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Product Identifiers

PublisherQuarto Publishing Group USA

ISBN-100760325480

ISBN-139780760325483

eBay Product ID (ePID)54363575

Product Key Features

Book TitleBig Rigs of the 1970s

Number of Pages160 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicAgriculture / General, Automotive / Trucks, Automotive / Pictorial

Publication Year2007

IllustratorYes

FeaturesRevised

GenreTransportation, Technology & Engineering

AuthorRon Adams

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight18.1 Oz

Item Length10.6 in

Item Width8.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2006-019834

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal629.224

Edition DescriptionRevised edition

SynopsisTravel the 1970s, what may have been the last great era of the big rigs, with the man who knows semi trucks better than anyone. Ron Adams, author of Big Rigs of the 1950s , Big Rigs of the 1960s , Mack Trucks , and 100 Years of Semi Trucks , takes readers through the decade, introducing the trucks that debuted or saw significant revamping, describing the quirks and innovations, and offering detailed information about the models, trailers, trucking companies, and various hauling configurations. Spotlighting manufacturers from Mack and Freightliner to White, Peterbilt, and Kenworth, and featuring Adams' fabulous photography, this is the 1970s on the highway. Looks like we got us a convoy, good buddy, Travel the 1970s, what may have been the last great era of the big rigs, with the man who knows semi trucks better than anyone. Ron Adams, author of Big Rigs of the 1950s, Big Rigs of the 1960s, Mack Trucks, and 100 Years of Semi Trucks, takes readers through the decade, introducing the trucks that debuted or saw significant revamping, describing the quirks and innovations, and offering detailed information about the models, trailers, trucking companies, and various hauling configurations. Spotlighting manufacturers from Mack and Freightliner to White, Peterbilt, and Kenworth, and featuring Adams' fabulous photography, this is the 1970s on the highway-big rigs in for the long haul., Travel the 1970s, what may have been the last great era of the big rigs, with the man who knows semi trucks better than anyone. Ron Adams, author of Big Rigs of the 1950s, Big Rigs of the 1960s, Mack Trucks, and 100 Years of Semi Trucks, takes readers through the decade, introducing the trucks that debuted or saw significant revamping, describing the quirks and innovations, and offering detailed information about the models, trailers, trucking companies, and various hauling configurations. ..Spotlighting manufacturers from Mack and Freightliner to White, Peterbilt, and Kenworth, and featuring Adams' fabulous photography, this is the 1970s on the highway. Looks like we got us a convoy, good buddy!, Travel the 1970s, what may have been the last great era of the big rigs, with the man who knows semi trucks better than anyone. Ron Adams, author of Big Rigs of the 1950s , Big Rigs of the 1960s , Mack Trucks , and 100 Years of Semi Trucks , takes readers through the decade, introducing the trucks that debuted or saw significant revamping, describing the quirks and innovations, and offering detailed information about the models, trailers, trucking companies, and various hauling configurations. Spotlighting manufacturers from Mack and Freightliner to White, Peterbilt, and Kenworth, and featuring Adams' fabulous photography, this is the 1970s on the highway. Looks like we got us a convoy, good buddy!, The semis of the 1970s are profiled with detailed information about models, trailers, trucking companies, and various hauling configurations of manufacturers from Mack and Freightliner to White and Peterbilt.

LC Classification NumberTL230.5.T73A333 2007