January/February 2021 Vintage Truck

January/February 2021 Vintage Truck

NEW ISSUE - The January/February 2021 issue of Vintage Truck magazine is available in our gift shop now and will be available on newsstands soon. Our cover story about Scott Domine’s 1976 Jeep J-10was written by Tom Gibson and photographed by Brad Bowling.

Michigander Scott Domine set out in 2010 to create his Jeep “super truck”—a custom build, but using OEM Jeep, Kaiser, and AMC parts for a product indiscernible from a factory model. Domine’s history and longtime enthusiasm for all things AMC began in high school at age 16, when he drove a 1969 AMX during his junior and senior years. In addition to that AMX, he currently has a 1972 Javelin, a 1976 Pacer, and our featured 1976 Jeep J-10 in his garage.

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November/December 2020 Vintage Truck

November/December 2020 Vintage Truck

NEW ISSUE - The November/December 2020 issue of Vintage Truck magazine is available in our gift shop now and will be available on newsstands soon. Our cover story about Terry Drury’s 1967 Dodge D-100 CSS was written by Loren Hoekema and photographed by Brad Bowling.

When Terry Drury first saw our featured blue 1967 Dodge D-100 in Minden, Nebraska, in 1997, he did not believe it was stock. “That is a really unusual interior,” he thought. “Someone must have customized it and added the bucket seats and center console.” Little did he realize that he was looking at a Custom Sports Special (or CSS)—one of the most collectible trucks Dodge ever produced.

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September/October 2020 Vintage Truck

September/October 2020 Vintage Truck

NEW ISSUE - The September/October 2020 issue of Vintage Truck magazine is available in our gift shop now and will be available on newsstands soon. Our cover story about National Parts Depot’s unrestored 1971 Ford F-250 was written by Robert Gabrick and photographed by Mark Dalton and Brad Bowling.

The fifth generation of Ford’s F-series ran from model year 1967 through 1972, and the company continued to emphasize that its light-duty pickups “work like trucks … ride like cars.” Its F-100, F-250, and F-350 did not trade comfort for capability, though, with maximum gross vehicle weight ratings of 5,000, 7,500, and 10,000 pounds, respectively.

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July/August 2020 Vintage Truck

July/August 2020 Vintage Truck

NEW ISSUE - The July/August 2020 issue of Vintage Truck magazine is available on newsstands. Our cover story about Virgil Hudkins’ 1949 Studebaker 2R-5 pickup was written by Loren Hoekema and photographed by Brad Bowling.

When Virgil Hudkins walked into his house one fall day in 2001, his wife Sue greeted him with some surprising news.

“You really should go load up that Studebaker pickup you have been wanting,” she said. “I just bought it for you.”

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May/June 2020 Vintage Truck

May/June 2020 Vintage Truck

NEW ISSUE - The May/June 2020 issue of Vintage Truck magazine will soon be available on newsstands. Our cover story about Mark and Kathi Tronstad’s 1948 Chevrolet Suburban was written and photographed by Candace Brown.

Mark and Kathi Tronstad, who live in eastern Montana, created a serious challenge for themselves when they decided their next vintage vehicle should be an early-postwar Chevrolet Suburban.

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March/April 2020 Vintage Truck

March/April 2020 Vintage Truck

NEW ISSUE - The March/April 2020 issue of Vintage Truck magazine will soon be available on newsstands. Our cover story about Tom Thayer’s 1974 International Series 200 All-Wheel Drive Camper Special was written by Robert Gabrick and photographed by Brad Bowling.

How does a company put a positive spin on finishing fourth in its industry’s sales race? If the company is International Harvester, the solution is to wear its non-Big Three status as a badge of honor and declare its product to be “The Other Pickup,” as it did for model year 1974.

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