Vintage Delivery Trucks On Main Street U.S.A.: A Pictorial

[stock_steve]

Pack-Age-Car being used for Italian Ice vending at the recent Main Street Middletown classic car cruise, in Middletown, CT, on Wednesday evening, June 12, 2013, ref: Middletown Car Cruise

[Dave Mellor NJ]

I think this is a WWII Dodge. Looks like the great north. By Ester Eddie

[Dave Mellor NJ]

Nice looking 37 Dodge. I'd take it high spare and all. Ester Eddie.

[junkyardjeff]

Watch the clearance on the bridges. By Yellerspirit.

I have seen a similar looking truck built on a Ford chassis and would not want to get in and out of it in a hurry,kind of curious how the steering and shift linkage is designed.

[Dandy Dave]

Say, That Pak-Age-Car is a Diamond T. Nice! Lemon Ice. Yum yum. Thanks for sharing the photos of this survivor Stock Steve. Dandy Dave!

Edited July 7, 2013 by Dandy Dave (see edit history)

[stock_steve]

Say, That Pak-Age-Car is a Diamond T. Nice! Lemon Ice. Yum yum. Thanks for sharing the photos of this survivor Stock Steve. Dandy Dave!

I knew there had to be more significance to that emblem on the nose of the truck, Dandy Dave! Good spotting and interpreting!

[Dave Gelinas (XP-300)]

Here is a stereo card I recently purchased on eBay.

It is of a bread truck and it's driver delivering at the door.

Note the truck is a hump back.

I can't make out the name of the bread company. A neat piece from the early 1930's.

Edited July 11, 2013 by xp-300 (see edit history)

[Dave Gelinas (XP-300)]

Here is another surprise from our good friend Smithbrother.

First the photos from one of my earlier posts, and then a few words from Smithbrother.

Hello, Smith Brother speaking,,,,,,,,.On Feb. 8, 2013 xp-300 on post # 246

presented this rendering. I read some place that the rendering was done in

1941, and was some artist vision of what, 'TRUCKS TO COME' might look like.

When I saw this truck I fell in love. At the time I was building the 1945

Buick parade float piece that Dave posted for me a few months back. Soon I

told Dave, that this Art Deco rendering would be my NEXT MODEL.

In the next day or so Dave will post for me build pictures of this piece.

It is 26" long, and was completed three days ago. Over 200 hours, and a

super fun project. Dave knows, he put up with my sending dozens and dozens

of build pictures, and asking for his advise/comments, etc. Dave is a great

guy, hope to meet him someday, FOR SURE!

I made this build my Buick model car hauler, I made it without build plans,

just looking at the picture....., I wouldn't enjoy building with plans. YOU

WILL SEE SOON.

Thanks for looking, stay tuned,

Dale in Indy

Edited July 13, 2013 by xp-300 (see edit history)

[Dave Gelinas (XP-300)]

OK folks! Your going to love this.

Great work from Dale and an awesome Art Deco piece.

Photos first and then the info from Dale.

Hello, you have seen the rendering shown above, I had no plans, and did all

I could to duplicate this. I am pleased, and call it my Buick hauler. The

hauler is 26" long, all wood except the aluminum trim. I used 2-part white

primer/sealer to help make RED brighter.

Most of the pic's you can figure out, I do want to explain the picture # 3

with the 'X' frame. GM/Buick was very proud of this frame design, I wanted

to salute/honor it by designing the loading ramp like such, I made the

rivets too.

Pic # 7 shows the trailer on its side in the jig that cut the slot/groove

for the side trim. You can look near the blade and see the pencil mark I was

shooting for, I hit both sides dead on, understand the trailer narrows in

the back, so had to compensate for such. You can see the raw aluminum stuck

in the slot in pic. #8.

Pic. #10 shows hitch guide plate.

Pic. # 11 Shows the finished piece. Note cab door wasn't glued in place

when pic taken. Paint is orange peel free, carpet reflections muddy up the

water so to speak. I give the paint a B+, I block sanded before clear to

1000 grit. It is rattle can $3.77 per can Lacquer, took 2 cans for color, 1

for clear.

Remaining picture, except the last one are just more of the finished piece.

Note non-skid wheel paths in trailer, trailer is lined with aluminum. The

next to last pic is showing the finished ramp, with my 48 convert unloading.

Last photo is of some of the models, etc that I have made recently. I

normally do much bigger things, like my modified 41 Limited, and large home

décor pieces.

