Posted by Vintage Power Wagons on Tuesday, November 06, 2001 at 3:52PM :
Dave Butler, President of Vintage Power Wagons, Fairfield, Iowa, and Fred Coldwell, President of Vintimage, Inc., publisher of Denver, Colorado, proudly announce the publication of a series of books on the development and production history of Dodge four-wheel drive trucks from 1934 to 1974. The books will use numerous photographs and extensive research data from the John Zentmyer Collection of Dodge truck materials that recently was acquired by Vintage Power Wagons. Additional Dodge truck materials collected by Dave and Fred over the past 30 years will supplement the Zentmyer information. The books will be written in chronological order and are expected to be published in one year intervals beginning in the first half of 2003 about trucks grouped as follows: Pre-WW II Trucks, 1934-1940; WC ½ ton 4X4 military trucks; WC ¾ ton 4X4 military trucks; WDX-WM300 "flatfender" Power Wagons; M37 series military trucks; and 1954-1974 civilian 4X4 trucks. Present plans envision large size hardcover premium books that will thoroughly document and extensively illustrate each group of Dodge 4X4 trucks.
Dave Butler has owned, restored, bought and sold Dodge 4X4 trucks and parts for over 25 years, and knows them intimately. Vintage Power Wagons' extensive collection of Dodge 4X4 truck information has become the largest such collection in the world with the acquisition of the Zentmyer materials. Fred Coldwell has owned Dodge 4X4 trucks since 1972 and has written about them frequently in the Power Wagon Advertiser. Fred is a published author with two books about jeeps. His 1996 book, Selling the All-American Wonder, is a collection of full-size WW II jeep color magazine ads. His 2001 book, Preproduction Civilian Jeeps, 1944-1945 Model CJ-1 & CJ-2, documents in extensive detail and illustrates, with over 275 images Willys-Overland's transformation of the WW II quarter-ton military jeep into the first production model CJ-2A civilian jeep.
Dave and Fred have known each other since meeting in Denver, Colorado during 1977, when the Dodge 4X4 hobby was in its infancy. They have grown with the hobby, and their combined experience, knowledge and talent will result in superior books about these wonderful old Dodge military trucks.
The authors presently are looking for field use and in-action photographs of any 1934-40 Dodge military truck, domestic, export or foreign built, such as the HK-31, K-39X4, RF-40x4, TF-40x4, VC1-6 and VF 401-407, among others. Action and field photographs of these Dodge trucks might be found in prewar training camp albums, combat unit history books, photo magazines, and in articles and reports on the large-scale prewar training maneuvers in Kentucky, Louisiana and Texas, among other places. We are looking for manuals and field use/test reports on these 1934-1940 Dodge military trucks. Finally, we seek images of restored and unrestored trucks for possible use in the first book. All contributions will be acknowledged, and valuable contributions will be rewarded with a complimentary copy of the first book.
We are willing to travel to review pertinent information, images and vehicles. We have sufficient factory data and formal portraits of these trucks, but are looking mostly for images of these trucks as actually used by the troops. Anyone with pertinent materials or vehicles is encouraged to contact Dave or Fred to discuss what they have. We can be reached at:
Fred Coldwell
Vintimage, Inc.
P.O. Box 200127
Denver, CO. 80220-0127
Tel: 303-399-8104
Fax: 303-399-8104 Email: Agrijeep@qwest.net
Dave Butler
Vintage Power Wagons Inc.
302 S. 7th St.
Fairfield, Iowa 52556
Tel: 641-472-4665
Fax: 641-472-4824
Email: dcb@vintagepowerwagons.com
Website: www.vintagepowerwagons.com
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