Auto Transport Trucks

Civil Defense Tractors? No wait one looks to have some extra bright work on its sides. And the wrong color for civil defense vehicles , nice shot!

 

Dang! That is so cool!

 

A load of red Scouts. There must've been a screamin' deal on red paint that month. Either that, or they're destined for fire departments across the country.

 

Well, I'm pretty sure that is official International Harvester Red. So, I'm sure they had it in surplus.

 

When I lived in Chicago IH was a client of mine, for a short while. Seems like by that time the big trucks were made at Chatham/Hamilton Ontario. Springfield Ohio made smaller trucks and Scouts. Ft.Wayne was winding down, and Melrose Park, IL was the engine plant. I called on the Navistar corporate headquarters in Schaumburg, Illinois, and had the good fortune to visit the Canadian operations plants. They were sure a huge part of the Midwest with operations and plants throughout Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. What a sad corporate history. The appliances, agriculture, and trucks were such a part of the American scene.

 

All right! Disco vans on the Move! Nice shot!

 

Could you imagine buying the 17 tubes of touch up paint needed to keep your chick magnet looking DYNAMITE!

 

I agree 100%

 

I even have seen war materiel crated in wooden boxes, built by IH, and loaded on flatcars for ship out during WW II. In addition to heavy trucks, IH built a bunch of vehicles, weapons and other goods.



This is the webpage the above screenshot came from:

http://usautoindustryworldwartwo.com/internationalharvester.htm

Since I'm an amateur historian who specializes in the Great Depression and WWII, I'll be taking a further look at that site.

 

YO!

 

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