Dodge Heavy-Duty Trucks 1928-1975
Dodge Heavy-Duty Trucks 1928-1975
ITEM E371
By Don Bunn
The most detailed history ever written about Dodge Heavy-Duty Trucks is now available. From Dodge's earliest three-ton models in 1928 to the 1975 models that were never produced because Chrysler's management pulled the plug on the heavy-duty truck business, this informative reference guide chronologically walks the reader through Dodge's heavy-duty trucks.
With this easy-to-follow format, find a specific model year or time period to know what your favorite truck's specifications were, what engine it used, what improvements and changes were made on it from the prior year, and so much more. Vintage photos illustrate the trucks, engines, and interiors when new.
Softbound, 8.5”x11”, 128 pages, 120 photos
Dodge (now Ram) has found the key to light-duty pickup success: “big truck” styling. There was a time when Dodge made big trucks. This book tells that story with 121 vintage black-and-white images that date to the forerunner of Dodge trucks, a 1928 Graham Bros. truck, through to the final 1975 Big Horn 900 and 950 models. The cover features the iconic Big Horn 950. The photographs include a variety of models, engine closeups, cab interiors, and instrument panels. Providing a wealth of detailed information, Don Bunn’s chronological narrative is broken into three chapters. “Chapter 1: Dodge Brothers Heavy-Duty Trucks” traces the story from 1928 through the 1947 offerings. “Chapter 2: B-Series to Power Giants” covers the 1948 B-series to the 1959 M-series Power Giants. “Chapter 3: Diesel Power Giants” concludes with coverage of gas and diesel Power Giants and the final heavy-duty offerings. As Bunn explains, “early in the 1975 model year, Chrysler management chose to pull the plug on the heavy-duty truck business” because the company’s “light- and medium-duty trucks were selling so well.” Creating some confusion, Bunn asserts the 1975 models “never came to pass,” “never happened,” and were “not to be,” but he indicates a “handful were built and sold.”
Book Review by Robert Gabrick
