Author: B.F. Goodrich CompanyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Motor Trucks of America ...
Author: B.F. Goodrich CompanyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Motor Trucks of America
Author: James A. WrenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
The story of America's trucking industry from the early 1890s to the 1970s.
American Road
Author: Pete DaviesPublisher: Henry Holt and Company
ISBN: 1466862823
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
A fascinating account of the greatest road trip in American history. On July 7, 1919, an extraordinary cavalcade of sixty-nine military motor vehicles set off from the White House on an epic journey. Their goal was California, and ahead of them lay 3,250 miles of dirt, mud, rock, and sand. Sixty-two days later they arrived in San Francisco, having averaged just five miles an hour. Known as the First Transcontinental Motor Train, this trip was an adventure, a circus, a public relations coup, and a war game all rolled into one. As road conditions worsened, it also became a daily battle of sweat and labor, of guts and determination. American Road is the story of this incredible journey. Pete Davies takes us from east to west, bringing to life the men on the trip, their trials with uncooperative equipment and weather, and the punishing landscape they encountered. Ironically one of the participants was a young soldier named Dwight Eisenhower, who, four decades later, as President, launched the building of the interstate highway system. Davies also provides a colorful history of transcontinental car travel in this country, including the first cross-country trips and the building of the Lincoln Highway. This richly detailed book offers a slice of Americana, a piece of history unknown to many, and a celebration of our love affair with the road.
Motor Truck News
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation, Automotive
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Motor Truck Engineering Handbook
Author: James William FitchPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Camiones
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Motor Trucks of America ...
Author: B.F. Goodrich CompanyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Motor Truck Facts
Author: This was Trucking
Author: Robert F. KarolevitzPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
A pitrotial history ofo the first Quarter century of commercial motor vehicles.
Evolution of Cab-Over-Engine Trucks
Author: Norm MortPublisher: Enthusiast Books
ISBN: 9781583882740
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
American COE (Cab Over Engine) designs began to appear as a way to maximize loads and abide by individual U.S. state length regulations. By shortening the overall length of the truck cab the trailer size could be increased while staying within the overall length limit dictated by each state. COE trucks would help play a vital role in America’s industrial growth over the ensuing decades. All the major truck manufacturers are featured along with the many models offered throughout the decades into the 1970s, as well as a brief look at the COE models offered through the 1980s to today.
American Trucks of the 1950s
Author: Norm MortPublisher: Veloce Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1845842278
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
This highly visual study examines the important role of trucking in the growth of North America in the 1950s. With 120 images and evocative writing, it encapsulates the histories of the major, minor, obscure, but nonetheless historically significant truck manufacturers. Detailed captions and supportive text complement contemporary brochures, period literature, factory photos and over fifty new, unpublished color photos of restored examples to relate the importance of these historic vehicles.