Meet Ramona, a rusty 1910s Republic flatbed I shot in the pouring rain across the road from the Sister Creek Winery in Sisterdale, Texas. This Boneyard Babe has been around the block. You can feel her sense of purpose, as she kept on working till her wheels fell off!
Truck Factoid:
Ramona was manufactured at the Republic Motor Truck Company, which was in business from 1913 to 1929 in
Alma, Michigan. By 1918, it was recognized as the largest exclusive truck manufacturer in the world, and the maker of one out of every nine trucks on the roads in the United States. It was one of the major suppliers of "
Liberty trucks" used by American troops during
World War I. After the death of its president, Oliver Hayes, in 1928, the company merged with the
American LaFrance Company to become LaFrance-Republic. LaFrance-Republic, in turn, was purchased by the
Sterling Motor Truck Company in 1932, which was purchased by the
White Motor Company in 1951.
