A highly visual study of trucks and trucking in North America in the 1960s has just been released as part of Veloce Publishing’s “Those Were The Days …” series.

Over 100 images of these imposing vehicles together with evocative writing encapsulates the histories of the major, minor, obscure, but nonetheless historically significant truck manufacturers. Detailed captions and supportive text complement contemporary brochure images, period literature, factory photos and over fifty new, unpublished colour photos of restored examples.

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This concise volume complements the recently published American Trucks of the 1950s by the same author (see below) and covers not only the histories of the major truck manufacturers, but also the lesser known and obscure, yet historically significant, manufacturers such as Available, Biederman, Brown, Corbitt, Leyland Canada and others.

Comprehensive captions and supportive text combine with contemporary brochures, period literature, road test info of the day, factory photographs and over fifty colour photos of restored American trucks, to relate the importance of these historic vehicles. Detailed shots of interesting features and engines focus on what it was that set certain manufacturers apart in this highly competitive market.
The author, Norm Mort is of British descent and was raised in Toronto where vehicles from every corner of the world were sold. He began taking pictures of old cars and trucks parked at the side of the road before he was ten. At 12 years of age, Norm was the youngest member on the executive of the Antique and Classic Car Club of Canada, Toronto Chapter. In the 1960s he began accumulating photos and information on motoring.

Over the years his personal vehicle collection has included everything from a 1949 Allard to a 1922 Vauxhall. A writer for magazines and newspapers in the field of transport for nearly 25 years and a member of the Canadian Society of Automotive Historians, this is his fifth historic vehicles book

These succinct, factual books on American trucking cover trucks made by Autocar, Brockway, Chevrolet, Cook Bros, Diamond T, Diamond REO, Dodge, Ford, Freightliner, FWD, GMC, Hayes Hendrickson, International, Kenworth, Lectra Haul, Mack, Marmon-Herrington, Oshkosh, Peninsula, Peterbilt, REO, Sicard, Studebaker and White, providing a nostalgic look at a significant era in North American history, tell the full evocative story and are available now from bookshops or from www.velocebooks.com

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Classic Pioneering Trucks That Helped Shape America From Tachoblog is a post from: Tachoblog

For those of you that love your classic trucks – and Tachoblog knows there’s lots of you out there – here’s a treat in the shape of a 1954 Kenworth.

Once again thanks to LongRoadPro, we have two clips of the 10-speed, 2-axle classic and here’s the first showing owner John Hickey from Silverthorne, Colorado.

Click below for the second video…

Now join the Kenworth on the road.

If you liked these clips but missed the others Tachoblog’s posted, then you’ll be wanting these:

Classic ‘52 Kenworth Cabover On Tachoblog

And

Classic 1952 Sterling White On Tachoblog

Classic 1954 Kenworth is a post from: Tachoblog

Tachoblog knows you like a gentle start to the week, so let us treat you with a video to get your Monday going.

Thanks to longroadpro.com, we can bring you not just one but two videos of this classic 1952 Bullnose Kenworth Cabover owned by Jim Dobbas from Newcastle in  Northern California.

Click below for part two…

And here’s the second part.

Longroadpro has a host of great classic truck clips, we’ll show you some more soon.

Classic ’52 Kenworth Cabover On Tachoblog is a post from: Tachoblog

Tachoblog’s favourite Australian blog – www.etruck.com.au - showed us this picture of a Australian Volkswagen semi trailer with bull bar from the 70s…

Now, being confessed VW fans, Tachoblog liked this shot and set about finding out a bit more about it.  The picture was taken by Hugo90 who describes it as ‘My mate, John, at Calder Raceway, mid seventies’ and sadly that was that.  But…

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Looking at the rest of Hugo90′s pictures, we came upon some real gems.  Like this from Grays harbor fairgrounds, Elma, Washington 2007.

But what is it? Can any of the Tachoblog Tribe throw any light on it…

Now we do know that this is a 1951 Kenworth.

And this is another Kenworth, only this time a log truck, which Hugo90 also snapped at the American Truck Historical Society (ATHS) Northwest Truck Show, Shelton, Washington, August 2009.

Finally, and for you Bulldog lovers, what about this…

Great American Truck Photos From Hugo90 And Tachoblog is a post from: Tachoblog

As it’s Friday, it must be time for our final trip to Australia in 1985 and Classic Road Trains.

Tachoblog’s treating you today with not one but two episodes which you can view below.  If you’ve missed the first three parts of this series of posts then you’ll find the links you need at the end of this post.

Click below for the last installment and the links…

And here are the links for the first three posts:

Tachoblog Presents Classic Road Trains Part 1

Tachoblog Presents Classic Road Trains Part 2

Tachoblog Presents Classic Road Trains Part 3

Tachoblog Presents Classic Road Trains Part 4 is a post from: Tachoblog

Time for something a little more relaxing as we go to Australia once more for the next edition of the 1985 Classic Road Trains.

If you’ve missed the first two parts, then the links you need are below Part 3.

And here are the links for Parts 1 & 2

Tachoblog Presents Classic Road Trains Part 1

Tachoblog Presents Classic Road Trains Part 2

Tachoblog Presents Classic Road Trains Part 3 is a post from: Tachoblog

It’s Monday morning, so let’s ease ourselves into the week by going to 1980′s Australia for the second part of our Classic Road Trains series.

If you missed Part 1, then the link you need is:

Tachoblog Presents Classic Road Trains Part 1

Now settle down for Part 2…

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Here are some big log trucks - Volvo, Pacific, Hayes, Kenworth, Peterbilt – on dirt roads in British Columbia.

Now look at ‘Three Truck Tow’ – three 500 hp trucks moving one 150 tonne load.

Both sequences are taken from an excellent DVD about logging, visit www.customcutters.org to find out more.

Big Log Trucks On Tachoblog is a post from: Tachoblog

Hard on the heels of International Road Transport The Hard Way – Part 1 and International Road Transport The Hard Way – Part 2, Tachoblog brings you the third in our series of video clips championing the 1970′s pioneers who plyed the road routes from Europe to the Middle East.

This video is, probably, the best of the ones we’ve thus far brought you.  It  features a Kenworth K100 and is a clip from Le Baroudeur which is a Super8 movie from 1977-79.  So sit back and enjoy…

International Road Transport The Hard Way – Part 3 is a post from: Tachoblog

Now how about this couple of Peterbilts says Tachoblog.

This one is a low, low rider Peterbilt 379 owned by James Davies and captured near Sacramento, California in 2008…

Now keep reading to see a convertible 377 and a couple of truck trikes too!

But if like today at Tachoblog Towers you’re feeling the heat, then this convertible Peterbilt 377 built by Botelho Bros could be just the thing for you…

Now Tachoblog didn’t believe this when we first saw it but, in the spirit of ‘if they can, they will’, here’s a Peterbilt Trike…

…And finally, just to make this post not pure Peterbilt, this is another trike, but this time based on a 1998 Kenworth and created in 2008 by the Rock On Repair Shop.

Low Ride And Convertible Peterbilts On Tachoblog is a post from: Tachoblog