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Last weekend I went to the 16th ATHS Tri-State Antique Truck Show in Clearbrook, VA. There was one truck that was my favorite. I spent a long time hanging with the owner, a retired pipeline welder. I have always loved the pipeline welder rigs. Traditionally they had been works of pride and joy, everything I love about trucks, a balance of form and function. Take pride in what you work out of. This one will never see work. A former Oregon fire truck, was bought and had a dump body installed, then this feller got it and built the welder body. 327 powered NAPCO. And that's a '56 Lincoln welder on it! It doesn't get any better than this! (for me)
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Gotta love this heavy duty wrecker, too. It is owned by The Keystone Tractor & Truck Museum in Colonial Heights, VA (near Richmond). If you are even on I-95 south of Richmond it is just off the southbound lane along the hiway. Certainly a stop worth making. Full of top shelf trucks and tractors
Attachment 2051847 How about this bus? I'm thinking it wasn't a school bus. Might have been a logging company, maybe a dam construction, or other worker hauler to the worksite. I never talked to the guy. I'm not sure it was originally a NAPCO or if it wasn't converted using later drivetrain (which it has now) Attachment 2051848 Attachment 2051849 Nice little Stepside Attachment 2051850 And another heavy duty, a fat cab. Notice GM retained the earlier cab from the Advance Design era |
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There were only these two Advance Design trucks, I believe. I might have missed one. The green 3800 is superfine. I talked a good bit with the owner over at the NAPCO welder rig. He also has his dad's old '58 3800 wrecker in original Marine Blue he showed pictures of. I plan to go visit him. He's in the same town in VA as a friend of mine and real close to my sister's place. I wish I had pictures. Well, I hope you liked the pictures. Not much going on this year, but at least we had that show go through. If it hadn't rained Friday night I believe there would have been just as many trucks as other years. As it was it came real close. They had a record amount of preregistrations as well as sponsor donations. Come check it out next year if you like the old trucks of all sizes and makes. Not far from Winchester, VA and right along I-81 on US11.
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Cool, They held their national meet at the fairgrounds 20 miles from me in 2013. Those guys travel to events and take several trucks from their collections to boot.
My photobucket album for the event and I wouldn't doubt that you saw a couple of trucks that were here at the event you went to. https://app.photobucket.com/u/mr48ch...8-65cd3b048820 |
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I like all of those, Thanks for sharing!
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Thanks, those workin' trucks have a ton of character!
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I'll have to say that if you ever get the chance to go to one of their shows go. You will see rigs that you will never see anywhere else and some of the restored 47/54 GMC Big rigs are worth the trip by them selves.
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That's true. This is one of my favorites from the national show at York, PA in '15. The '21 show will be in Harrisonburg, VA. I'll be there!
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That is a good looking truck.
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thanks special-k. nice pics of old work trucks
the wrecker and bus are winners |
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I dont remember that wrecker from the museum. Do you know if it is a newer addition? Its been about 5 years since I was there.
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