A view of the Past, Vintage Photos

This sure is a fun thread, started by truckdad, I believe. It's helped me remember so many cool trucks, and unlike today, there were a bunch of them. The Bisons that I saw were pretty short, with half the motor in the cab, like the Ford. Every once in a great while, you'd see a decked out General at the pumps. It was sure a fun time to be trucking!

 

If it was '53, truck had to be pretty new. I believe '53 was the 1st year for the new Autocar "Driver Cab". The bald drive tires and drippy fuel cap suggest this truck was not brand new.

 

I consider anything less than 25 years old new

 

That is the same cab that White Western Star used until 1974 I think
they then updated to a similar cab with round bottom corners.
White trucks used the same cab too just with different dash panels.

 

Sitting at a friend's shop.

 

The next addition to your fleet?

 

Man I’d love to have that.