Clearing the desk, grandly

I came upon a communication from an interested reader that I had put aside for a while. A long while, actually. Nearly five years before I realized that I had it. We received a packet of photos from Richard E. Prizer, of Langhorne, Pennsylvania, filling us in on the creation of his 1915 American La […]

A little bit of heat

If you like trucks, especially modeling them, then you’ve got to join a growing number of savvy people and acquaint yourself with Sylvan Scale Models of London, Ontario, Canada. We’ll focus on their HO assembly kits here, an increasingly popular scale for people who want to own lots of truck models.
Once completed, these kits bear […]

Hemmings Find of the Day – 1953 American LaFrance

Independence Day is coming up, and if you act quick enough, you could conceivably buy this 1953 American LaFrance, get it home, then enter it in your local Fourth of July parade, lights and sirens going wild, all for less than the price of a brand-new three-quarter ton pickup. From the seller’s description:
This unique emergency […]