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09/17/2024

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09/07/2024

🚨 NEW PRODUCT ALERT! 🚨
Antique Power magazine and Vintage Truck Magazine are pleased to roll out the 2025 16-month wall calendars featuring featuring photos from AP’s and VT’s own Brad Bowling. Available now in our Gift Shop! https://ertelgiftshop.com/calendars

08/25/2024

AWESOME! DRIVE YOUR OLD TRUCK DAY was a HUGE success! https://www.vintagetruckmagazine.com/dyotd-2024

Featured in the September/October 2024 issue ... AVAILABLE NOW!

Our annual Drive Your Old Truck Day (DYOTD) was a huge success. Over 100 vintage trucks submitted and published in the September/October 2024 that span 17 pages for our avid readers to enjoy!

08/23/2024

𝗔 𝗣𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗣𝗘𝗢𝗣𝗟𝗘 𝗠𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦
In Matthew Gaudio’s Ford Quadravan, it is 1974 all over again!

Vans are part of the lore and legend of 1970s America, conjuring images of rebellious pot smoking by bead-wearing, bell bottom-clad hippies. The vans in these hazy memories usually showcase wild paint treatments (often with suggestive graphics), waterbeds, and that ultimate accessory—s**g carpeting. The popularity of the pleasure van and the youth culture associated with it even spawned a series of “vansploitation” films that include 1977’s 𝘚𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘯 (“It’s one mean machine!”), the same year’s 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘝𝘢𝘯, and 1979’s 𝘝𝘢𝘯 𝘕𝘶𝘺𝘴 𝘉𝘭𝘷𝘥.

In sharp contrast, Ford Motor Co.’s family-friendly sales material offered a wholesome version of vanning, with clean-cut young women and physically fit men having a wonderful time—often at the beach. In 1976, emphasizing the potential for customization, Ford hinted at the power of those mesmerizing van-life tales: “’Truckin’ means imagination expressed in special paint, wheels, tires, s**g carpeting, and all the rest.” In 1977, the company promoted its models as “a giant step for vankind” while promoting the concept of “Free Wheelin’” across its truck lines. Sales material suggested optional paint and tape schemes; black, low-gloss bumpers; and blackout grilles. (Strangely, s**g carpeting did not appear on the options list.)

𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗥𝗔𝗗 𝗥𝗜𝗗𝗘 in the Sept/Oct 2024 issue! 10 pages of grooviness! https://ertelgiftshop.com/vintage-truck-magazine

08/21/2024

𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧-𝐄𝐫𝐚 𝐃𝐎𝐃𝐆𝐄
This 1932 Dodge UF-10 pickup hauled a lot of hammers … maybe.

The year is 1932, and America is in the depths of the Great Depression. The owner of a small hardware store in Boston needs a delivery vehicle, and Dodge has just lowered the price of its 4-cylinder UF-10 1/2-ton pickup to $500. After carefully reviewing the numbers in a leather-bound ledger, the merchant decides he has just enough in reserve funds to afford a new Dodge, but not enough for the $580 6-cylinder F-10. Thus, the little green pickup featured on these pages begins life as a delivery truck for the hardware store.

The Dodge serves the vendor well and is still being used when World War II breaks out in 1939. After the United States enters the war in late 1941, rationing begins, and no civilian pickups are manufactured between 1942 and 1945. With good care, the little 1/2-ton continues its duties until 1949 when our hardware merchant trades it for a new Dodge B1C 1/2-ton.

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟐 𝐃𝐨𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐔𝐅-𝟏𝟎 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧
The Keystone Truck & Tractor Museum (880 West Roslyn Road, Colonial Heights, VA 23834 or visit KeystoneTractorWorks.com) features an impressive selection of pre-WWII Dodge and Graham trucks along with a vast array of trucks and tractors from other manufacturers. We appreciate their patience with our obsessive photographer!

