The best advice to offer anyone seeking to put their knowledge of classic trucks and all things related on the fast track is for them to build a personal reference library from an assortment of good old fashioned books. Sure there's the Internet, but why increase your carbon footprint every time you fire up your 450-watt computer just to be left to the mercy of an anonymous Internet wizard. When searching information that is accurate and authoritative there's no better primary source to rely on than a book written by a reputable author.

First on our list of must...

First on our list of must haves is Krause Publications Standard Catalog of American Light-Duty Trucks. ISBN: 0-87341-933-2

The more we read this book,...

The more we read this book, the more we liked it. Forest Gregg's SVO is the perfect publication for anyone that ever considered running straight vegetable oil in their diesel engine, or just wanted to read what has to be most complete and informative guide on how to do it. SVO, Powering Your Vehicle with Straight Vegetable Oil is published by New Society Publishers. For more information call (250) 247-9737 or visit www.newsociety.com. ISBN: 978-0-86571-612-4

The red cover is the current...

The red cover is the current edition of Krause Publications Standard Catalog of American Light-Duty Trucks, and the blue cover first edition, first printing has been in my personal reference library since 1987. Talk about a carbon footprint, multiply 450-watts times 21 years and see how much saved electricity you get.

Leave it to John Gunnel to...

Leave it to John Gunnel to introduce the most definitive guide yet on the fastest growing segment of classic sport trucks the '73-87 C10, and '88-98 C1500 Chevrolet (Note the '88 Chevrolet C1500 is considered to be the "Typhoid Mary" of the sport truck movement. I had to get that in there, John). All of the technical and interesting facts & figures normally associated with Krause Publications Standard Guides are within Chevrolet Pickups 1973-1998, plus a whole lot more including full-color paint charts, and a section on customizing classic Chevrolet trucks. For more information call (800) 258-0929, or visit www.krausebooks.com.

Mike Mueller's Ford Pickup...

Mike Mueller's Ford Pickup Trucks from Motorbooks is a great spotter's guide offering full-color images of every Ford pickup to leave the plant beginning with Ford's first pickup in 1925 on up to the SVT powerhouses of the 21st Century. For more information call (800) 826-6600 or visit www.motorbooks.com. ISBN: 978-0-7603-3262