This photo is a high quality new 8” x 10” black & white glossy photo professional reproduction of a late-1950s AUTOCAR MODEL DC10364S-OH TANDEM OILFIELD BED TRUCK owned by SHORTY HALL RIG CO. INC., Odessa, Texas. This is #1 of 2 photos I have for sale of the same truck, shown with different loads.
”SAMPLE” will not appear on your photo, it is only on the scanned image. Laying the “SAMPLE” sheet over the photo for the scan, causes the image to be slightly yellowed. Your photo reproduction will be pure black & white with no yellow cast.
DESCRIPTION: This AUTOCAR DIESEL DC1036S-OH Oil Field Bed Truck was on a 303” WB, 14.00/24 front tires, 12.00/24 rear tires, powered by a Cummins 220—hp diesel engine with a 5-speed main/3-speed auxiliary transmissions, 2-Tulsa winches, with 24’ gin poles on a 19’3” bed measured from the back of the winches. Shown here unloading 2 large Waukesha diesel engines onto an oil well drilling platform.
Owner Shorty Hall Rig Co. Inc. was based in Odessa, Texas in the oil rich Permian Basin of the West Texas oil fields. As recent as 2000, this company was located at 2632 E. Pearl St. in Odessa. O. L. “Shorty” Long was born in Louisville, MS in 1910, and died in Odessa, TX in 1999 at the age of 88. Mr. Hall was a pioneer in the oil industry in the Permian Basin. His company, Shorty Hall Rig Co. was the first company in the Permian Basin to begin a profit-sharing program with their employees. An early pioneer in the oil industry of the Permian Basin, Mr. Hall built wooden derricks for oil producers before technology shifted to steel derricks. Shorty Hall was a legend in the oil fields of West Texas.
CONDITION: This outstanding black & white glossy photo is a newly reproduced photo from a photo in my personal lifetime collection. This photo has been printed on archival quality HP Premium Plus Glossy Photo Paper using HP 02 Vivera Inks, producing a professional quality photo that resists fading over 100 years ... the best money can buy. This 8x10 photo has a white border around the photo. For your information, the description and documentation of this photo will be loosely taped to the back side of this photo. I try to ad some “added value” to my photos by researching each one, adding some history and information that you may not know. If I get something incorrect, please let me know … thanks!
SHIPPING & HANDLING: This item will be shipped via USPS FIRST CLASS MAIL - PACKAGE RATE (non-machinable) within the USA, including FREE USPS Tracking from USPS from my door to your mailbox. For WORLD WIDE INTERNATIONAL/GLOBAL mailings to eligible countries, I will mail to the US Shipping Center in Kentucky for reshipment to you … expect additional postal charges from the reshipment center. Your item will be mailed FLAT, carefully packed in a large 9x12 double envelope with a cardboard stiffener in the inner envelope ... the cardboard stiffener assures you it will arrive in excellent condition.
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Now that I have begun to sell on after a few years off, I will be adding a number of vintage truck and construction equipment photos/ads, listing an additional item or two almost daily. I still have several file boxes and shelves full of items to sell. Please check my sales and store frequently to see what new items I have added.
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