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Featured Trucks

1929 Chevrolet 1-1/2 ton stake

This 1929 Chevrolet Model LQ Utility 1-1/2 ton stake was the very first truck to be restored and preserved in the Hays collection. It is nearly identical to the first truck bought and used by A.W. Hays in the early days of his trucking business. 1929 was the first year for the Chevrolet overhead valve 6-cylinder engine, nicknamed "stove bolt six".

1918 Pierce-Arrow

This 1918 Pierce-Arrow is one of the best restorations in the museum. It has a flatbed body with rollers and was originally used to haul lumber from Sequoia Mill to Fresno, California. It has a Pierce-Arrow 276 cu. in., 34 hp, 4 cylinder engine, 4-speed transmission, and worm drive rear axle.

1917 Menominee

This Menominee Model HT 1-Ton Express, a little known make from Clintonville, Wisconsin, was named for an Indian tribe. Manufactured by D.F. Poyer & Co., production began in 1913, using standard components from various suppliers, including Wisconsin engines, Cotta and Detlaff transmissions, and Columbia, Schuler, and Timken axles.

1916 Breeding Steam Truck

This one of a kind Breeding steamer was built by the Breeding Engineering Co. of Cincinnati, Ohio. The steam engine was built by Breeding but is similar to a Stanley Steamer design. The approach of World War I ended plans for production, and the prototype engine and chassis were separated at some point.

1912 Detroit Motor Wagon

This truck is a 1912 Detroit Motor Wagon 1/2 -ton flatbed with sideboards. Made by the short-lived Motor Wagon Co. of Detroit Michigan, few of these rare vehicles are left. Initially the trade name was just "Motor Wagon" but later, bowing to common usage, the company began advertising it as the "Detroit Motor Wagon".

1909 Sears

This truck is a Sears Model K-2 Passenger Runabout. It was one of the more primitive early vehicles, closely resembling a horse drawn wagon. It had an under-floor, air cooled 2-cylinder engine, tiller steering, and large diameter wood spoke wheels.

1908 Galloway

The Galloway is a "high wheel" motorized wagon with a water-cooled horizontally opposed 2-cylinder engine. It has a 2-speed planetary transmission with low and reverse selected by foot pedals and high ratio with a hand lever. The manufacturer, Wm. Galloway Co. of Waterloo, Iowa, was a well known mail-order supplier of farm implements.

1903 Knox

The Knox truck is the oldest truck in the museum and the only one with a single cylinder engine. The air-cooled engine is mounted under the load floor with the cylinder head facing forward. These engines were nicknamed "Old Porcupines" because of the fins screwed into the cylinder jacket. The maker claimed the fins provided a much greater cooling surface than conventional fins.

Supported Organizations

Studebaker National Museum

National Museum Funeral History

Mack Truck

Lane Motor Museum

LA County Fire Museum

Truck Museum

Hays Antique Truck Museum

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