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…Since there is a lot to see, each description will be brief (I know, so unlike us) lest this post grow too large and out of control. Now let’s start exploring… 1 above) A row of medium duty trucks, including a GMC (1970s) tanker, International S Series (late 1970s to… (Search hits: 0 in title, 5 in body, 0 in comments.)

…cab was an uncommon sight. Ex-Greyhound buses built by MCI. I love the stacks, it makes this GMC medium duty looked mean. A White GMC and a Chevy C series sit under Turtle Mountain. An International K Series pickup with the Frank Slide in back. This Chevrolet “Advance Design” looks… (Search hits: 0 in title, 5 in body, 0 in comments.)

Produced in the 1970s yet looking thoroughly modern even today, the GMC motorhome is a much sought after vehicle by collectors. It’s smooth and pleasing lines, its functionality and innovate features make it stand out amongst its contemporaries. It’s a real head turner and futuristic in every aspect! Introduced in… (Search hits: 1 in title, 4 in body, 0 in comments.)

…models unique to Canada. An example of that, here’s a Mercury Truck (same one seen earlier). Given the small market in this here country, relatively speaking, makes these a tad uncommon. To the left, a vintage GMC. 23) Mercury trucks are highly collectible. 24) Made by GM Oshawa Ontario, a… (Search hits: 0 in title, 5 in body, 0 in comments.)

…medium duty grain truck was found sitting beside an elevator right in the town of Leader. This model, and its GMC counterpart, are some of the most popular farm trucks we’ve come across in our travels. We see them everywhere! They were built in the 1970s and 80s and many… (Search hits: 0 in title, 4 in body, 0 in comments.)

…year or two before this vehicle was made, and was an amalgamation of the Volvo controlled White Motor Company and GMC’s heavy truck division. From my own observations, they were not terribly common, at least in this part of the country. The White/GMC nameplate is not used anymore, it was… (Search hits: 0 in title, 4 in body, 0 in comments.)

…cab-over, GMC and Dodge medium duties, Chevy and GMC pickups from many eras (“Advance Design” and “Apache” being common) and so on. All these ubiquitous models are a dime a dozen you might say and could be found working at nearly every farm across the prairies. And some still do…. (Search hits: 0 in title, 4 in body, 0 in comments.)

…of the engines that powered their trucks. Most truck makers instead outsourced supply from commercial engine builders. Also seen is a Maple Leaf. Produced in the 1930s and 40s, essentially it’s a renamed GMC. These were very simple and rugged and were quite popular as a farm truck. In addition… (Search hits: 0 in title, 4 in body, 0 in comments.)

…is an oddly painted motorhome and down the road a similarly painted truck. They must be connected in some way. Just down from that discovery, we find a late 1950s GMC pickup (model 9380), and next to it and right out of the TV series Mad Men, a 1963 Pontiac… (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 1 in comments.)

…For the longest time they only made lightweight (relatively speaking) cab-overs, but today all they make is conventionals. Sitting atop the engine has fallen out of favour… Keeping them all company is a small one ton farm truck. This is a 1947 GMC farm truck coming in from the Drumheller… (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 0 in comments.)

…interlopers, non-Fords, a 1947-1955 era GMC grain truck, perhaps the most common pickup from the era, and beside, a mid-1950s Fargo. The latter was a Dodge with different trim, sold at Plymouth dealers. 5) An International KB from the late 1940s outfitted as a grain truck. There’s that colour again!… (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 0 in comments.)

…wish I had the money… Heading north, we find an old military truck just outside Canal Flats. This is a model M135, produced by GMC at its huge Oshawa Ontario factory in the early to mid 1950s. Canadian models differ from the US produced ones, but only slightly – canvas… (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 0 in comments.)

…had a Canadian Factory. 15) A workaday 1970s.1980s GMC Medium Duty. There were made in huge quantities and we see them all the time. In back, a boxcar once involved in a wreck and now an equipment shed, and our old friend Crowsnest Mountain again. 16) This is a 1960s/1970s… (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 0 in comments.)

…of production. Being a “28”, it was the longest model the firm made. We’ve seen photos of the shorter ones and they appear oddly stubby and not quite “right”. The chassis for this one is a GMC/Chevrolet and is powered by a “454”, the company’s largest engine at the time…. (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)

…homemade piece of farm machinery. Some kind of sprayer perhaps? Hard to make out what the intentions were of the fellow who built it. The bottom half of the beast is made from a chopped down GMC Kurb-side Van (1950s/1960s era?), the top the cab off another piece of farm… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)

…a much more advanced looking model from GMC, click the link below… The GMC Motorhome, a cool retro camper. If you wish more information on this motorhome, by all means contact us! Date: March, 2013. Location: Calgary, AB. _________________________ BIGDoer.com: Doing it Different! Something to say in private? Click here… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)

…nor would be even try to, and this is just a small sampling of their collection. First up is the ubiquitous GMC one ton from the late 1960s or early 1970s. A common farm truck, and in fact many are still hard at work forty years after they were built…. (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)

…Technically one or two are unrestored but complete and running, so we’ll include them here anyway. There will be a part two of this report. In the first part we see some basic farm trucks intermixed with some tractor displays. Of interest here is the GMC “Snubnose” 9800 COE. An… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)

…600 medium duty. Elsewhere in town we saw a 1960s era GMC one ton and a late 1940s/early 1950s Chevrolet pickup. These commonly seen models seem a little hum-drum considering the gems we explored earlier. Towering above us the whole time is Turtle Mountain, famous for the Frank Slide which… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)