Pictures from my Grandfather Circa 1953 - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

pennhunter · 05-22-2013, 03:26 AM

My grandfather was an engineer at White Motors. I apologize if this isn't the right place for these photos, but I thought people might be interested in them and maybe I could learn something about them. My grandfather died in 1957 and my grandmother held onto these pictures, which is how I ended up with them. They are of different brand trucks being tested on a frozen lakebed in Michigan.

pennhunter · 05-22-2013, 03:29 AM

More pics...

pennhunter · 05-22-2013, 03:31 AM

More...

pennhunter · 05-22-2013, 03:34 AM

Even more....

pennhunter · 05-22-2013, 03:35 AM

one more...

propanemudtruck · 05-22-2013, 05:57 AM

awesome pictures! early sleeper cab? I wouldn't ever mind having that GMC with the white grille in my driveway.

**special-K** · 05-22-2013, 07:17 AM

Those are great pictures. Thanks for sharing! I guess it's important to know how the truck performance compares on a frozen lake

. Just kidding. I'm sure it has something to do with it being a convenient & cheap test ground that's there to use rather than building a course on land.
How about those overhead wipers on the GMC?

C10 - C90 Bill · 05-22-2013, 09:01 AM

Interesting pictures. Real good quality shots.

Thanks for posting them.

Bill

*Peanutbutter* · 05-23-2013, 01:24 AM

Thanks for taking the time to post those great pics. Every couple years the Mack people come to our little town to do some type of testing, they bring a Prevost bus, a 3 axle tractor and dry freight and a strange looking 3 axle cabover with what looks like scale weights over the drivers. The cabover must be some kind of test bed for engines and transmissions maybe. They park at the bottom of our drive way and then climb 7,000 feet of elevation of highway up into the national forest, they are here 2 or 3 days.

**Clyde65** · 05-23-2013, 08:31 AM

Those are very cool pictures! I doubt any lakes freeze that solid anymore in Michigan.

pennhunter · 05-23-2013, 04:35 PM

I'm not 100% sure it was Michigan, but it would make sense since the manufacturers were from that general area. Interesting stuff about the Mack testing too.

Trekster · 05-24-2013, 12:11 AM

Great pictures. Thanks for posting them.

KQQL IT · 05-24-2013, 01:30 AM

Neat neat neat

Not to hi Jack but a local guy still runs a white come like that one^^
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**special-K** · 05-24-2013, 06:08 AM

I loved these 3000 Cabovers when I was a kit. A very friendly looking truck. I still love 'um. It would be great to have a single rear tractor lowboy or straight ramp truck to haul pickups on. With all the cabover custom car haulers and pickup conversions,I'm surprised more of these aren't used.
Here's a neat picture of a heavy (I hope) long wb tractor in Malibu(?) back in the day

**old Rusty C10** · 05-24-2013, 09:31 AM

one of the home heating oil places still have a couple of those old cab over whites one round cab and one of the sixties square flat nose cabs with the original tanks.. they don't really run the trucks anymore but have em all spiffed up and keep them on the property.. I guess they show them or the owner keeps them as a tribute to his forefathers who ran the business generations ago...

pennhunter · 05-24-2013, 12:50 PM

Great picture! My grandfather was on the White cabover design team.

KQQL IT · 05-24-2013, 02:09 PM

Not the best pic.

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**special-K** · 05-24-2013, 09:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pennhunter

Great picture! My grandfather was on the White cabover design team.

I hoped you wouldn't mind me popping it into your thread,since it's one of his babies doing what it was designed to do back in the day on the real world proving ground. If I didn't that you before,thanks for sharing your photos and starting such a cool thread.

ETsC10 · 05-27-2013, 09:49 AM

Beautiful tribute to your Grampa and his role in the keeping the best of the
best moving this great nations commodity's safely down the road.

05-22-2013, 03:26 AM	#1
pennhunter Registered User Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Wickliffe, Ohio Posts: 27	Pictures from my Grandfather Circa 1953 My grandfather was an engineer at White Motors. I apologize if this isn't the right place for these photos, but I thought people might be interested in them and maybe I could learn something about them. My grandfather died in 1957 and my grandmother held onto these pictures, which is how I ended up with them. They are of different brand trucks being tested on a frozen lakebed in Michigan. Attached Images

05-22-2013, 03:29 AM	#2
pennhunter Registered User Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Wickliffe, Ohio Posts: 27	Re: Pictures from my Grandfather Circa 1953 More pics... Attached Images

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pennhunter Registered User Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Wickliffe, Ohio Posts: 27	Re: Pictures from my Grandfather Circa 1953 More... Attached Images

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pennhunter Registered User Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Wickliffe, Ohio Posts: 27	Re: Pictures from my Grandfather Circa 1953 Even more.... Attached Images

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pennhunter Registered User Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Wickliffe, Ohio Posts: 27	Re: Pictures from my Grandfather Circa 1953 one more... Attached Images

