Inspired by Jim Donnelly’s recent profile of Chrysler turbine pioneer George Huebner in the October 2010 issue of Hemmings Classic Car, Dave Collins thought we’d like to know about a very unique turbine-powered vehicle he personally had some experience with: a 1961 American-LaFrance pumper truck. Dave recalls that it was one of three that American-LaFrance […]
Back when urban delivery trucks used electric motors to power them around town rather than gasoline engines, Walker was one of the stalwarts of the niche with box trucks like this 1909 Walker Model 15 headed to RM’s Hershey auction. Looking more like a railroad car untethered from the train, we’re surprised nobody’s yet lettered […]
I promised the other day that we’d be showing some more cars turned into wreckers, so let’s commence with this one that Tim Martin of Rutland, Vermont, sent in. Tim, one of the roster keepers at PackardsOnline.com, said that this photo came from John Grundy, and the car in question, a 1920 Model 3-35 opera […]