Category Archives: Autocar Trucks

Autocar Mondays – Bring a Friend

Posted on March 19, 2018 by Eric

The government always has the coolest toys. Paul shares this shot of a crew cab Autocar from Hill Air Force near Ogden, Utah. Powered but a Cummins and connected to a automatic trans this truck is easy to drive for … Continue reading →

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Autocar Mondays – Three Wise Men

Posted on March 12, 2018 by Eric

Christmas is just around the corner….if you consider 288 days away to be the near future. Hugh was about and about recently when he came across this trio of Autocar Trucks still dressed for the holiday season. These trucks hail … Continue reading →

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Autocar Mondays – Lost in Plain Sight

Posted on March 5, 2018 by Eric

Have you ever thought about restoring an old ready mix truck but you just don’t know where to start? Here is some advice. Find a different truck! You see, most ready mix operations have a large stash of old trucks … Continue reading →

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Autocar Mondays – Camp Pendleton

Posted on February 26, 2018 by Eric

If you saw this truck in person while wearing sun glasses you’d would take them off in a dramatic fashion while uttering the curse word of your choice. At least that’s what I would probably do after taking seeing this … Continue reading →

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Autocar Mondays – Autocars of Rockland

Posted on February 19, 2018 by Eric

We’ve seen some of the Rockland County plow fleet around this before. You might recall some they run a large selection of AWD trucks including  Oshkosh and International Paystars. Not too long ago they ran a selection of Autocar ACL’s as … Continue reading →

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Autocar Mondays – The Expert

Posted on February 12, 2018 by Eric

I have never seen one of these Autocar models in real life. I guess that means I still have a few items to check off my bucket list before my time is up! Hugh sends in this shot of an … Continue reading →

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Autocar Mondays – Impending Storm

Posted on January 29, 2018 by Eric

Here is a cool shot of a vintage Autocar from a photo I recently purchased on ebay. The caption reads…. George Savard of Medford loads a truck with sand at the MDC Central Services North Central Garage in Stoneham in … Continue reading →

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Autocar Mondays – Big Dog

Posted on January 22, 2018 by Eric

Here we have a spectacular 87′ DK of Columbus Square Auto. It seems like if you find a 31 year old tow truck on the job it turns out to be an Autocar. No surprises here am I right? Brett … Continue reading →

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Autocar Mondays – Unique ACL

Posted on January 15, 2018 by Eric

Check out this mighty fine ACL monster tow truck of Unique Towing and Recovery of Gananoque, Ontario. As far as ACL’s go they don’t look much tougher than this rig. Check out those dual stacks piped to (presumably) a Cat … Continue reading →

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Autocar Mondays – So Close

Posted on January 8, 2018 by Eric

Yup. Autocar Mondays is still a thing around here. I had to get off my butt an go find this truck but I’m glad I did as I’ve been wondering about the fate of this rig for some time now. … Continue reading →

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