January/February 2020 Vintage Truck
/The January/February 2020 issue of Vintage Truck magazine will soon be available on newsstands. Our cover story about Bill Garland’s 1966 Dodge W-300 was written by Loren Hoekema and photographed by Brad Bowling.
January/February 2020 Vintage Truck
When William H. Garland started a trucking company in 1936, he adopted the logo seen today on the stake body of grandson Bill Garland’s immaculate 1966 Dodge W-300 Power Wagon featured on these pages. Throughout the company’s existence, Garland used a lot of Dodge trucks.
One of the two trucks that William Garland started his business with was a 1934 Dodge two-ton K-47. The company was launched with a job that consisted of two different “hauls” put together. Garland transported mail from Hagerstown, Maryland, to the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, area, at which point the trucks were reloaded with anthracite coal at Shamokin, Pennsylvania, for the backhaul to Maryland. That’s right—mail bags and coal in the same trucks.
The trucking company had its headquarters in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, which just happened to be the location of Paul Snyder Dodge. The Dodge dealer was located across the street from gate no. 3 of the fairgrounds, the site of the famous swap meets and car shows for which Carlisle is famous today. W.H. Garland developed a close business relationship with Paul Snyder, who had also started out in the trucking business by hauling new Dodges from Michigan to Pennsylvania. Over the years, a whole host of Dodge trucks passed through W.H. Garland’s garages, along with some Whites, Macks, Internationals, and even an Autocar. After World War II and his release from the United States Navy, Bill’s father Marshall joined the company, which began making longer hauls, as far south as Georgia. An interesting story concerning one of those “runs” centers around wintertime and the use of water as a coolant in place of antifreeze, which at the time was relatively expensive and might have been lost to leakage anyway. After a late return from Georgia, Marshall and his driving partner (who were both eager to pick up their dates for the evening) forgot to drain the Continental engine in the 1948 Autocar they were driving. Of course, it got cold and the water in the engine froze and cracked the block. The block was welded, but as Bill notes, “The engine was never the same and ultimately the truck was traded off.” Marshall Garland was inclined to think that the cracked block was an acceptable price to pay since his date that evening was with the future Mrs. Marshall Garland (Bill’s mom Helen), who would become Marshall’s bride for the next 58 years.
To read more about our featured 1941 Ford, pick up a copy of the January/February 2020 issue of Vintage Truck magazine!
Articles in this issue include:
Mystery Box
Does anyone recognize the pickup bed on Dereck Wilson’s unrestored 1915 Hudson Six-40 roadster pickup? Photos and text by Bob TomaineSecond-Chance Power Wagon
Bill Garland will not sell his 1966 Dodge W-300 again!
Text by Loren Hoekema, Photos by Brad BowlingRip Van Winkle Awakens
This 1955 Chevrolet 3600 Second Series Bookmobile took a long nap! By Tom GibsonA Nebraska Boy’s Dream
LD Charf’s 1953 Ford F-100
Photos and text by Candace BrownLetter from the Editor
Letters to the Editor
For Ford Fans: 1966 Ford F-250
Independent Trucks: Crosley Pickup
Delivery Designs: Olson Kurb-Sides
The Road Less Traveled: 1926–30 Stewart Trucks and 1935–41 Buddy Stewart
Hey Loren!
Aid for the Anxious Amateur: Removing Broken Bolts
Classifieds
Show Guide
Granny Gear: Pickups and the American Dream
Gallery: Photo courtesy Joe Hall
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