Chuck P

Taken at Gerhart's in 2010. V8 power!!

A few from Gerhart's show 2008/09.

I captured this one at Raceway Park a few years back. It looks like it was a western truck.

Thoroughly enjoying the B-model pics! Keep 'em coming.....

Here's a recent pic of Leon's AC Mack and lowboy.

I too, remember the LoBiondo Petes, they must have been to the moon and back! That one still has the old Bridgeton address on the door. They are in Rosenhayn now.

I'm pretty sure that Peters Brothers B-model is still around. Great pics BTW. I've must have spent a full day looking at those old articles on the Fotki site.

"This is a 1950 C90D. It has a 501 Blue Streak gas and a 5 and a 2. It has a hydraulic lift tag axle. The drive axle is 8' 6" wide so it would have needed a permit every time is went on the road until the width law changed. It was built in Ardmore, PA before White bought Autocar in 1953 and moved the plant to Exton. http://www.bigmacktrucks.com/index.php?/gallery/image/9716-1950-autocar-c90/ Mike" I remember seeing the '50 A-Car at G.L.Sayre IH in the early '90s. Was it still owned by Frame's at that time?

My friend Danny kept them running. I'll ask him for the specs when I see him. Yes, the stack did the funky forward bend. I remember moving some around the yard and recall the 9 speed shift pattern being kind of weird with 3rd gear being on the bottom right. Did I mention that the color was awful.....?

Here's a better shot of it from the other side. Taken at Macungie, this 951-S used to belong to Howard Fugitt out of PA. It now resides in the Jerry Howard Collection.

OK, I remembered the driver's name and did a quick google search. It appears that he and his truck were featured in a paperback book called Custom Semi a few year back. I screen-capped a few shots from the Amazon webpage.

Mark, was that the dealership on RT130 South right near the RT195 ramp? IIRC, they were only there for a few years then the place turned into a H-D / Buell dealer which is also shut down. I go by there every day to and from work. The place is still vacant BTW.

My dad was the plant foreman for the asphalt operations at Cardell in Keasbey. He ran two Barber-Greene batch plants simultaneously during the busy season. I worked there between semesters running a 966 Cat loader feeding the concrete crusher. Cardell ran a bunch of short-hood Generals when they first came out as It think the owner was in real tight with the GMC dealer at the time. The trucks were spec'ed heavy with 6V-92s and 12:00-24 rubber on spokes. They were beasts. Some even came with pit fenders which I've never seen before on a General. I must say, they were painted the ugliest shade of light grey. I'm gonna guess they had about 20-25 of the Generals, the newest probably being a 1980 model. The dump bodies were J&J out of Somerset PA. They ran them hard up till they shut down in 94-95. One General that stood out from the rest was their lowboy truck with the 475 HP 8V-92. That one hauled the pavers and the Wirtgen mill to the jobsites with ease. Good times! Oh, and they had two Paystars in the same ugly grey. Both with Rockwell top-loader rears. My good friend Danny who ran the shop garage may have a pic or two of the Generals. I'll have to pay him a visit soon.

Pic borrowed from the internet for educational purposes only. This one may have been a diesel conversion as I thought all S.S. trucks were C65s (no "D" prefix).

Great pics! I'd like to add a few if that's OK. All of them were classy trucks with tasteful mods back in their time. I really like the all-business look of the R700s.

I heard the same thing about the sleepercab V's.... how it wasn't or couldn't be made, but they are out there. I always liked the V models and I found it interesting that IH would change sheetmetal for a truck built around a V8 motor. Really no likeness at all to the then-current R-Series. I drove a Fleetstar stakeside with the 549 for a farmer and that thing was a real brute.

Tackaberry's sleeper V-Liner. I've never seen another one with this setup. Taken at Macungie.

Great old pics of the trucks that they used to have at Englishtown. Awesome shots of the starting line showing the tower suites being constructed. Two pics that stand out are the Mystic R-models and Ronnie Carson's '59 Diamond T way in the background. I'm kind of partial to the old place. I work there on most weekends.

This one was at my job today picking up 55 gallon drums of Haz- and Non-Haz waste. It's a '12 and yes, that is snow falling on March 25th. I'll see that truck again in 90 days with hopefully better weather.

Mark, you are correct. I recall a crap ton of those all over Camden/Pennsauken area. Mostly 9000's though for me. I seem to remember Reisch and Stech from that time period. Funny thing about Stech.....I know Frank personally as he is a BIG Mopar collector. His brother still runs the company and keeps a vintage 9000 w/ a 335 Cummins that comes out every now and then.

This is the first time I've seen this beast. It's an army surplus White 666. It was at a little car show in Roebling NJ this past summer. I hope they don't touch it.......just leave it the way it is.

Something a little older. I sometimes tend to look for something a little different instead of the same trucks year in, year out. This one caught my eye right away.

A gorgeous Super Duty Ford also from Macungie '06.

Another shot of the sweet Raider. From Macungie 2006.

Sister to the McDonough 3000? Taken at Frank Malatesta open house event.