January/February 2022 Vintage Truck

January/February 2022 Vintage Truck

NEW ISSUE - The January/February 2022 issue of Vintage Truck magazine is available in our gift shop now and will be available on newsstands soon. Our cover story features Dave Black’s FC-170. The article was written by Patrick Foster and photographed by Nick Devost.

Willys Motors, the new name for Willys-Overland after Henry J. Kaiser bought the company’s assets in 1953, had occupied a unique niche in the United States automotive market since mid-1945. Left without conventional automobile body production tooling or equipment when World War II ended, the company could not reintroduce its prewar cars, and existing body suppliers were too busy filling more lucrative orders from the Big Three. Willys had little choice but to continue producing the military Jeep, albeit in a somewhat more civilized version known as the CJ-2A.

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November/December 2021 Vintage Truck

November/December 2021 Vintage Truck

NEW ISSUE - The November/December 2021 issue of Vintage Truck magazine is available in our gift shop now and will be available on newsstands soon. Our cover story features Mike Tanner’s 1979 Dodge Warlock II. The article was written by Loren Hoekema and photographed by Josh Mishler.

A brown 1979 Dodge Warlock II did indeed cast a spell on Mike Tanner. From the moment he unloaded the heavily optioned Dodge pickup upon its delivery from California, Tanner was put under a spell to restore the truck to factory condition, and to this day, the magic continues.

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