January/February 2019 Vintage Truck

January/February 2019 Vintage Truck

NEW ISSUE - The January/February 2019 issue of Vintage Truck magazine will be available in subscriber mailboxes and on newsstands soon. Our cover story about a 1976 Plymouth Trail Duster was written by Robert Gabrick, with photos by Al Rogers. In 1974, Jim Dunne, Detroit editor for Popular Science magazine, covered a new entry in the sport utility market: “Plymouth will introduce the Trail Duster four-wheel-drive sport utility this month, making the first time a Plymouth nameplate has graced something other than a passenger sedan.”

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November/December 2018 Vintage Truck

November/December 2018 Vintage Truck

NEW ISSUE - The November/December 2018 issue of Vintage Truck magazine will be available in subscriber mailboxes and on newsstands soon. Our cover story about a 1970 Chevrolet El Camino SS 396 was written by Candace Brown, with photos by Brad Bowling and Phil Kunz. Everyone in the old truck hobby dreams of being in the right place at the right time when the perfect vehicle comes up for sale. That was the case in 2016 when Jon Kocara found a gorgeous red 1970 El Camino at Mershon’s Classic Cars in Springfield, Ohio. It had been built at the GM assembly plant in Van Nuys, California, and traveled only about 60 miles to be sold through Connell Chevrolet in Costa Mesa.

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2018 Vintage Truck Magazine Show Wrapup

2018 Vintage Truck Magazine Show Wrapup

SHOW WRAPUP - Our 17th Annual Vintage Truck Magazine Truck Show in Yellow Springs, Ohio, proved to be our biggest one yet. Owners came from nine states, including Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Kentucky, New York, Missouri, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina. Ford, Dodge, GMC, International, Studebaker, Willys, Crosley, Dorris, FWD, and Federal were also represented, as well as fire trucks and vehicles that once served the United States military.

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September/October 2018 Vintage Truck

September/October 2018 Vintage Truck

NEW ISSUE - The September/October 2018 issue of Vintage Truck magazine will be available in subscriber mailboxes and on newsstands soon. Our cover story about a 1936 Mack Jr was written by Candace Brown, with photos by Al Rogers. Mack Trucks Inc. enjoys a well-deserved reputation in the trucking industry for building tough, heavy-duty products. Its roots go back to 1900 when brothers Jack and Gus Mack founded Mack Bros. Co. in Brooklyn, New York, which operated under that name until 1922. The introduction of the Model AC in 1916 was a hit, and the appearance of the AP series in 1927 established Mack as a leader in the heavy truck market. Within the Mack family of trucks, an obscure, smaller cousin to those beefy road warriors earned its own distinction thanks to its lack of success, at least in terms of sales.

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July/August 2018 Vintage Truck

July/August 2018 Vintage Truck

NEW ISSUE - The July/August issue of Vintage Truck magazine will be available in subscriber mailboxes and on newsstands soon. Our cover story about a 1979 Ford Bronco was written by Robert Gabrick, with photos by Al Rogers. In February 2017, Shawn Kleppe found a pristine 1979 Ford Bronco that had been built for sale in Canada. It was in Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, Canada—still in the hands of its original owner! The Bronco was a veritable Rip Van Winkle, having slept the previous 20 years in a climate-controlled building, where it accumulated layers of dust.

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May/June 2018 Vintage Truck

May/June 2018 Vintage Truck

NEW ISSUE - The May/June issue of Vintage Truck magazine will be available in subscriber mailboxes and on newsstands soon. Our cover story about a 1940 Plymouth PT 105 Pick-Up was written by Robert Gabrick, with photos by Brad Bowling. In 1984, Larry Jenkins traveled to Sweetland, West Virginia, to harvest items for his 1941 Plymouth 4-door sedan from a parts car that lay alongside a barn. The retired crane operator investigated the barn’s contents and saw our featured 1940 Plymouth PT 105 Pick-Up. After some negotiation, he bought it in 1986.

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