading →

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Autocar Mondays – It’s a Wrecker

Posted on December 30, 2013 by Eric

Welcome to another edition of Autocar Mondays! Based on the quality of the photo below you would be forgiven if you thought this photo came from a simpler time of cameras that used a thing called film. It certainly couldn’t … Continue reading →

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Autocar Mondays – Construcktor VAC Truck

Posted on December 23, 2013 by Eric

Below is a Autocar Construcktor VAC truck that once belonged to the Town of Clay, NY. According to the date stamp on the photos I spotted this truck at Tracey Road Equipment back in May of 2010. At that time … Continue reading →

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Autocar Mondays – Big Producers of Big Diesel Trucks

Posted on December 2, 2013 by Eric

Autocar-Diesels cost more because they’re worth more. No sugar coating in that statement. It appears this ad was published at some point during World War II. You will notice an insert in the top left corner describing a program authorizing … Continue reading →

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