hand crafted stainless steel 1979 Peterbilt, hard to miss that! Phil Langevin brought it to the 2008 MATS

Ultra-Custom Semi TrucksBy Bette S. Garber

Hand crafted, not factory produced

http://wowtrucks.com/phil-langevin.html

P.A. Langevin Transport is a privately owned and operated company located in Carleton Place, Ontario.

Autocar stainless steel semi truck cab...

 Edgcomb Steel Company, of Philadelphia, made seven trucks of Armco stainless steel, Type 302, 2 B Finish.

The cab and hood parts of this "rolling advertisement" are eye-stoppers that were to eliminate refinishing problems of parts that usually need it first.

The stainless steel is supplied by the Armco Steel Corporation whose plant is located at Middletown, Ohio.

In the early 1990s when owned by French based international steel giant Usinor Sacilor, the company located, purchased and restored 3 of the original 7. They were used to promote stainless steel and made limited "light" load deliveries and were displayed in front of plants rotating through the various regions of the company.

The Company has changed hands twice since first as Mac Steel Service Centers USA and now they are Klockner Metals.

http://forums.justoldtrucks.com/21386/Stainless-Steel-Autocar
thanks Bruce!

The 1936 Stainless Steel Ford

It seems a lot of people forwarded these 4 images in the same email, as they are the only ones everywhere in the first 2 pages of Google search, I want to thank Mike and Randall for emailing it to me!
For a full view of the press brochure of the company that built these cars, see: http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2009/04/07/ageless-automobiles/

Here's the only shot I could find of all 3 models together

and here is the only shot of one of the Stainless Steel t-birds

This is the 1936 Ford Coupe owned by Allegheny Ludlum Steel.

This is 1 of only 4 in existence and is the only one currently in running & in roadworthy condition. The car is in exceptional condition, with the interior and even the frame looking great. All 4 cars each had over 200,000 miles on them before they removed them from service.

These cars were built for Allegheny as promotional and marketing projects. The top salesmen each year were given the honor of being able to drive them for one year. The v-8 engine (max 85 hp) ran like a sewing machine and was surprisingly smooth and quite.

FYI, the car was insured (we were told) for the trip to Louisville via covered trailer for 1.5 million dollars. The dies were ruined by stamping the stainless car parts, making these few and then unable to make more.
More information can be found at Allegheny Ludlum’s website:

http://www.alleghenyludlum.com/pages/companyinfo/stainlesscars.asp

One is at the John Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh, along with the first Bantam Jeep, a vintage fire truck, a Conestoga Wagon and a PCC Trolley.

More at http://clubroadster.net/vb_forum/showpost.php?p=1050186&postcount=11744