Welcome to
the Check out the Members Corner to see photos from Annual Meetings and the Friends of Autocar Donations List. Note: If anyone has pictures of any Autocar Factories, branches, or dealerships, please email them to Ed. My History with Autocar My father worked at The Autocar Company in Ardmore PA. from 1918 to 1954.
About 25 years of this time he served as an assistant service manager at the factory in
Ardmore. I worked as a mechanic 1950-52 at the Philadelphia branch and Parts and Service manager 1953-54 at the Chester, PA branch. So you can see why I have a nostalgic connection to Autocar truck history. My mother was a secretary to Mr. Page, president of the company in the early 1920's. My uncle, Fred Trunk, worked in the Ardmore Factory until it closed in 1954 and in The Exton plant until 1962. He was in the road test department.
Gordon went to work with The Autocar
Truck Company in Ardmore PA. on May 1939 after graduating from Haverford
High School in Delaware County PA. He
started in the cab department working under Ross Hillman. Then he moved
to Blueprint Boy and Letter Writer sending letters
out for parts from 1941 to 1943 at which time he was drafted into the
Army Signal Corps. He was sent to Hawaii for a year and then reassigned to
the West Coast USA. to detect and intercept Japanese balloons believed to be armed. In 1946 he returned to Autocar as a
draftsman until 1950 and then into the military rebuilding department.
In 1951 he became the assistant purchasing agent until 1954 when the Ardmore factory was closed and he moved out to the Exton Plant as
purchasing agent. He worked in this position until 1980. He was moved
from there to the Cleveland Defense Products Division. In 1981, left the
Company and returned home to Malvern PA. to work for other employers
until retirement. Gordon Stevens is a loyal Autocar devotee and one of
the founders of "Friends of Autocar" and we are proud to have as our
President!
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Friends of Autocar
Friends of Autocar Annual
Truck Show And Banquet September 22nd 2012 Check out Photos from past meetings: Donald DeLanoy Donald William DeLanoy age 91, died on October 25, 2011 at his home in Wayne Pa. Born October 18, 1920 in Columbus Ohio. Donald was a graduate of Lower Merion High School and Drexel University. Donald worked at the Autocar Truck Co. in Ardmore Pa. from 1942 to 1954 and in Exton Pa. from 1954 to 1967. He was a plant engineer. He is survived by his wife of 65 years, One daughter and four sons, seven grandchildren , and five great grandchildren. We will miss our good friend.
View Pictures from past Meetings
The two Autocar Photo Archive books above will be on sale at the 15th annual "Friends of Autocar" banquet and truck show. For
more info, email Ed.
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