Special use vehicles : an illustrated history of unconventional cars and trucks worldwide / George W. Green.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Green, George W., 1921-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Commercial vehicles.

Government vehicles.

Motor vehicles, Amphibious.

Physical Description:

v, 242 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2003]

Summary:

The unconventional uses of motor vehicles stretch one's imagination! The author here divides them into eight types based on their purposes and uses.

Sales vehicles support a successful sales volume; advertising vehicles retain present customers and attract new ones; education and training vehicles provide skills updates for employees; charity vehicles serve various populations of the needy, suffering, and distressed; religious vehicles promote a particular faith; functional vehicles perform on-the-spot functions normally done by fixed-base facilities; multimodal vehicles have the ability to traverse land, water, and air; and government vehicles provide a host of services to constituencies. Examples are provided for each type of vehicle and examples from other nations besides the United States are included.

Contents:

Sales vehicles

Advertising vehicles

Training vehicles

Charity and public service vehicles

Religious vehicles

Functional vehicles

Multimodal vehicles

Government vehicles

The future of special use vehicles.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0786412453

OCLC:

50643997