In May 1940, A.G. Ficken, the postmaster of Bison, Kansas, went into his local Ford dealer to buy a new 1/2-ton truck to use on his rural mail route in the wintertime. From here it appears Mr. Ficken ...

Not long ago, vintage pickup trucks sat low on the totem pole of collectible vehicles and were seen more as workhorses than museum pieces. Now, they're entering collector circles with force. What’s ...

"It was all there when I got it, so I left my '40 Dodge stock," said Bill Bishop of Huntington Station, New York. "I used DuPont basecoat/clearcoat to repaint it in the original colors." We have to ...

Designed for American civilian life, the 1940 Chevrolet WB Series exceled fighting in one of the harshest climates in the world. Taken at face value, the 1940 WB Series was nothing special. It was a ...

The endless utility provided by a pickup truck almost cannot be measured, even if most new truck owners only ever use theirs for commuting. Even the concept of the truck came from the days of the ...

Vintage pickup trucks weren’t made to be pampered — they were built to haul, tow, and take a beating. But somewhere between the rust and the rumble, they became something more. From the no-nonsense ...