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Auto Truck Group Celebrates 100 Years
1920 Diamond T Truck from L+H Edgerton in Wisconsin.
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An early 1920s Edwin F. Daniels & Company truck, which hauled coal and coke.
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Duquesne Light Co. used these upfit trucks for their electrical serving needs with early hydraulic lift platforms.
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This sketch is of a 1920s electrical truck.
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This sketch demonstrates a second upfit concept for early 1920s electrical trucks.
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Hedstrom-Schenck Coal Company utilized these upfitted models for moving and delivering coal in the early 1920s.
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Sam Mottlow Motor Service from Lyons, Ill., utilized these upfit six-wheel quadri-drive trucks.
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Willard & Woodhull used this truck in the early 1920s, featuring a stated 34,000-pound gross vehicle weight and six-wheels.
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This early 1930s truck uses a chain-driven mechanism to lift the bed, before the development of hydraulics for such use.
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H.N. Lunch Coal Co. utilized this Mack Jr. truck for its coal hauling needs in 1936.
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H. Hollander & Son, established in 1901, utilized upfit International trucks such as the one pictured for its sheet metal contractor needs.
This is a neat example from 1943 of chains-and-gears used in place of modern hydraulics.
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In 1947, WELCO Petroleum Products utilized this upfit truck for hauling and distributing oil.
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Before there was a gas station on every corner, fuel trucks delivered fuel to those in need, including this Racine Oil Fuel Co. truck from 1948.
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In 1948, another fuel and oil hauler was Sinclair, who used this Chevrolet truck with upfit body for its hauling needs.
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In 1950, Bushing Ice & Coal Col., from Chicago, used its upfit trucks such as the one pictured to deliver fuel and oil.
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In the 1950s, F.D. Carpenter Coal Co. relied o this upfit Autocar to deliver its coal products.
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Lewes & Sons used this large dump truck in the 1950s, shown with dump lifted.
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Fiala Motor Service also relied on dump trucks, including this six-wheel model from the 1950s.
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Better Oil Co. also needed a dually truck to haul its oil in 1951.
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Snyder & Sons delivered Lunoil in 1951 in this upfit truck, as well as specialized in burner installations.
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In 1955, Lazar Fuel Co. used this 1,600 tank to haul fuel oils in Chicago.
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Arrow used this tanker truck in 1956 to deliver its product.
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Bingo Cartage from Chicago used this truck to haul product in 1957.
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Auto Truck Group's 100 Year Anniversary Logo.
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This 1920s Alwart Bros Coal Company was another way companys upfit older trucks and trailers to haul coal.
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A 1920s cemetary truck for Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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In the 1920s, National Harvester used these trucks with upfits and some heavy duty rear wheels.
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This unique truck is a 1920s Speedway Excavating and Crane Service truck.
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The 1930s brought the Bunge Bros. Coal Co. this beefier model for hauling product.
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D.F. Larkin & Son delivered product in the 1930s with this early hauler.
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North Lawendale Super Service utilized this crane truck in Chicago in 1937.
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In 1937, Rock Road Construction Co. utilized this General Motors truck and trailer in Chicago.
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The 1940s started to see some extended front ends as larger, more powerful engines were starting to be used. In 1946, Dun-Rite Construction Co. utilized this International model truck.
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In 1948, oil and fuel was also delivered by G.I. Joe's in Virginia.
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Inland Fuel Oil utilized this upfit dually truck in 1949 in Chicago.
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In the 1950s, dump trucks started to take on the more familiar look of today, including this Criel dump truck.
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In 1952, Carlson's Fyel Oils relied on upfit trucks to haul and deliver product.
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Rogers Furnace and Stove Oil Co. relied on this upfit truck in 1955.
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Blufire used a Ford truck wit a tank upfit to deliver product.
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Arlington Heights Herald image courtesy of Auto Truck Group from 1958
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Auto Truck Steel Body Co.'s original logo.
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