Posted August 11, 201113 yr 2011 Vintage Truck Show Young's Jersey Dairy, Yellow Springs, Ohio All Photographs Copyright © 2011 by Robert E. Pence The Vintage Truck Show was sponsored by Vintage Truck Magazine, headquartered in Yellow Springs. The heat out in that open field was ferocious, and I decided to forego my usual penchant for documenting every hubcap and wheel spoke. I had intended to do a little sightseeing in Yellow Springs, but it was wall-to-wall tourists. I'll wait for that part, and a more leisurely visit to Young's, until a weekday after Labor Day, when the kids are back in school and the families are at home. Enjoy the trucks. 1977 Kenworth Doodlebugs were tractors made from parts of old cars and/or trucks by farmers who couldn't afford factory-made tractors. A few companies made conversion kits, most notably for the ubiquitous Model T Ford cars, but doodlebugs mostly were home-built. This one was built from a 1928 Chevy, with a rear axle from a heavy truck. Sometimes two transmissions were arranged one behind the other in order to attain low gear ratios and pulling power. Several fire trucks of various makes, ages, and levels of sophistication were present. Fearsome-looking 1976 Oshkosh dump truck 1917 Ford Model T fire truck This Mack left while I was there. When he took off down the road, the exhaust was obnoxiously loud and harsh. 1928 Chevrolet Pickup - 1928 was the last year for four-cylinder Chevrolets; the 196 cubic inch three-main-bearing six was introduced in 1929. This one still is a work in progress, but it's evident that they're doing a beautifully painstaking job. 1940 Chevrolet 1931 Ford Model A Dodge, about 1937, I believe Exceptionally sweet Chevy. This one caught my fancy. Dodge must not have sold a lot of these. I don't remember ever seeing one on the street, back in the day. Carefully restored 1949 Studebaker 1/2 ton pickup. This one has the cast iron flathead six-cylinder Champion engine. When one of those is properly tuned, you can sit at a stoplight and not be able to tell if it's still running. 'Nother 1940 Chevy Sporty-looking 1927 Ford Model T Roadster Pickup 1930 Ford Model A Pickup 1955 Studebaker 2-ton truck with a dump bed 1960 Studebaker 4 Wheel Drive half-ton pickup, formerly US Navy 1959 Studebaker V8 stake truck 1963 Studebaker with 212 cubic inch 2-cycle Detroit 4-53 Diesel Engine 1929 Ford Model AA stake truck. The Model AA was a heavy-duty version of the Model A. 1937 Terraplane pickup. There aren't many of these around. Terraplane was a brand of Hudson Motors. It sold at a lower price point than Hudson and was noted for being light and powerful and a good performer. I believe Terraplane's production ended with the 1939 model. Ford, about 1940 International Harvester Travelall I remember seeing these around, but I never saw one in Fairlane trim. Generally they were basic models used in delivery service. Robust-looking 1941 Ford 3/4 ton pickup 1924 REO Speedwagon fire truck. REO built a respected line of automobiles into the 1930s, too. Spiffy '54 Chevy half-ton needs a chrome windshield visor to match the period chrome headlight visors. Great engine! Good performer, reliable, easy to work on, standard across the Chevrolet car and truck line in the 1950s. Diamond T trucks used Hercules 6-cylinder engines and were known for power and ruggedness. By 1967 White Motor Company had acquired both Diamond T and REO and merged them into Diamond REO. The brand went out of existence altogether in the 1970s. 1965 International Harvester Carryall. 1929 Ford Model AA Going camping, sixties-style. 1965 Ford F250 Camper Special with a slick and shiny aluminum-skinned 1957 Airstream trailer. It didn't get any better. 1951 GMC half-ton pickup 1964 Chevelle El Camino 1941 Plymouth pickup - very similar to Dodge except for the badging 1948 Willys 4 Wheel Drive 1951 Ford half-ton pickup. Note that all the pickups smaller than 3/4-ton had short beds. Ford broke that barrier in 1954 by introducing a full 8-foot bed on a half-ton pickup. 1947 Dodge half-ton pickup 1941 International Harvester (semi tractor, I think) 1961 Willys 4 Wheel Drive pickup 1961 Willys and 1945 Dodge half-ton Express 1952 Dodge M-37 1973 GMC (left) and 1971 Chevy 1919 Ford Model TT, the heavy-duty truck version of the Model T. Apparently this one is driveable; it has a current Ohio historic vehicle plate. That must allow exemptions for minor safety features like doors on the cab. Spiffy 1951 Ford F-1 half-ton 100 horsepower flathead V8. Cast-iron flathead engines in good condition were very quiet. The mass of iron deadened sound, and they didn't have the noisy valve train of overhead-valve engines. Stylish 1937 Studebaker pickup Beast. 1955 Chevy 1-ton Suburban with NAPCO 4 wheel drive. The NAPCO option included a dual-range, shift-on-the-fly transfer case and could be factory ordered for about $995, or could be field-installed by a capable shop. Installation by an experienced mechanic required about 3 hours.
