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100 Years of
American LaFrance
An Illustrated History |
£32.95 |
By Walter M. P. McCall. From the creation of the American LaFrance Fire Engine Co. in 1904 through the company's latest deliveries in 2004, McCall provides insight into the company's often complex corporate history with emphasis on the development of ALF motor fire apparatus. Comparisons to its competitors help explain the various development stages in apparatus style and components. With 176 pages & 375 illustrations. SB.
SKU: G10231 ISBN: 9781583881392
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Ahrens-Fox Fire Apparatus Photo Archive |
£14.95 |
Walter M. P. McCall is one of the most widely known and respected fire apparatus historians and authors in North America. In his book Ahrens-Fox Fire Apparatus Photo Archive he has selected the best of the best for this photographic tribute to a legendary nameplate including the milestone Continental, mighty six-piston Models PS and the semi-streamlined Model HT. 30 colour photos showcases some of the finest surviving Ahrens-Foxes. With 128 pages & 161 illustrations. SB.
SKU: G10308 ISBN: 9781583882177
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The American Taxi
A Century of Service |
£22.95 |
This introduction to the world of taxicabs photographically chronicles the evolution of the American motorized taxi from its humble beginnings as electric hansom cabs to the current gas/electric hybrid SUVs currently appearing on both coasts. With 144 pages & 450 illustrations. SB.
SKU: G10267 ISBN: 9781583881767
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Autocar Trucks of the 1950s At Work |
£18.95 |
The Autocar may not have produced the best looking truck, but what it lacked in looks was made up in toughness & durability. It was a bully of a truck & its appearance shouted, I'm rough & ready to take on any job. And so they did. With 128 pages & 130 illustrations. SB.
SKU: G10322 ISBN: 9781583882313
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Autocar Trucks of the 1960s At Work |
£14.95 |
Author & photographer Ron Adams looks at Autocar Trucks which contains the best in his vast collection of Autocar truck photos. Not only does Adams provide detailed information about the trucks, he doesn't forget the trailers, trucking companies & hauling configurations seen in the photographs. With 128 pages & 130 illustrations. SB.
SKU: G10332 ISBN: 9781583882412
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Cadillac Fleetwood Series Seventy-Five Limousines 1937-1987 Photo Archive |
£20.95 |
From the late 1930s through the mid-1980s, the Cadillac Seventy-Five was truly the Cadillac of Cadillacs, the car of choice for the titans of American business, government and the entertainment industry. The stately long-wheelbase sedan and imperial limousine occupied an exalted niche at the very pinnacle of the automotive pecking order in the U.S. & abroad. With 128 pages & 180 illustrations. SB.
SKU: G10339 ISBN: 9781583882481
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Classic American
Ambulances &
Funeral Vehicles
1900-1980 Photo Archives |
£14.95 |
Covering the early & classic time period of ambulances & funeral vehicles. Photo archive shows hearses, flower cars and funeral service cars. Anyone involved in the funeral or ambulance industry will enjoy seeing these classic luxury cars, as will any car enthusiast, restorer, modeler & historian. With 256 pages & 244 illustrations. SB.
SKU: G10297 ISBN: 9781583882061
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Crown Coach Corp.
School Buses, Fire Trucks
and Custom Coaches |
£22.95 |
Donald Martin Brockway founded the Crown Carriage Company in 1904, this informative story of Crown's various endeavors from 1900s horse-drawn wagons through early 1990s alternative fueled buses is chronicled here. With vintage photographs and factory memorabilia & production statistics. Plus custom built coaches for Lockheed & Art Linkletter mobile video coaches & fire trucks. With 128 pages & 254 illustrations. SB.
SKU: G10366 ISBN: 9781583882757
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Diamond T Trucks
1911-1966 Photo Archive |
£18.95 |
The Diamond T Motor Car Company manufactured first truck 1911. Builders of more than 1500 Class B Liberty trucks in World War I, Diamond T produced nearly 50,000 thousand prime movers, half-tracks, army wreckers, tank tractors & tank movers in World War II. Travel back in time to see these handsome trucks in archival photos with in-depth captions. With 128 pages & 117 illustrations. SB.
SKU: G10295 ISBN: 9781583882047
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Dodge Heavy Duty Trucks 1928-1975 |
£18.95 |
From Dodge's earliest three-ton models in 1928 to the 1975, this is a reference guide. Find a specific model year or time period to know what your favorite truck's specifications were, what engine it used, what improvements and changes were made on it from the prior year. Vintage photos illustrate the trucks, engines, and interiors when new. With 128 pages & 120 illustrations. SB.
