Mystery Ford duallie

Michael Messmore, who lives in southwestern Washington State, spotted our recent story in Hemmings Motor News about a gorgeous Indiana-based 1951 Ford F-3 pickup that we shot for our 2012 Vintage Pickups calendar. An F-3 was Ford’s higher-capacity pickup, with a maximum gross weight of 6,800 pounds and an eight-foot bed. Michael’s not exactly sure […]

Celebrating the multitalented ‘Mog

To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the hugely successful Unimog, Mercedes-Benz has not only shown a concept truck that’s garnered plenty of headlines, but they’ve also released a small batch of Unimog photos from the company’s archives. Recall that Unimog is a contraction of the truck’s full name, Universal Motor Gerät, and the photos do […]

Greyhound’s GMCs in Chicago

A recent perusing of the ATHS Forums’ popular What Am I section turned up the above shot of one of 60 so-called “trailer coaches” that Greyhound fielded for the 1933-1934 Chicago Century of Progress World’s Fair, courtesy the New York Public Library’s collection. We immediately thought of searching through the University of Illinois’s photo archives, […]