Oddities and Standouts - Volume 1

As promised, I'm trying out a new post style - "Oddities and Standouts".

This is where I will post trucks (and other things) that I find for sale that are particularly interesting.

I'll make this clear: these are not my photos, not my trucks, and in no way am I connected to any of the owners/sellers of the equipment - I'm just posting some really cool trucks!

So, starting us off today, an unusual International S model.

https://www.auctiontime.com/listings/trucks/auctions/online/211216099/1979-international-sf2574

I'm of course familiar with this style IH cab, but the hood style, and being a SFA, are new to me for this style IH. I'm more accustomed to the SFA IHs of this era being the square-ish hoods with round headlights.

Next, a very unusual Mack Granite.

Modern Mack wreckers are unusual in general, but paired with an NRC composite body slider and a Holmes 750 as a "side-puller"? One of a kind, very strange, but decent looking.

https://www.truckpaper.com/listings/trucks/for-sale/211143617/2007-mack-granite-cv713

A very cool Mack R ... with a sleeper!

https://www.truckpaper.com/listings/trucks/for-sale/211175759/1984-mack-r688st

Years ago, an R with a sleeper was commonplace, but now they are rare, and are always interesting and nice to see.

A interesting and very old Autocar DC100.

Looking mighty rough, but really cool! I don't recall seeing an Autocar of this vintage that wasn't a needle nose. This one absolutely deserves to be preserved and restored.

Another Autocar, this one a DC75T.

Very rough shape, but I'd bet an integrated sleeper like that is very rare in preserved Autocars.

This really red rig.

https://www.truckpaper.com/listings/trucks/for-sale/208601925/1990-peterbilt-377

A cool Peterbilt 377 that was used for something specific (but what?), along with that nifty trailer which is not for sale.

A rare bird indeed ... a Brockway!

I've never had the privilege of seeing a Brockway in person, but here's a fairly tired example up for grabs.

https://www.truckpaper.com/listings/trucks/for-sale/207711483/1976-brockway-n761ll

A SUPER cool Diamond Reo Giant wrecker.

https://www.truckpaper.com/listings/trucks/for-sale/211412753/1987-diamond-reo-giant

Diamond Reos are rare enough, but a wrecker? Awesome.

A rare International.

https://www.truckpaper.com/listings/trucks/for-sale/200670885/1968-international-400

I'm not very knowledgable about vintage IH models, but I believe I've heard this style referred to as an "Emeryville", and also as a duck-bill International. I assume the Emeryville name actually means something specific, and the duck-bill is, of course, a (fitting) jokester nickname.

Another IH, this one a style I've never seen before.

https://www.truckpaper.com/listings/trucks/for-sale/31859185/1959-international-bc170

Very interesting, presumably rare, but kinda homely.

And yet another IH, this one a super nice '61 RDF402.

https://www.truckpaper.com/listings/trucks/for-sale/31858049/1961-international-rdf402

This one is superb - very rare to see an IH of this vintage, and I don't believe I've seen this model before.

And coming to us all the way from the final year of World War 2, a really cool Oshkosh W705.

https://www.truckpaper.com/listings/trucks/for-sale/194160227/1945-oshkosh-w705

And lastly, also from 1945, a super cool Sterling!

https://www.truckpaper.com/listings/trucks/for-sale/204891377/1945-sterling-8513

I knew someone who had a similar Sterling, but was ex-military, a chain-drive, and had a wrecker bed (actually might've been originally built to lift airplane engines for the military). It was super nice and drivable/operable as of a few years ago, but at some point in the past couple years was sold and went out west, either to the midwest or Pacific northwest (the owner I knew was local and had ran it for years and years, but died in 2021).

And that's it for this round - I hope you enjoyed this new post style. Not sure how often I'll do it, but I'll try to do one fairly often, even if it's just a couple vehicles.

Thanks for looking!