Tag: truck history

Business

U.S. Postal Service unveils truck stamp designs

International Harvester, Ford and Chevrolet are among classic pickup truck makers whose models are to be celebrated this year in a special line of postage stamps.

January 5, 2016

Channel 19

New book explores first cross-continent truck trip

Many of you will be familiar with the 1919 military truck convoy that traversed the United States in an effort to test the efficacy of cargo trucks on the roads, or lack thereof, of the day. A Young Dwight Eisenhower was part of the convoy, and his experience of it is oft-cited as having a […]

September 19, 2011

Business

Truck exhibit hall expanding

Iowa 80 Trucking Museum’s exhibit hall is expanding by 21, 600 square feet to display more than 60 trucks, museum curator Dave Meier said. Part of the Iowa 80 Truckstop based in Walcott, Iowa, the exhibit hall will have air conditioning after the expansion is completed, which is expected to be in December 2012.

September 16, 2011

Trucking History

A coffee-table book of Freightliners

Ron Adams’ book, “White-Freightliner Trucks of the 1960s,” features more than 100 photos, many similar to the rigs in 1960s Overdrive issues.

December 29, 2010

Overdrive Extra

Dollars and Sense

Here are two key points in shopping for used trucks.

November 1, 2010