10-4 Magazine August 2022

56 10-4 Magazine / August 2022 your ATHS membership, celebrating the 90th anniversary of the Cummins Model H engine, and history of the Oshkosh truck. Other activities available included tours throughout the fairgrounds of The Lincoln Experience, a Salute to the Military, and Springfield! Anyone familiar with how these ATHS conventions are scheduled knows that each year the locations are rotated between each region of the country (East, West, North, and South). The 2021 event was held in the East at Harrisonburg, Virgina. This year’s event was held in the Midwest at Springfield. Next year’s show is scheduled to take place out West. Join us next year for the 2023 ATHS National Convention & Antique Truck Show on June 8-10 in the “Biggest Little City in the World” – Reno, NV. The host hotel for this event will be the Grand There were about 50 vendors and ATHS chapters that had vendor booths both inside the pavilion and outside. Some of the participating chapters in this year’s event were Baltimore/Washington, Lincoln Trails, Beer City, Springfield, and Reno/Lake Tahoe. At the center of the truck show field, near the pavilion, was an area for several food vendors. The area was covered with a canopy and populated with many tables for people to sit, eat their food, and relax... plus get a reprieve from the heat and sun under that big metal shade canopy. There were 11 presentations made available to attendees in the Artisans Building on Thursday and Friday. A sample of some of the presentations were Fuller RoadRanger transmissions, the early history of the Four-Wheel Drive (FWD) Company, getting the most from Sierra Resort, and I have heard that this is a great location for the convention. According to Meredith Carr, a staff member of ATHS who worked at the Springfield convention, she informed me that over 700 trucks were registered for and attended this show. The number of trucks and attendees were down a bit from last year, primarily because of the high fuel prices and a down economy. Even under these circumstances, it was a good show with lots of nice trucks, many attendees, and plenty of spectators. True to its mission, the American Truck Historical Society continues to preserve the historyof trucks, the trucking industry, and its pioneers. That was demonstrated at this year’s ATHS National Convention and Antique Truck Show, held in the heart of the Midwest, in the beautiful and historic Land of Lincoln. n