This book takes a fresh look at a period in trucking history when power, weight and comfort increased dramatically. However, whilst this revolution was taking place, many manufacturers were struggling to find the money to keep pace with competitors, and by the end of the decade many were being consigned to the history books.

Colin Peck worked throughout the 1970s in the road transport industry, both in transport management and as a freelance correspondent to trucking magazines in the UK, the US, and around the world.
He co-authored Trucks of the World Highways and Off-Highway & Construction Trucks, and more recently wrote a comprehensive profile of DAF Trucks since 1949 - the first in the Veloce Truckmakers series.
As a successful public relations practitioner, Colin today handles the press and PR for one of the world's largest independent truck rental and contract hire firms, and so is able to bring a wide range of experience and professionalism to this new book.