The American truck scene
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TRUCKS were no overnight success in the States, writes Elliott Kahn, author of American Trucks of the Seventies (Frederick Warne, £4.95). In 1940, when he was a boy, a dairy delivered by horsedrawn wagon in his Texas home. New Orleans still collected garbage by muledrawn wagons until 1950, and hauliers there used such transport up to 1970.
What a change today. This book gives a selection with photographs from the 200-odd brands and 1,000 models made in the Seventies. At the back is a supplementary list of more firms who have marketed cv "or commercial-type vehicles" in the Seventies: from ABM, Springfield to E-Z-GO, Augusta (small electric and gasolinepowered trucks) to Y-W — that's Yankee-Walter of Los Angeles, who made crash tenders for airports.
Frederick Warne, 40 Bedford Square, London WC1 3HE.