SKU: G10285 ISBN: 9781583881941
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The Evolution of
Aerial Fire Apparatus |
£14.95 |
Daniel D. Hayes patented the first successful aerial ladder in America in 1868. At first these heavy ladders were raised by hand, then by century coil springs. Finally hydraulic power replaced manpower entirely. Covering from long hook & ladder trucks, to aerial ladders & heavy artillery cousin, the water tower. Included are four-wheel service aerials, tractor trailer, rearmounts & versatile quintuple combinations. With 160 pages & 398 illustrations. SB.
SKU: G10326 ISBN: 9781583882351
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Evolution of Cab
Over Engine Trucks |
£22.95 |
American COE designs began by maximize loads to abide US state regulations. By shortening the overall length of the truck cab the trailer size could be increased. COE trucks would help play a vital role in America's industrial growth over the ensuing decades. All the major truck manufacturers are featured. This lavishly illustrated, informative evolution of COE trucks. With 144 pages & 303 illustrations. SB.
SKU: G10365 ISBN: 9781583882740
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Federal Trucks
Photo Archive |
£14.95 |
From 1910 to 1959, Federal assembled over 160,000 trucks for all types of uses including delivery vans, buses, garbage trucks & over the road heavy haulers. In World War II Federal produced 11,338 military vehicles. This Photo Archive chronicles this admired truck through archival photographs with highly detailed captions. See these legendary trucks once again. With 128 pages & 140 illustrations. SB.
SKU: G10314 ISBN: 9781583882238
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Firefighting Tanker Trucks and Tenders
A Fire Apparatus
Photo Gallery |
£14.95 |
By John Rieth. Large fire apparatus manufacturers started to manufacture water tanker fire trucks in the 1950s. Shown are tankers by all fire apparatus manufacturers & regional builders. Included are Mack, Ford, GMC, Chevy, International, White, Brockway, Diamond T & Reo, Autocar, Kenworth, Peterbuilt, Freightliner, Volvo, UD, Marmom, Western Star, Crane Carrier Corp, FWD, Oshkosh & AMC. With 160 pages & 350 illustrations. SB.
SKU: G10230 ISBN: 9781583881385
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Ford Medium-Duty Trucks 1917-1998 Photo History |
£16.95 |
Ford helped ease the growing pains of American evolution by building hundreds of thousands of tough trucks for medium-duty service. From early conversion kit trucks used mainly by farmers, the chassis became common for utility maintenance, construction, school bus transportation, towing, firefighting & camping. From the early Canopied Express through modern F Series Super-Duty line. With 120 pages & 140 illustrations. SB.
SKU: G10254 ISBN: 9781583881620
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Funeral Service & Flower Cars
Photo Archive |
£18.95 |
In the early 1930s purpose built flower cars began to appear. They built on all makes of chassis, including luxury Packards, Cadillacs, LaSalles and Buicks to Pontiacs and Chevy El Caminos, built from the 1930s to the long, low coupes de fleur still being built today. With 128 pages & 162 illustrations. SB.
SKU: G10318 ISBN: 9781583882276
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International Heavy Trucks of the 1950s Now Available |
£18.95 |
View and read about the vast array of large trucks International built during the 1950s. High quality large format photographs present these trucks in many configurations doing all kinds of work for all types of companies. Includes delivery trucks, tankers, garbage trucks, over-the-road trucks, off-highway trucks and much more.
With 128 pages & 121 illustrations. SB.
SKU: SKU: G10252 ISBN: 9781583881606
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John Bean and FMC
Fire Apparatus |
£14.95 |
The Bean Spray Pump Company was an FMC division, changed to the John Bean Mfg. Co. in 1915. Portrayed with historic black and white & contemporary colour images, this book covers the whole lineup from slide-in pumper and tank combos, to custom-built brush trucks, tankers, commercial & custom chassis pumpers, aerials, snorkels & ladder towers. With 112 pages & 320 illustrations. SB.
SKU: G10328 ISBN: 9781583882375
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Kenworth Trucks
of the 1950s Now Available |
£22.95 |
For Kenworth, the 1950s were some of its most exciting years. In the mid 1950s Kenworth began building trucks in Canada for the fast growing Canadian market and a new design with the cab beside the engine. This book highlights these trucks in their most glorious years with black and white historic pictures.
With 128 pages & 128 illustrations. SB.