Thanks for looking, and putting up with my ramble.

Dale in Indy

DOB 1937, may be the year xp-300 Dave's 1938 Buick was born, LOL

Edited July 14, 2013 by xp-300 (see edit history)

[Dave Gelinas (XP-300)]

No question Dale has talent beyond anyone's imagination.

[Dave Mellor NJ]

Do the English all scream for ice cream? By Ester Eddie

[Guest shadetree77]

Once again, simply mind-blowing work of art Dale. Beautiful piece. Have you ever given thought to selling your automotive works of art? I would be willing to bet you could make a good amount of "dough" producing works to be sold, on EBAY perhaps. Then again, creating something like that out of thought of selling it might not be as satisfying as creating a work out of passion and inspiration. Again, beautiful creation my friend. Keep doing what you do.

[Dandy Dave]

I Agree, Absolutly Beautiful work Dale! Of course I can fully understand not wanting to sell it. It would be like me selling my Dandy Dave's L'il Digger.... I have had a lot of folks that have wanted to buy it through the years, but have told them I will give them a list of parts. They get to gather them up, and they can pay me oh,... $100 buck an hour to assemble one for them. No takers as of yet... Someday when I am no longer able to run and enjoy it, it will become part of the collection of a National Contruction Equipment Museum. I would much rather see it perserved by folk who appreciate it than see it sold to somebody just to watch their brat kid smash it and leave it to rot. Dandy Dave!

[Dave Mellor NJ]

Here's a delivery you don't see everyday. by Twin6

[Dave Mellor NJ]

Rousing business,must be a hot day. Notice the ragtop. By Ester Eddie.

[Dave Mellor NJ]

Topolino Pen Deliveries. Ester eddie

[stakeside]

While in Santa Barbara Ca I found this photo at the mission museum.

Can't believe this peaceful town had some riots during the 20's. The Marines were called in to restore the peace in what appears to be 1925 Graham Bros truck.

[Dave Mellor NJ]

Unusual for the Marines to pit down domestic unrest, That's more commonly done by the Army (bonus marchers) or National Guard (Kent state).

[Guest bill murray]

Hi All:

I would like to thank Dave & Dave and other contributors to this thread as being a 73 year old, it brought back many memories. Many of the trucks from the mid 1930's to the early 1940's were still running in the late 1940's through the late 1950's until production caught up from the war and the lower use during the war.

As such, most are very familiar to me as day to day "runners" in the neighborhoods and towns where I lived at the time.

I will try to contribute photos in a bit, but as my fields of research are wheeled military vehicles (soft skins) and US vehicles sold, assembled or manufactured overseas 1935-1945, I have not really concentrated on "delivery trucks" but I am sure I have relevant photos in my computer files and will try to start digging them out.

In the meantime, maybe I can contribute in another way. I worked for Volvo and SAAB for over 20 years in the late 1960's through 1991 and I was posted to Sweden for two years, Peru for two years and Canada for 18 months when with Volvo. As such, I am fairly fluent in Swedish, Spanish and a bastardized version of the "King's English" learned in Canada. As such, I would like to comment on a number of earlier photos as follows.

Photo 710: A 1937 Chevrolet used in a Spanish language country, not sure which one.

Photo 831 to roughly 875: Some of these were for the most part a series of photos taken in or around Trøndheim, Norway, not Sweden.

831: A Dodge Butter/Dairy truck.

832: An International and a Ford.

833: A Chevrolet delivering fruit and vegetables.

834: Chevrolets at a Chevrolet dealer.

835: A Chevrolet with local body.

836: A Chevrolet Fire truck, locally bodied.

837: An Opel Blitz with an Imbert Wood Gas Generator. The truck ran on wood pellets converted to a gaseous fuel.

838: Opel Blitz furniture truck.

839: Chevrolet Anco Service "Day & Night".

840: Ford Norway.

842: Tempo/Vidal A-600 in Norway.

843: Chevrolet "Western Petroleum".

844: Ford 1935 with locally produced body.

874: Ford 1936. It does have the V-8 logo on the hubcaps.

875: Chevrolet in Oslo, Norway. "Building Materiels" and "Masonry Construction" are two fairly accurate translations.

1002: There is a Dodge of course but also a surplus GMC 2 1/2 ton 6x6 in civil service.

I will try to come back in a bit with some photos from my own collection.

Bill

[Dave Mellor NJ]

That truck in the back looks to also be a Dodge, a civilian.

