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- Wrecked Sentle Trucking Co. Truck, 1930-1945 - Automobiles are fast, powerful, and potentially dangerous. Damage to wrecked vehicles -- which was sometimes beyond repair -- became more commonplace as automotive speeds and the number of drivers on American roads rapidly increased in the 20th century. Eventually, manufacturers, governments, and drivers themselves were compelled to improve automotive safety.
- 1930-1945
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Wrecked Sentle Trucking Co. Truck, 1930-1945
Automobiles are fast, powerful, and potentially dangerous. Damage to wrecked vehicles -- which was sometimes beyond repair -- became more commonplace as automotive speeds and the number of drivers on American roads rapidly increased in the 20th century. Eventually, manufacturers, governments, and drivers themselves were compelled to improve automotive safety.
- 1930 Ford Truck - Rugged 1 1/2-ton trucks like this could be found throughout rural America in the 1930s. Farmers often bought just the Ford Model AA truck chassis itself, and then either purchased a body from a custom builder or made one themselves. The stake body on this truck was especially versatile. The racks were removable to ease loading or accommodate oversized cargo.
- 1930
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1930 Ford Truck
Rugged 1 1/2-ton trucks like this could be found throughout rural America in the 1930s. Farmers often bought just the Ford Model AA truck chassis itself, and then either purchased a body from a custom builder or made one themselves. The stake body on this truck was especially versatile. The racks were removable to ease loading or accommodate oversized cargo.
- 1910 Federal Truck - Martin L. Pulcher left Oakland Motor Car Company to form Federal Motor Truck Company of Detroit in 1910. His rugged truck featured a double-chain drive and solid rubber tires. The truck's top speed was just 20 miles per hour, but its payload capacity was 3,000 pounds. Federal built approximately 160,000 commercial and military vehicles before ending production in 1959.
- 1910
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1910 Federal Truck
Martin L. Pulcher left Oakland Motor Car Company to form Federal Motor Truck Company of Detroit in 1910. His rugged truck featured a double-chain drive and solid rubber tires. The truck's top speed was just 20 miles per hour, but its payload capacity was 3,000 pounds. Federal built approximately 160,000 commercial and military vehicles before ending production in 1959.
- 1941 Ford Pickup Truck - Ford pickup trucks received minor styling updates for 1941. New parking lamp lenses and rectangular nameplates on the sides of the hood were among them. Four-cylinder models came with a standard four-speed transmission, while six- and eight-cylinder trucks had a three-speed unit. Ford built 70,190 half-ton pickups that year.
- September 13, 1940
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1941 Ford Pickup Truck
Ford pickup trucks received minor styling updates for 1941. New parking lamp lenses and rectangular nameplates on the sides of the hood were among them. Four-cylinder models came with a standard four-speed transmission, while six- and eight-cylinder trucks had a three-speed unit. Ford built 70,190 half-ton pickups that year.
- 1914 Fruehauf Truck Trailer - In 1914 Detroit blacksmith August Fruehauf devised a simple single axle trailer for lumber dealer Frederic Sibley. Hooked to a modified Ford Model T, it carried Sibley's boat on vacation trips. Sibley then had Fruehauf modify the trailer for hauling lumber. This "semi-trailer," as Fruehauf called it, is the ancestor of trailers carrying freight all over American roads today.
- 1914
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1914 Fruehauf Truck Trailer
In 1914 Detroit blacksmith August Fruehauf devised a simple single axle trailer for lumber dealer Frederic Sibley. Hooked to a modified Ford Model T, it carried Sibley's boat on vacation trips. Sibley then had Fruehauf modify the trailer for hauling lumber. This "semi-trailer," as Fruehauf called it, is the ancestor of trailers carrying freight all over American roads today.
- 1911 Ford Model T Truck with Smith Form-a-Truck Unit - The Ford Model T inspired countless aftermarket accessories. Truck conversion kits from the Smith Form-a-Truck Company allowed a Model T owner to extend and reinforce the car's frame, and to connect the rear axle and rear wheels with a chain drive. The kits also included heavier rear wheels with solid tires to replace the T's pneumatic tires.
- 1911
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1911 Ford Model T Truck with Smith Form-a-Truck Unit
The Ford Model T inspired countless aftermarket accessories. Truck conversion kits from the Smith Form-a-Truck Company allowed a Model T owner to extend and reinforce the car's frame, and to connect the rear axle and rear wheels with a chain drive. The kits also included heavier rear wheels with solid tires to replace the T's pneumatic tires.
- 1929 Ford Pickup Truck - Ford's 1929 Model A pickup was based on its Model A car. The company offered the pickup with an open cab, like this one, or with a more weather-tight closed cab. Early pickups were homemade or aftermarket conversions. Serious factory production didn't start until the 1920s. Pickups evolved from utilitarian workhorses to stylish vehicles with all the comforts of automobiles.
- 1929
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1929 Ford Pickup Truck
Ford's 1929 Model A pickup was based on its Model A car. The company offered the pickup with an open cab, like this one, or with a more weather-tight closed cab. Early pickups were homemade or aftermarket conversions. Serious factory production didn't start until the 1920s. Pickups evolved from utilitarian workhorses to stylish vehicles with all the comforts of automobiles.
- "1975 Jeep Pickup Truck" - The first pickups manufactured under the Jeep brand appeared for 1947. In time, these trucks evolved into a distinct series of vehicles. The Jeep Gladiator pickup debuted for 1963. Though it was redesignated as the J-series after 1971, the basic Gladiator design remained in production through 1988. Jeep revived the Gladiator name on an all-new pickup design for 2020.
- 1975
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"1975 Jeep Pickup Truck"
The first pickups manufactured under the Jeep brand appeared for 1947. In time, these trucks evolved into a distinct series of vehicles. The Jeep Gladiator pickup debuted for 1963. Though it was redesignated as the J-series after 1971, the basic Gladiator design remained in production through 1988. Jeep revived the Gladiator name on an all-new pickup design for 2020.
- Texaco Toy Truck, 1959 -
- 1959
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Texaco Toy Truck, 1959
- 1918 Nash Quad Truck - "Tough" hardly begins to describe the Quad trucks built by Jeffery Company, and then Nash Motors Company, from 1913-1928. All four wheels were powered, all four wheels were used in steering, and special differentials allowed all four wheels to move independently as traction conditions required. French, British, and American armies made wide use of the Quads in World War I.
- 1918
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1918 Nash Quad Truck
"Tough" hardly begins to describe the Quad trucks built by Jeffery Company, and then Nash Motors Company, from 1913-1928. All four wheels were powered, all four wheels were used in steering, and special differentials allowed all four wheels to move independently as traction conditions required. French, British, and American armies made wide use of the Quads in World War I.