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August 11, 201113 yr Wow Rob this was such an enjoyable thread. That Mack semi near the beginning of the thread looked so awesome and menacing. Great thread. I loved it!
August 11, 201113 yr That unusual red and white Dodge you mentioned... could it be Canadian? They did all kinds of weird stuff up there, like sell Pontiac and Mercury trucks.
August 12, 201113 yr That unusual red and white Dodge you mentioned... could it be Canadian? They did all kinds of weird stuff up there, like sell Pontiac and Mercury trucks. The show placard didn't say anything about Canadian, but that doesn't mean it might not have been. Probably if it were Canadian, though, it would have been badged "Fargo." It was identified as a Swept Side model, and probably was targeted at the market niche occupied by the Chevy Cameo Carrier (not to be confused with El Camino - Cameo Carrier was a half-ton pickup with modified styling features, special paint colors and schemes, and some trim enhancements). http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2533/4117572557_1d44da2d1b_z.jpg I can't remember if Ford had a comparable entry into that market. If they did, it wasn't the Ranchero; the Ranchero was the same type vehicle as the El Camino, an open-bed utility coupe built on a station wagon platform. I'm somewhat familiar with the Canadian re-branding of trucks that appeared with Chevy, Ford, and Dodge nameplates in the U.S. Vintage trucks have been a big deal in Canada longer than in the U.S., and several years ago in Irricana, Alberta, near Calgary, I saw an impressive display of goodies that included things like chain-drive Mack Bulldogs. There I saw the Fargo nameplate on what would have been a Dodge here, several Maple Leaf trucks that looked like our GMC, and a 1949 Mercury pickup that would have been a Ford in the U.S.
August 12, 201113 yr There's also the "van trucks" like the Econoline Pickup. Dodge had one too. Here's a modified Econoline in action:
August 22, 201113 yr Really enjoyed your photos, especially those 50's vintage Studebakers (and the fire engines of course). Wish I had known about this event, would have been worth the drive!
August 22, 201113 yr Really enjoyed your photos, especially those 50's vintage Studebakers (and the fire engines of course). Wish I had known about this event, would have been worth the drive! It's an annual event held about the same time each year, sponsored by Vintage Truck Magazine and hosted by Young's Jersey Dairy. One or the other probably announces it in an event calendar. Have you ever visited the National Auto and Truck Museum of the United States (NATMUS)? It's in Auburn, Indiana, located directly behind the Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg Museum (also well worth your time), and has at least a couple of fine early twentieth-century fire engines along with a lot of other commercial vehicles.
August 22, 201113 yr It's an annual event held about the same time each year, sponsored by Vintage Truck Magazine and hosted by Young's Jersey Dairy. One or the other probably announces it in an event calendar. Have you ever visited the National Auto and Truck Museum of the United States (NATMUS)? It's in Auburn, Indiana, located directly behind the Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg Museum (also well worth your time), and has at least a couple of fine early twentieth-century fire engines along with a lot of other commercial vehicles. I've never had the pleasure of visiting the museums in Auburn. I've always wanted to go to one of the auto auctions and watch folks spend lots of money! I'll look for this event next year. It's the perfect excuse to go to Youngs (chocolate milk shake - yum).
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