The Trucks Are Back!

It is so nice to see all our shows returning after the year off due to Covid. This weekend was the Ballston Truck Show at the Saratoga County Fairgrounds. Dave loaded all sorts of his creations up and I joined him a few hours later. His inventions included his 1956 Panzer (the same year he was born), which he bought for modifying it with a Honda CB 750 engine, but then decided against it, because it would be a shame to change its authenticity. It has to be rope started, but it was perfect for towing the peanut roaster around.

His other inventions included the Honda Trail 212 (a Trail 70 with a Twinstar 200cc engine in it), His Whizzer replica motorized bicycle, and his custom mini bike with a snowmobile engine it.

Even the Divco made it to the show on a trailer and it drew quite a crowd. It was driven around a few times and ran flawlessly.

This truck was quite the display. It had a BBQ/smoker, but if you look really close, you can see that it is actually a trailer disguised as a truck, right down to the engine being fake. The front was eventually hooked up to a trailer hitch and towed home. Brilliantly done!

All sorts of trucks, big and small turned out for this much anticipated event. Some were gorgeous and others were novel, like these rat rods.

This 1937 chain drive C-cab Mack truck may look like a rat rod, but it has quite the history to it and the owner traveled with his family to Buffalo on the NYS Thruway and back to the Capital District in it.

This camper/mudder entourage drove in and parked while we were checking out the trucks. Dave went over to the owner and he started the mudder up for him, although he couldn't take it off the trailer due to an equipment failure at the last mud bog.

This Mack combination rig was one of the many that came from all over the Northeast.

Note the beautiful Mack bulldog statue on the back of this truck. It was chainsaw carved out of a tree log.

Here is a matching pair of White overnight cab, single screw tractors.

Look at this awesome GM V-12 1271 engine. It is huge and sounds amazing.

Brer Rabbit was the name of this pre-war AC Mack with a custom oak body, complete with molasses barrels.

The detail of Brer Rabbit was one of our favorites. This is also a chain drive truck and has acetylene gas lighting.

This was a gorgeous 1922 Ahrens-Fox pumper fire truck. Click on the photo and zoom in to read about it.

A nice fleet collection of day tractors.

There was even a group of Model T touring cars, including some brass era models. These are over 100 years old.

This event was the last of our seasonal shows and it was the perfect ending. My photos were such a small sample of all the great displays. We can't wait to see what's new next year and we will be ready!