Available in our gift shop TODAY! https://ertelgiftshop.com/vintage-truck-magazine

08/16/2024

This 1990 Chevrolet 454 SS pickup has only traveled 113 miles in 35 years! Super clean and oh so cool! 😎

The 454 SS was a perfect platform for Chevrolet’s fuel-injected big-block V-8. Chevrolet gained bragging rights, declaring the truck was “the world’s most powerful production 1/2-ton pickup.” The view of our featured pickup’s impeccable engine bay is what one would expect to see on the showroom floor. The engine was dubbed the “Tonawanda V-8” because it was manufactured at the General Motors Tonawanda Engine Plant in Buffalo, New York.

Available now in our gift shop and on newsstand!
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07/18/2024

We know some of you are guilty of this! 😂
How else would we keep history alive!?!?

07/18/2024

We know some of you are guilty of this! 😂
You have to keep the history alive somehow, right!?!?

07/14/2024

Knight Terra
Coleman Knight’s low-mile 1978 Scout Terra represents International’s last pickup model!

April 28, 1975, was a notable day in the history of International trucks, as the last of the company’s Light Line pickups rolled off the assembly line in Springfield, Ohio. International Harvester Corp. had, in essence, given up on the 1/2-ton to 1-ton light-duty truck category. The company was keener on maintaining its heavier-duty truck markets than investing in making the light-duties emissions compliant; plus, sales had been diminishing over the previous decade. The news meant there would be no more full-sized pickups, crew cab Travelettes, or Travelall wagons.

Or did it?

The Light Line was finished, but International was still building the Scout II. Through 1975, International offered three variants of the versatile multi-purpose vehicle—the Travel-Top wagon, a pickup, and an open-top roadster—presented here in order of sales volume. All three were made on a common 100-inch wheelbase chassis and body tub with interchangeable tops (and bulkhead for the pickup below the rear window to seal off the interior from the cargo box). Without a proper 1/2-ton pickup—and especially with the loss of the Travelall—dealers lamented only offering the Scout II.

IHC foresaw this and developed a long-wheelbase version of the Scout II, introduced for the 1976 model year. With a removable long-roof wagon, it was called the Scout Traveler (readily harkening to the recently discontinued Travelall). When equipped with a cargo box, bulkhead behind the seats, and removable pickup cab top, it became the Scout Terra, such as our feature vehicle.

The July/August 2024 issue is available on newsstands and in our gift shop. Get yours TODAY! https://ertelgiftshop.com/vintage-truck-magazine

07/12/2024

NEW DEAL CHEVY
This 1936 Chevrolet FC Coupe Pick-Up was a rare bright spot during the Great Depression!

Historians consider the Wall Street Crash of October 1929 to be the start of the Great Depression, with the devastating impact on businesses large and small peaking in 1933—a time when unemployment in the United States reached a staggering 24.9 percent. During this period, some 86,000 businesses closed, farm income dropped by 50 percent, and average weekly earnings in manufacturing declined from $24.77 to $16.21. More than 9,000 banks failed from 1930 to 1933.

In 1936, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s promised New Deal recovery plan had been in effect for three years. The economy was slowly improving, although unemployment was an abnormally high 16.9 percent and hard times remained for many Americans. Mindful of its struggling customers, GM’s budget brand Chevrolet borrowed a successful idea from Australia (see sidebar) and created a model that was both a comfortable passenger car and a light-duty pickup. The company predicted that business owners would be especially attracted to the idea of a “two for the price of one” vehicle.

Get the July/August 2024 issue today to read the entirety of this and all of the other great features packed in this issue! https://ertelgiftshop.com/vintage-truck-magazine

07/10/2024

The following 5 names need to contact us immediately. We need info on your DYOTD submission. Please email [email protected]

Jesse Wood
Kevin Dick
David Brown
Jeff Bowmer
Len Bullock

06/30/2024

TODAY is the special day we look forward to every year! "Drive Your Old Truck Day" 2024 is finally here! We hope you celebrate in a unique way and document it by sending in your fantastic photos to be used in a later issue of Vintage Truck Magazine. Details are on our website.

