Remembering the long-forgotten phantoms of the fast--lane in a curated collection of photographs from the heyday of over-the-road trucking in the 1920's through the 1980's.
Seeing these men and their trux I'm reminded of my dad, who drove trux all his life and taught me how. Thank u for everything dad. I miss u and will see u again.
Hi Thor . First off I’d like to say thank you for all the hard work you put into making these videos. I have watched every single one of them. The music is incredible and the color added is fantastic and the ladies a nice touch. I have a 1957 REO SLEEPER Cab Model A603D with the Cummins turbo diesel, single axle. An Arizona tractor and it is in excellent condition, no rust needs paint but i think I’ll just clear coat it and leave the patina. I have been looking online for pictures or info on this truck and it seems to be very very rare . I can’t find info or pictures of it anywhere . REO call the sleeper a bustle cab. Again thank you for your efforts and time putting these videos together. If you have a picture I’ll be looking forward to your next video..
Love these pictures and all the old memories. My Dad was a owner operator for about 30 years love riding with him on his moving van. He was employed by Wash Burn storage co out of Macon Ga.
Love these great pictures my dad drove a long nose GMC for Wash Burn storage co out of Macon Ga.used to enjoy riding with him every summer when school was out.
My daddy was a deputy sheriff and also ran a fuel stop on Rt 100 coming into Pearisburg VA in south West Virginia in the Appalachian mountains half a mile from the trail. My daddy had put me up in the cab at 2years old and at 15 I was driving a R77 Euclid haul truck which turned into over 50 years trucking driving all 48 in everything but a parking lot, never hauled cars. No I'm 71 shifting gears with 2 cains.
The "wistful" or bittersweet thing about these wonderful pics, is knowing that all these proud drivers and vehicles are long gone now. But we have the pics to remember them by.
I agree. My dad drove a truck and taught me how. He's been gone 8 years now, but when we meet again, I hope to see him behind the wheel of a Mack. He always smiled when driving the company's brand new red Mack. See u soon dad.
6:48 Looks like its from a Life Magazine article dated June 1, 1959 about the Teamster's Union. I clipped it out and saved it for a while when I was about 12 YO. I really loved trucks when I was a kid.
