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Born and raised in Colorado, Harleigh Holmes knew the challenges of mud andsnow. It's why in the 1910s he began to experiment with steerable drivingaxles for the purpose of creating front- and four-wheel-drive vehicles &began to build four-wheel-drive trucks around 1921. Brothers from Colorado -Alfred and George Coleman - bought the company, renamed it, relocated it toLittleton, Colorado, and began production. Holmes remained on, helpingdirect the production of monsters like the one seen here, spotted by GeneHerman at an Antique Truck Club of America chapter in South Deerfield,Massachusetts."This unit (what appears to be a 1929 5-ton) is owned by Dick Hallberg ofBridgewater, New Hampshire," Gene wrote. "He says it saw service with a NewHampshire town road crew for many years, making it one of the very few everto do so back here in the east. The sound of the twin ignition 138 h.p. Budasix-cylinder is really something through that straight stack."While with Coleman Holmes would build several Indy cars and Pikes Peak cars,five experimental passenger cars, and Coleman also became well known forbuilding four-wheel-drive conversions for Fords (as well as those airplanetugs you still see at airports today)Coleman continued to build trucks after World War II, but following Holmes'sdeath in 1963 (the Coleman brothers had died in 1930 and 1945), Colemanbegan to gradually move away from Littleton under new owners.#colemantrucks #harleighholmes #budaengine #cdlhunter #vintagetrucks #5tontruck