The Autocar Truck Factory: How America's Oldest Truck Survived Three Bankruptcies in 128 Years
26K views · Jun 15, 2026 · Entertainment
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@Themachinearchive · 2 months ago
A truck driver’s office has the best view in the world.
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@harrisonbeckett1545 · 2 months ago
Thank you for this great information.
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@scottmay31 · 5 days ago
I drove a'77 CONSTRUCKTOR pulling a set of Michigan Special Gravel Trains. 8V92 Detroit Diesel and a 15 speed, double overed with 5.56 gears. <br>Still my first love.<br><br>No a/c, hotter ride than you can imagine but dammit boy, what a workhorse!
@rah4124 · 1 month ago
Keep an eye on Diesel Creek's Constructor restoration.
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@wadet73 · 1 month ago
There's a fairly new Autocar plant in Birmingham AL (hwy 79 Pinson Valley) in the former Southern Comfort truck and van conversion location.
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@AnthonyGreener-l6u · 3 months ago
Well I was 12 and my uncle drove truck and it was a 1983 wow what a road trip !! Double frame 60 inch sleeper 260 wheel base 425 cat with a 13 speed what a ride !!
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@jeffshubert9176 · 3 months ago
I started on a 1963 autocar in 1983 to get my class 5 to drive a truck my dad drove white and autocar since the late 40s until 1975 when he got a new white road boss
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@curtekstrom9105 · 2 months ago
I still own 2 of the 5 1983 Autocar AT64's my Dad Custom ordered new. Both maintained in top Condition. And on Dedicated turns KC to Dallas.
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@lerm350 · 3 months ago
These were real trucks.
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@northwoodsscott · 3 months ago
I worked for a guy that had a, 7 bedroom, Three-Story house moved. The movers had a 19T pulling it down the road. I don't know what that truck was made of but you could walk faster. And it hardly made a grunt. The house movers kept it spotless. They said it was their best advertising
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@janroyer7304 · 3 months ago
I had a 1983 at64 truck 42 inch sleeper air ride 400 cummins 14613speed 1,225000 miles when sold.the best truck owned.
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@AntonyCar-l6l · 3 months ago
Impressive and admirable
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