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Crosley's all-steel Wagons were their best sellers (1947–1952) The Crosley Hotshot, introduced in 1949, was America's first post-war sportscar Crosley was a small, independent American manufacturer of economy cars or subcompact cars, bordering on microcars.
Lone Peak Hotshots crew logo. The Lone Peak Hotshots are an Interagency Hotshot Crew [1] located in Draper, Utah in the United States. The crew consists of 23 firefighters 7 of which are permanent and 16 of which are seasonal. [2] [3] The Lone Peak Hotshots season typically begins in mid April and extends until late October. [4]
Hot Shot, the brand name for a line of hot water makers made by Sunbeam Products; Hot Shot, the brand name for an insecticide using Lambda-cyhalothrin; Hot shot wind tunnel, for hypersonic testing; Hotshot (railway), rail terminology for some high-priority trains; Hotshot crew, a firefighting crew specially trained in wildland firefighting
A common property-carrying commercial vehicle in the United States is the tractor-trailer, also known as an "18-wheeler" or "semi".. The trucking industry serves the American economy by transporting large quantities of raw materials, works in process, and finished goods over land—typically from manufacturing plants to retail distribution centers.
Crosley's best year was 1948, when it sold 24,871 cars, but sales began to fall in 1949. Adding the Crosley "Hotshot" sports model and an all-purpose vehicle called the "Farm-O-Road" model in 1950 did not stop the decline. Only 1,522 Crosley vehicles were sold in 1952. Crosley sold about 84,000 cars before closing down the operation on July 3 ...
Contract Freighters, Inc (CFI) was founded in 1951 in Joplin, Missouri by Roy Reed and Ursull Lewellan. The company began with one tractor and two trailers, [1] and generated revenues of $12,000 during its first year.
Roadway Express, Inc. was an American less than truckload (LTL) trucking company. Roadway Express and its holding company, Roadway Corporation, were acquired by logistics holding company Yellow Corporation in 2003, and the parent companies were merged to form Yellow Roadway Corporation, later renamed YRC Worldwide.
Having previously been the lead strip in the short-lived Hot Shot comic, Playmaker moved to Roy of the Rovers upon the merger of the two titles in 1989. Written by Gil Page (under the pseudonym "H. Manning") and drawn by G. Marchetti and later Barrie Mitchell, [ 5 ] the story followed Andy Steel, a prodigious 15-year-old midfielder for Millside ...