The first motor truck was built in 1896 by the German automotive pioneer Gottlieb Daimler. Daimler's truck had a four-horsepower engine and a belt drive with two forward speeds and one reverse.

Charles Brooks invented an improved street sweeper truck and patented it on March 17 1896 ... Charles Brooks - Street Sweeper Truc ... Charles Brooks of Newark, New Jersey invented improvements to

The American Truck Historical Society was formed to preserve the history of trucks, the trucking industry, and its pioneers.

More Information about this site. ... Learn the secrets of getting your article read and published. Click on image above. ... On May 2, 2009, The Texas Fire Museum held its annual "muster" in Dallas.

We suggest that you click on one of the links to the left and start finding whatever it is you are looking for.; ... Its probably not a; "Fire Truck."

RFC 1 - Host Software ... i just want to know who invented the first computer and i also want a full biography on them.

Mr. Claude Hoadley invented the first 2 ton, 4 wheel steering, four wheel drive, truck around 1910. (the link has disappeared - does anyone have a new reference?)

Historians seem not certain who invented four wheel drive for cars. Somehow the history of 4WD ... Some of the claims, having invented the first 4WD in history, are pretty hilarious. Check them out!

; National Automotive and Truck Museum of the United States ... Electric auto ignition and self-starter for automobiles first appeared on the 1912 Cadillac.

First were the Panhard engineers Artauld and Dufresne, who turned up originally as early as 1917, with a Panhard design for a 16 hp 3-litre four-cylinder car which they calmly tried to sell...