1953 R B & W Bolt and Nut Co. Vintage Ad | Autocar Truck

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This 1953 vintage ad for Russell, Burdsall & Ward Bolt and Nut Company of Port Chester, N.Y. has an art illustration of an Autocar Truck and semi-trailer with the tagline, “For the long haul…Autocar relies on R B & W bolts”.

Year Published: 1953
Approximate overall size – inches: 10 x 13
Grade: Excellent

Excerpt:
“It’s been a long time since the Autocar people switched from riveted to bolt-and-nut construction. Here’s how it happened:
Two Autocar engineers took off on a coast-to-coast run to shake the bugs out of a new test model. Things went well until they reached the outskirts of a small Western town. Then a riveted spring bracket broke.
It took an entire day just to chisel through the rivets because it was hard to get at the bracket. Repairing the bracket was easy, but the only way to replace it was with bolts and nuts obtained locally.
From that day on, it was accessible bolt-and-nut construction exclusively for all Autocar trucks.”

This is a 70 yr. old original vintage ad removed from a 1953 publication and is not a reproduction of any kind.

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