great depression

As an early truck enthusiast, Ray Geweke found this rare 1938 Chevy ¾ ton pickup near Fargo, ND, and pulled it to his Wisconsin home in 1981. Its total restoration was begun many years later! Ray had time to find many new original parts and made it look like it did when new about 88 years ago! There were major...

For this month’s feature truck, we present a very special and extremely rare pickup. Few have survived after almost 90 years! It was the year that GMC, the big truck branch of General Motors, introduced their first ½ ton pickup. Here is this special truck, a 1936 GMC ½ ton pickup. Maybe this 1936 is why there are light weight...

It’s the height of the war and material shortage in the U.S. is at its worst. The Japanese have control of most of the islands in the South Pacific that provide the most rubber to much of the world. The rubber trees they cultivated were the best. And of course, the U.S. was totally cut off for this needed product...