A view of the Past, Vintage Photos

This is what it looks like from the seat of a 1953 Pete, minus the vent, This is May 2009 enroute to Huntsville. In 53 this truck might have had a 200 or 220 cummins (naturally aspirated) with a 5x3 and low gears in back. A steering wheel that almost rubbed the wing window, and a fan on the dash for an A/C. A seat with coil springs, air wipers (when they worked) and a radiator cap that you could remove without tilting the hood!!!!

 

This 55 KW truck & trailer, owned by another ATHS member in San Jose, if I remember right, met us in Shamrock, TX en route to Huntsville. 62 mph tops, cummins 250, 5x4 I think. The driver, Dwayne, a master of his profession, is a legend in the vintage truck world......... stayed with us all the way..

 

Here you go Pete2005, this was my 72 that I broke into the heavy haul/rig movin in 1978. I sold this truck 2 years ago knowing I would never put the 50K in to it to restore it the way it should be done. 5x4 / deep hole in the aux box. Long story behind this pic......

 

This is a 59 or 60 Westcoaster. When I got my ClassA in 1970 I drove one like this for a few months pulling a bottom dump to the Diablo Cyn. Nuclear power plant near Avila Beach, CA. LOOOOng w/b rubber ride, 10 sp. 262 cummins. Beat me to death, but at 18, who cared? Help me out here with some of your old pics....

 

Just some of the stuff you see at the ATHS show. More later, I have to go in and move a 140M grader, dang!