Today, the trucks do the talking.

They have a lot to say.

If you’re into classic trucks you probably have more than one. Possibly a dozen. That just seems to be how it goes with the hobby. Classic car guys, unless insanely rich, usually have one car, maybe two if lucky. To get all your trucks to a show like the ATHS national convention you’re going to need some muscle. Sometimes that comes in the form of vintage ride. Other times it’s the rig that makes you money day in and day out. More than a few trucks from both category made it to York. Let’s take a look.

Plenty of these Dodge L-1000 made it to York. This one on the back of nice looking Peterbilt.

Is that what truck stops looked like back in the golden age?

I’ve seen the Service Trucking classic fleet at Macungie for a number of years now and always dreamed of the day I would see the trucks arrive to a show. It finally happened and I was not disappointed.

Old trucks are always useful. Case in point this 1965 White 4464TDL.

Deviating from the theme of today here is that amazing pair of Mack B-Model dump trucks first seen many, many, weeks ago.

And more! Not all are hauling trucks but they at least have trailers.

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Shaking it up today and starting off with video. By itself this GMC 9500 is an eye catcher but toss in Detroit with straight pipes and now you have a head turner.

Taxes. The only certainty other than death. Most of the time taxes are nothing but a burden but sometimes they result in cool machines like the space shuttle or this Dodge D800. Speaking with the current owner of this truck (or possibly his brother?) I learned that the purchase of this Dodge was the result of creative book keeping. Turns out someone was looking to reduce their tax liability for the year and bought this truck. Original plans called for a mixer or dump but that never happened. The Dodge went into a barn and there it sat for a number of years. Around 30 to be exact. Yup. Barn find. Right now a little less than 300 miles can be found on the odometer. Original stickers can be found all over the truck.

When I saw this Mack rolling through the show grounds I new instantly I had chosen the wrong career path. I should have been a welder! This truck puts all other service trucks on notice.

If blue is not your favorite color it just might be after seeing this truck. I’m telling you, it was a constant stream of rigs like this rolling around the fair. Loved it.

I really enjoy seeing period correct restored trucks like this White. Not too many trucks like this one have survived through the years much less one of this condition. Video to follow.

In the gallery below you willf ind a few more shots of the Superliner service rig along with the GMC 9500, a few Generals, a Diamond-T that sounded great but escaped by video camera and a few interesting haul rigs.

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Yup, still going through photos and videos from the ATHS national convention. I would say that I am about halfway through the photos and less than a quarter through the video. I hope everyone is enjoying what they see. Here we have a ’56 Hendrickson leading the way. I’ve seen Hendricksons before but usually they are heavy duty, set back axle monsters.

For all you fans of fire trucks how about this ’73 Pierce? The owner of this truck took some neat photos from the eagle perch it created.

Looking for something rare? Take a gander at this 1939 Studebaker Coca-Cola truck. This is an original delivery truck from the mean streets of NYC. From 1938 to 41 over 6000 K15Ms were produced with only six still being road worthy in our modern times.

I’ll leave you with this parting image of classic Kenworths still hauling for a living.

Tomorrow we take a detour from the show. View the images below to hang until then.

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Classics. They evoke feelings of nostalgia and happiness. How does this truck make you feel? There was no shortage of beauties like this Kenworth on the York Expo center fairgrounds two weeks ago. The fact that I’m still sharing photos and videos should be proof enough of the show size.

Next year the ATHS national convention heads to the west coast. Salem, Oregon to be exact. I suspect there will be plenty of trucks similar in setup to this perfectly restored Mack logging truck.

But the east coast will also be home to mass quantities of R-Models like this RS700L.

The sun sets on Marmom on the day before the show.

Hope no one is bored yet. Even if you are, I really don’t much else to talk about so I guess were struck with more classics!

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