Picutred are 2023 submissions:
Ray Stiglitz—Titusville, Pennsylvania, 1947 Dodge Power Wagon
Jay Lucas—Houston, Pennsylvania, 1971 Chevrolet K10
T. Melton (Chief, NREMT Richburg Fire Rescue)—Richburg, South Carolina “Attached is a group photo from our DYOTD. In attendance were, from left to right, David McCain (1953 Willys M38A1), Brian Campbell (1930 Ford), Joe McCain (1950 Chevrolet), Larry Loftin (1940 Ford), Terry McKeown (1948 Ford), Blaire Horne (1956 Ford COE), Rick Henson (1973 Ford), T. Melton (1969 Chevrolet), Jay Foley (1995 Ford Bronco), and Pete Burton (1990 Chevrolet).”

06/29/2024

1 DAY TILL "Drive Your Old Truck Day" 2024! The Vintage Truck Magazine staff is excited to see everyone participating in tomorrow's drive! Find that perfect location, take some fantastic pictures, and submit online by Monday, July 8th. Go the extra mile for our photo contest as well. For details, visit our website.

Pictured is 2023 DYOTD submission from David Hull & Cody Hull—Monroe, Oregon, 1974 Ford XLT Ranger and 1976 Ford Bronco

06/28/2024

2 DAYS till DYOTD!
Planes, Trains, and ... well, let's just stick with trains and pickups. 🤣🤣🤣

06/28/2024

The STREETBEATER
Fred Sanford’s 1951 Ford F-1 is alive and well in Ohio!

Of all the automobiles that have appeared on big and small screens since the birth of cinema and television, only a handful qualify for “icon” status. The 1966 Batmobile, 1968 Ford Mustang from Bullitt, 1969 Dodge Charger from Dukes of Hazzard, 1977 Pontiac Trans Am LE from Smokey and the Bandit, and 1982 Pontiac Trans Am from Knight Rider are instantly recognized the world over, but readers of this magazine will be delighted to learn that an unassuming, classic pickup has elbowed its way into that exclusive club.

On Friday, Jan. 14, 1972, a socially relevant comedy series in the vein of All in the Family and M*A*S*H debuted on NBC. Sanford and Son starred nightclub comedian Redd Foxx and was an adaptation of the long-running British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC) program Steptoe and Son. The show was set in the contemporary Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, where Fred Sanford and son Lamont (portrayed by Demond Wilson) barely made ends meet running a junkyard...

HURRY! THIS ISSUE IS QUICKLY SELLING OUT! Try your luck on the newsstand, but there are limited quantity of the July/August 2024 issue in our gift shop. https://ertelgiftshop.com/vintage-truck-magazine

06/27/2024

3 DAYS till DYOTD! Location, Location, Location... Find the perfect location for your truck pic! Will there be a train in the pic?

06/26/2024

4 days till Drive Your Old Truck Day ’24! For details go to www.vintagetruckmagazine.com/dyotd

06/24/2024

Check out the Dodge Power Wagon Rally that was held in Fairfield, Iowa:

DODGE TRUCK REUNION - Every year for decades now , Dodge Power Wagon owners have flocked to Fairfield, Iowa. This past June 2–8 was no different. This year it was dubbed the 2024 Gordon Maney Memorial Dodge Truck Reunion .

06/21/2024

The July/August 2024 issue is 🔥🔥🔥 https://www.vintagetruckmagazine.com/

06/20/2024

MARK YOUR CALENDAR: SUNDAY, JUNE 30, 2024

The annual "Drive Your Old Truck Day" (DYOTD) is quickly approaching! This is the special DAY set aside every last Sunday of June to celebrate the Vintage Truck enthusiasts. We have detailed how to submit your truck photo to be published in the magazine. Also, we have continued with our photo contest for DYOTD as well. Click the link to learn more about the holiday and how to submit. We look forward to seeing your photos!

https://www.vintagetruckmagazine.com/

05/25/2024

Happy Memorial Day weekend to all of our Vintage Truck Magazine followers! Although many will enjoy time with their friends and family, may we all pause and take time to reflect and appreciate those who made the ultimate sacrifice. We are so blessed! Stay safe and have a great weekend!

