Climb in for an over-the-road journey through the variety of handsome semi trucks of yesterday and today. This colorful volume showcases the big rigs of Mack, Peterbilt, White, Western Star, Freightliner, and Volvo, plus many defunct manufacturers such as Hayes, Autocar, Sterling, and American Coleman. Brief profiles convey the history of each [...]
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A century of big rigs fill the pages of this hardbound retrospective. Arranged chronologically, each chapter offers a short introduction to the trucks and trailers of the period. Lengthy captions accompany each of more than 500 black-and-white photographs and a special section of 75 color photographs featuring major manufacturers like Mack, Peterbilt, [...] This big rig book tips the scales with tons of data on post-war trucks from 1946 through the mid-1980s, with additional coverage of the early pre-war trucks. Payloads of trucking companies are featured as are those that no longer exist. Included are: Diamond T, Ford, Dodge, GMC, Freightliner, International/Navistar, Mack, Peterbilt, Sterling [...] A truck driver’s tractor-trailer is more than just a vehicle or a tool for making a living. It is a calling card, a personal statement, a way of life. Truckers take as much joy and pride in modifying their rigs as hot-rodders and car customizers. Bette Garber presents some two dozen of [...] Review “Bette Garber’s second book, Custom Semi, presents another installment of fantastic semi trucks…adorned with every bell and whistle imaginable.” — Truck Market News, December 2005 Review RPM Magazine May 2006 (circ.: 150,000 ) “Bette gives her audience both top quality photos as well as top quality writing that [...] |
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