Special Use Vehicles

An Illustrated History of Unconventional Cars and Trucks Worldwide

George W. Green (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

248 Seiten

2007 | illustrated Edition
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-2911-0 (ISBN)

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Beyond the traditional purposes of moving people, goods, raw materials, and mail from place to place lies a world of unconventional uses of motor vehicles. This work presents the history which gives an overview of the many special purposes vehicles have served. It divides the vehicles into eight types based on their purposes and uses.

Beyond the traditional purposes of moving people, goods, raw materials, and mail from place to place lies a world of unconventional uses of motor vehicles. Rolling grocery stores, churches, classrooms and health clinics have taken traditionally stationary services directly to those who need them. Companies have built vehicles in the shapes of their products (the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile being just one famous example) from the early years of automobiles. This lively history gives a fascinating overview of the many special purposes vehicles have served. The unconventional uses of motor vehicles stretch one's imagination. The author here divides them into eight types based on their purposes and uses. Sales vehicles support a successful sales volume; advertising vehicles retain present customers and attract new ones; education and training vehicles provide skills updates for employees; charity vehicles are used to serve various populations of the needy, suffering, and distressed; religious vehicles promote a particular faith; functional vehicles perform an on-the-spot function normally done by a fixed-base facility; multimodal vehicles have the ability to traverse land, water, and air; and government vehicles provide a host of services to constituencies. Examples are provided for each type of vehicle and examples from other nations besides the United States are included as well.

A World War II veteran of the Army Air Corps, the late George W. Green was a retired automotive industry executive and university instructor as well as a transportation historian, lecturer and freelance photo journalist. He lived in Illinois.

Table of Contents

Introduction<

1 Sales Vehicles

2 Advertising Vehicles

3 Training Vehicles

4 Charity and Public Service Vehicles

5 Religious Vehicles

6 Functional Vehicles

7 Multimodal Vehicles

8 Government Vehicles

9 The Future of Special Use Vehicles

Appendix: List of Productmobiles

Glossary

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.1.2007
Zusatzinfo	153 photographs
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	455 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
ISBN-10	0-7864-2911-9 / 0786429119
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-2911-0 / 9780786429110
Zustand	Neuware