PREPARES SAE WAR

Standard specifications came of age as clouds of war crowded the sky in late 1916. War already was raging between European powers for about two years as America continued to dodge the bullet of involvement. But that was not to last. In 1917, America would be sucked into the conflagration as the “Great Hope” for France and the low countries hugging coastal waters of the European continent.

Quickly, the truck became more prominent. Before that time, it was a hauler of goods, a transporter of commodities, a farmer’s friend, a business mogul’s