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The Hays Museum selling 37 old and rare trucks

The collection holder will be offering 37 trucks for sale on March 25, 2022, largely made in the first half of the 20th century. Some of them are unique, and all go without reserve.

The listing includes many vehicles made by lesser-known and no longer existing companies, such as Fageol, Pierce-Arrow and Selden. There is also a first-gen Peterbilt 260GD truck weighing five metric tons (11,000 lbs). The seller claims it is one out of no more than five such cars surviving to these days, and the only first-gen truck to ever hit the block.

Another gem of the collection is a 1918 Pierce-Arrow Model X-4 logging truck that was restored after a lifetime of timber carrying in California. A matching trailer is available for a premium.

There is also a never-released prototype by Breeding, a 5-tonne chassis powered by a steam engine made in 1915. The car was disassembled for parts during the World War I, but restores were able to locate the original chassis and engine and put them together.

A wooden replica of the 1957 GMC Pickup is on sale as well. Its creator succeeded in recreating the body, suspension, exhaust system, steering and engine of the original truck in this imitation.

Finally, there is a 1903 Knox Three Quarter Ton Stake Truck, one of the world’s oldest surviving commercial transports. It is also the marque’s only truck to feature a one-cylinder engine and the oldest vehicle on sale in the entire collection. Knox is credited with the invention of the semi-trailer, by the way, making this example all the more valuable.

No prices have been announced so far.