Posted by Kevin on Tuesday, February 08, 2005 at 10:59AM :
In Reply to: ALCAN Highway posted by Ken See on Tuesday, February 08, 2005 at 10:53AM :
My father was a civilian trucker on the alcan for the US Hwy construction divisions. he used to tell some interesting tales, trading rationed liquor and smokes for tires, equipment etc. How the trucks were never shut down in the winter, if they stopped they froze solid. I have a WC53 that we suspect is from the ALCAN project, this truck has/had cab gas heater, engine gas pre-heater, internally operated rad shutter