From around 1965 until the early 1980s, these Transtar IIs were some of the most desirable and capable American cabover ...

During trucking’s golden era, nearly half the rigs cruising highways were cabovers, or COEs (Cab Over Engine). The driver’s cabin sat directly over the engine, creating shorter trucks that could ...

The GMC “Crackerbox” looked like a rolling shoebox, but for a brief window in the early 1960s it represented the sharp edge of heavy‑truck engineering. General Motors used this stark aluminum cabover ...