SKU: G10376 ISBN: 9781583882856
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Kenworth Trucks 1950-1979 At Work |
£18.95 |
This book highlights the golden era of trucking in crisp period photographs that present a variety of trucking companies and their Kenworth trucks in action. Kenworth trucks are featured at work in a variety of settings. Photo shots include the many types of trailers used in moving goods from place to place. With 128 pages & 122 illustrations. SB.
SKU: G10239 ISBN: 9781583881477
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Miller-Meteor
The Complete
Illustrated History |
£52.95 |
Miller-Meteor is really the story of three companies, the A.J. Miller Company, the Meteor Motor Car Company and the Miller-Meteor Division of the Wayne Works Corporation.
This book covers the history of three fiercely independent companies, their charismatic leaders and, most of all, their unique products. This volume showcases hundreds of never before published original factory photographs. With 356 pages & 852 illustrations. SB.
SKU: G10349 ISBN: 9781583882580
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Semi-Trucks of the 1950s
A Photo Galley |
£18.95 |
After WWII Semi-trucks helped pave the way for a huge growth spurt in America with dependable trucks built by Mack, GMC, Chevrolet, Ford, Dodge, International, White Freightliner, Peterbilt, Kenworth, Diamond T, Reo, Autocar, Brockway, Sterling and engines made by Buda, Hercules, Waukesha & Cummins. Ron Adams portrays this booming era with over 300 superb photos of trucks hauling cement, fuel & a variety of goods. With 160 pages & 325 illustrations. SB.
SKU: G10278 ISBN: 9781583881873
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Sterling Trucks
Photo Archive |
£14.95 |
Established in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, production of Sternberg trucks began in 1907, becoming Sterling in 1915. Acquired by the White Motor Company in 1951, Sterling-White production ended in 1953. This Photo Archive chronicles this unique truck through large format archival photographs & detailed captions. With 128 pages & 134 illustrations. SB.
SKU: G10352 ISBN: 9781583882610
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The Long Haul
American Trucking Companies |
£22.95 |
This book is a concise history of the pioneers in trucking and how they grew their truck empires. From the east coast to the west coast, most of the companies started out very small regionally & with acquisitions & mergers became the big names in trucking hauling all over America. Each company includes a history, maps of their truck lines at & a photo or more of their fleet or rigs they used an epochal point in their history. With 208 pages & 283 illustrations. SB.
SKU: G10302 ISBN: 9781583882115
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Weller Brothers of Memphis
Photo Archive |
£14.95 |
Weller Brothers built three basic types of professional cars, straight ambulances, hearses & combination coaches. You will find the complete story here accompanied by a remarkable collection of black & white photographs highlighting Weller Brothers production. With 128 pages & 132 illustrations. SB.
SKU: G10348 ISBN: 9781583882573
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White-Freightliner Trucks
of the 1960's Now Available |
£20.95 |
As you look at the photos on the pages of this book, you will see the many different customers and the hauling jobs they did in the peak of their popularity. Small, medium or large hauling jobs, White-Freightliners fit the needs of the trucking industry.
With 128 pages & 130 illustrations. SB.
SKU: G10355 ISBN: 9781583882641
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White Trucks of
the 1950s At Work |
£14.95 |
This book reviews White medium and heavy-duty truck models in roughly the decade of the 1950s, including the WC, 3000, 4000, 5000, and 9000 series. Superb photography combined with detailed captions bring the reader a complete picture of these marvelous trucks. With 128 pages & 180 illustrations. SB.
SKU: G10321 ISBN: 9781583882306
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White Trucks of
the 1960s At Work |
£14.95 |
White offered a broad array of light, medium & heavy-duty trucks before concentrating on the latter from the 1960s on. In this book author Barry Bertram gives his review of White Trucks with an in-depth look at the medium & heavy-duty truck models of the 1960s, including the 1500, 4000, 5000, 7400 & 9000 series. With 128 pages & 182 illustrations. SB.
SKU: G10331 ISBN: 9781583882405
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Commercial Ships on
the Great Lakes
A Photo Gallery |
£18.95 |
By Franz A. VonRiedel. This is the story of the grand era of shipping on the Great Lakes. Over 300 sharp black & white historic and current photographs bring us aboard those hard working ships. A comprehensive look at these great ships and includes everything from the smallest tugs, the barges, the passenger and work boats, to the gigantic ore boats. With 160 pages & 350 illustrations. SB.
SKU: G10245 ISBN: 9781583881538
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