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The company is often cited as an originator of the pickup truck and an early developer of the dump truck. [1] As early as 1913 Galion Allsteel was installing hauling boxes on slightly modified Ford model T chassis. The popularity of this combination led to the first production pickup truck by Ford in 1925. [2]
In 1925, Garford Motor Truck changed its name to the Superior Body Company and opened a new plant housing a large manufacturing facility and administrative offices. The company diversified, introducing a line of hearse and ambulance bodies (known as professional cars ) and becoming a major producer of school bus bodies for the U.S. and Canada ...
The Budd Company also created the first "safety" two-piece truck wheel, used extensively in World War II, and also built truck cargo bodies for the US military. [ citation needed ] Following the introduction of the " unibody " Citroën Traction Avant in 1934 using its technology, Budd developed North America's first mass-produced unibody ...
The Spartan TX, built with an Alusuisse-framed East Lancs Opus 2 body seating 53 passengers to a budget of £ 82,000 (1995) (equivalent to £ 154,191.82 or US$191,652.41 in 2023) [9], was designed to be durable while saving manufacturing costs, and was fitted with a rear-mounted Cummins B Series engine, an Allison transmission and an Eaton air ...
American LaFrance ladder truck of Gainesville FD. AEERSA (ambulances, rescue vehicles, fire trucks, 2000–present) Ace (1918–1927; also Busses) Alden Sampson; Alexis Fire Equipment Company (fire trucks, 1947–present) Alkane; Allianz; AM General; American (1911–1913) American Austin (1929–1934) American Bantam (1935–1941) American Coleman
Morgan Olson is an American company that produces aluminum walk-in step vans. It was founded in 1946 on Long Island, New York.Previously owned by Northrop Grumman and doing business as Grumman Olson for several decades, the company was then taken over by a group of senior managers.
Modern pickup trucks usually have one or more white cargo lights that illuminate the bed of the truck, often controlled in conjunction with the interior dome lighting. Most gauges and controls on a dashboard in modern vehicles are illuminated when the headlights are turned on, and the intensity of light can be adjusted by the driver for comfort.
Fisher Body was an automobile coachbuilder founded by the Fisher brothers in 1908 in Detroit, Michigan. In 1984, General Motors dissolved its Fisher Body Division ...