The Vintage Truck office will be closed Monday, online orders will resume processing when we open Tuesday morning.

05/17/2024

FRONT END FRIDAY!
It has been a minutes since we've rolled out the Front End Friday and TODAY feels like the perfect day to bring it back! We have a ton of new followers and we want to give you the opportunity to post your vintage ride below. Have a great weekend folks!

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05/03/2024

MAY/JUNE 2024 | WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR TRUCK?
Northwest Seaplanes’ “float trucks” get double- and triple-takes!

"People from all over the world come here so we can fly them to the San Juan Islands, Vancouver Island, Inside Passage, and other destinations, but the first thing they ask when they get here is, ‘What happened to your truck?’” said Shane Carlson, owner of Northwest Seaplanes in Renton, Washington.

Carlson’s air service runs a fleet of five vintage de Havilland Beavers and maintains another 35 customer aircraft, all of which are equipped with pontoons (or “floats”) for water landings and takeoffs. Based at Renton Municipal Airport (International Civil Aviation Organization code KRNT) near Seattle and located at the southernmost tip of Lake Washington, Carlson’s company is part of the most active float plane community in the continental United States. Tourists, fishermen, and hunters who want to scoot around millions of acres of wilderness and water with no concern for pavement hire Northwest and other firms for such excursions.

Don't miss out on this issue to read all about the "float trucks." Get yours today! https://ertelgiftshop.com/vintage-truck-magazine

04/30/2024

May/June 2024 | Hidden Hoosier Hauler
Greg MacKenzie discovered his 1917 Indiana Model T in a crawl space!

In 1998, Greg MacKenzie was at a truck show when a friend suggested they visit a garage owned by Lou Capacelli, the operator of several New Jersey Turnpike service stations. The building in New Rochelle, New York, had been unattended for years, and the pair had to cut brush away from the door to get inside. At the back of the garage was a tipped-over Indiana in rough condition.

“It was love at first sight,” MacKenzie claims.

Sometime in the 1960s, Capacelli bought the still-running, well-worn truck from a farmer in Maine and stored it in his New York warehouse. Over time, insects feasted on the wooden cab and body, or, as MacKenzie characterized it, “The termites held their Eastern convention in the truck.”

Get your copy of the May/June 2024 issue to learn more about this beautifully restored Indiana Model T. https://ertelgiftshop.com/vintage-truck-magazine

04/26/2024

MAY/JUNE 2024 | HIGHBOY REDUX
Mike Kaszycki’s 1974 Ford F-250 4X4 Custom has been in the family longer than he has!

“You want to preserve the memories of where things were when something like [losing a parent] happens to you,” he said. “The truck is not just about something from my childhood or only the memory of my father; it is a family heirloom that I will pass do‑wn to my son Paul and that he will preserve for another generation.”

This beautifully restored Ford is a family heirloom that will stay in the family for years to come. Tell us what you think of this sweet 4X4 pickup!

04/25/2024

Gotta love the ole Scouts. Isn’t she pretty?

A beautifully restored 1979 International Scout II in its original paint scheme.

04/25/2024

Yeah, we’re kinda biased when it comes to the old vs new truck debate. HBU?

Nothing compares to the feeling of driving a classic!

04/17/2024

Psst! Something HOT just posted over on .com ... It's 🔥🔥🔥

04/08/2024

NEW BOOK ALERT!!! Get your hands on the beautiful book by Ron Adams TODAY! https://ertelgiftshop.com/truck

Organized chronologically, 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘽𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙗𝙤𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙨: 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧-𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙨 𝙍𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘼𝙙𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 1900–2010 features brands from giants in the transportation field including Freightliner, Kenworth, Mack, White-Freightliner, Brockway, Peterbilt, Diamond T, and more. Captions are complete with detailed information about the tractors, trailers, and companies promoting their services. If you or someone you know is interested in the history of big truck advertising and its evolution, Traveling Billboards is a must-buy!
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04/05/2024

Winter just won’t let go!