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Category Archives: Lost and Found
Lost and Found – Mack DM
Like most people I enjoy a nice Sunday cruise through the country. I would say that outside of run down industrial areas your chances of find old trucks is the best out in the boonies. Sometimes you have to just … Continue reading
Brockway 257 Tanker
Since were going to be talking about Brockways for the next few days with the national show just on the horizon we might as well start off with this 257 tanker that was up for grabs at the Luber Homes … Continue reading
Red Headed Step Children
The acquisition of White Motor Company in the early 80’s by Volvo and the subsiquent purchase of GM’s heavy truck operations led to a confusing time as far as nameplates are concerned. On their slow evolution to becoming Volvos the … Continue reading
Mismatched Pair
Would you consider this pair of old trucks to be an odd couple? I don’t think most of would put a Kenworth K100 and International Loadstar in the same coolness category without a gun being held to their temple. If you’ve … Continue reading
Old Farm Hands
There is a place near Savannah, New York that is prime potato growing country. If you didn’t know that before this post now you do! There is also a farm on that way that is loaded with antique trucks presumably used … Continue reading
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Truck Stash
For some people old trucks are like potato chips. You can’t have just one. Zack recently came across an old truck stash near Beacon Falls, CT. Parked just off a residential street the collection of trucks contains many “late” models including … Continue reading
Brockway 759
Now here is a truck that I’ve often told myself I should stop and check out but for some reason never did. It’s a 1974 Brockway 759 that is clearly losing the battle with rust. Thankfully David had the good … Continue reading
Greener Times
Heavy truck builders have always enjoyed using letter abbreviations to denote model lines. It would seem over the years that only a few certain letters were deemed good enough to be a truck name as the same letters would surface … Continue reading
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Back Road Binders
Check out this International KB-8 tandem axle spotted by Hayes recently in Kenosha, WI. From what we can see in the photo, red spot lights near the doors and Unit 12 markings, I’m lead to believe this was a fire … Continue reading
Clean Up Your Inbox
Give a man enough up rope and he’ll hang himself. This is an old turn of phrase but one that I think can make the leap to the digital age. In the early days of email space was limited. If … Continue reading