05-22-2013, 05:57 AM	#6
propanemudtruck Local Redneck Authority Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 584	Re: Pictures from my Grandfather Circa 1953 awesome pictures! early sleeper cab? I wouldn't ever mind having that GMC with the white grille in my driveway. __________________ -Kevin four on the floor feel the beat in your soul movin to the rhythym pumpin til ya cant take no more dance if you want to do what you came to you cant ignore the feeling of that four on the floor

05-22-2013, 07:17 AM	#7
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,851	Re: Pictures from my Grandfather Circa 1953 Those are great pictures. Thanks for sharing! I guess it's important to know how the truck performance compares on a frozen lake . Just kidding. I'm sure it has something to do with it being a convenient & cheap test ground that's there to use rather than building a course on land. How about those overhead wipers on the GMC? __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

05-22-2013, 09:01 AM	#8
C10 - C90 Bill Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Moneta, VA USA Posts: 3,088	Re: Pictures from my Grandfather Circa 1953 Interesting pictures. Real good quality shots. Thanks for posting them. Bill __________________ '60-'72 Chev/GMC Fan GMC 9500 Fan Detroit Diesel Fan

05-23-2013, 01:24 AM	#9
Peanutbutter Account Suspended Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Mesa, Colorado Posts: 450	Re: Pictures from my Grandfather Circa 1953 Thanks for taking the time to post those great pics. Every couple years the Mack people come to our little town to do some type of testing, they bring a Prevost bus, a 3 axle tractor and dry freight and a strange looking 3 axle cabover with what looks like scale weights over the drivers. The cabover must be some kind of test bed for engines and transmissions maybe. They park at the bottom of our drive way and then climb 7,000 feet of elevation of highway up into the national forest, they are here 2 or 3 days.

05-23-2013, 08:31 AM	#10
Clyde65 1965 Chevy C10, 2005 4.8L/4l60 Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: DFW Texas Posts: 8,546	Re: Pictures from my Grandfather Circa 1953 Those are very cool pictures! I doubt any lakes freeze that solid anymore in Michigan. __________________ Clyde65 Rebuild of Clyde http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...84#post8338184 69 Aristocrat Lo Liner build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...84#post7561684 *support our troops!*

05-23-2013, 04:35 PM	#11
pennhunter Registered User Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Wickliffe, Ohio Posts: 27	Re: Pictures from my Grandfather Circa 1953 I'm not 100% sure it was Michigan, but it would make sense since the manufacturers were from that general area. Interesting stuff about the Mack testing too.

05-24-2013, 12:11 AM	#12
Trekster Registered User Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Brigham City Utah Posts: 157	Re: Pictures from my Grandfather Circa 1953 Great pictures. Thanks for posting them.

05-24-2013, 01:30 AM	#13
KQQL IT At the body shop. Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Land of fruits and nuts. Posts: 5,259	Re: Pictures from my Grandfather Circa 1953 Neat neat neat Not to hi Jack but a local guy still runs a white come like that one^^ Posted via Mobile Device __________________ " That didnt make it any newer " " Dont antique the equipment "

05-24-2013, 06:08 AM	#14
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,851	Re: Pictures from my Grandfather Circa 1953 I loved these 3000 Cabovers when I was a kit. A very friendly looking truck. I still love 'um. It would be great to have a single rear tractor lowboy or straight ramp truck to haul pickups on. With all the cabover custom car haulers and pickup conversions,I'm surprised more of these aren't used. Here's a neat picture of a heavy (I hope) long wb tractor in Malibu(?) back in the day Attached Images __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

05-24-2013, 09:31 AM	#15
old Rusty C10 Robert Olson Transport Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: recent transplant to NC USA Posts: 20,312	Re: Pictures from my Grandfather Circa 1953 one of the home heating oil places still have a couple of those old cab over whites one round cab and one of the sixties square flat nose cabs with the original tanks.. they don't really run the trucks anymore but have em all spiffed up and keep them on the property.. I guess they show them or the owner keeps them as a tribute to his forefathers who ran the business generations ago... __________________ Bob 1951 International running on a squarebody chassis "If a man's worth is judged by the people he associates himself with, then i am the richest man in the world knowing some of the fine people of this board" http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...t.php?f=25&a=9 (you can review the site rules here!) PM Me for your vehicle/parts hauling needs in the North East US or see my Facebook page Robert Olson Transport Live each day to the fullest.. you never know when fate is going to pull the rug out from under you... I hate cancer!!



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05-24-2013, 12:50 PM	#16
pennhunter Registered User Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Wickliffe, Ohio Posts: 27	Re: Pictures from my Grandfather Circa 1953 Great picture! My grandfather was on the White cabover design team.

05-24-2013, 02:09 PM	#17
KQQL IT At the body shop. Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Land of fruits and nuts. Posts: 5,259	Re: Pictures from my Grandfather Circa 1953 Not the best pic. Posted via Mobile Device __________________ " That didnt make it any newer " " Dont antique the equipment "

05-27-2013, 09:49 AM	#19
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