(1002: There is a Dodge of course but also a surplus GMC 2 1/2 ton 6x6 in civil service).

Edited July 28, 2013 by Dave Mellor NJ (see edit history)

[Dave Mellor NJ]

1002

[Guest bill murray]

Hi Dave:

Yes, the truck to the right in the background is a Dodge and the truck with the logs is a war surplus GMC.

Bill

[Guest bill murray]

Here a Dodge.

Bill

[Guest bill murray]

Another Dodge. Period advertisement

[Guest bill murray]

A note to Dave Gelinas, who is the author and primary contributor to this thread.

Before I dump a lot of non-US stuff in here, I am asking your opinion, permission or whatever if you think this is a good idea at all. I have hundreds of delivery truck photos of US vehicles being used in other countries but that is not the main theme of the thread. I only thought they would be an interesting addition but I do not want to clutter up the thread if these trucks are not of interest or conflict with your theme.

I do have a lot of "reference" photos of US delivery trucks that I can post like the Dodge advert above. I saved them so I could get the proper year and model number of trucks I picked off the net or elsewhere used in other countries.

BTW, seeing you are a Buick fan, in my checkered past, I owned..........

1959 LeSabre Convertible.

1937 Special 4 door.

1938 Century Coupe.

1938 Limited 7 Pass sedan w/o Divider (2)

1941 Limited 7 Pass sedan w/o Divider

1941 Limited 7 Pass sedan w/Divider.

All long gone now over 50 years ago. None cost over $250 at the time and the 3 1938s and one of the 1941s I got by trading a guy a $100 pistol and paying the towing charges to my property of the time as he lost his job and his storage spot. Same thing later happened to me.

Please let me know your thoughts on the non-US venue photos.

Bill

[Bleach]

I have a favorite book from when I was a kid called the Big Book of Real Trucks. In it there are many illustrations of trucks including this one.

I found an entire scan of the book here:

The Big Book of Real Trucks (1950) - a set on Flickr

Edited July 28, 2013 by Bleach (see edit history)

[Dave Gelinas (XP-300)]

A note to Dave Gelinas, who is the author and primary contributor to this thread.

Before I dump a lot of non-US stuff in here, I am asking your opinion, permission or whatever if you think this is a good idea at all. I have hundreds of delivery truck photos of US vehicles being used in other countries but that is not the main theme of the thread. I only thought they would be an interesting addition but I do not want to clutter up the thread if these trucks are not of interest or conflict with your theme.

I do have a lot of "reference" photos of US delivery trucks that I can post like the Dodge advert above. I saved them so I could get the proper year and model number of trucks I picked off the net or elsewhere used in other countries.

BTW, seeing you are a Buick fan, in my checkered past, I owned..........

1959 LeSabre Convertible.

1937 Special 4 door.

1938 Century Coupe.

1938 Limited 7 Pass sedan w/o Divider (2)

1941 Limited 7 Pass sedan w/o Divider

1941 Limited 7 Pass sedan w/Divider.

All long gone now over 50 years ago. None cost over $250 at the time and the 3 1938s and one of the 1941s I got by trading a guy a $100 pistol and paying the towing charges to my property of the time as he lost his job and his storage spot. Same thing later happened to me.

Please let me know your thoughts on the non-US venue photos.

Bill

I don't see why not. I'm certain we will all enjoy.

Edited July 29, 2013 by xp-300 (see edit history)

[Dave Gelinas (XP-300)]

Here's a fleet of Wonder Bread trucks.

Edited July 28, 2013 by xp-300 (see edit history)

[Guest bill murray]

Thanks Dave I will try my best to keep it interesting.

As it happens, next in the file is another US Dodge.

Bill

[Guest bill murray]

Dodge in Spain

[Guest bill murray]

Dodge 1935/36 Norway.

[Dave Mellor NJ]

Hi Dave:

Yes, the truck to the right in the background is a Dodge and the truck with the logs is a war surplus GMC.

Bill

Thanks for setting me straight.

[Guest bill murray]

Here's a 1930 White delivering a small fleet of Borden trucks.

Bill

[Guest bill murray]

A German Ford 1935 model as a poultry feed delivery truck.

Bill

[Guest bill murray]

Chevrolet 1940 Good Humor.

Bill

[Guest bill murray]

Not really vintage, but a lot of brandy new T-Birds. Worth a lot of money today. The truck appears to be a Dodge.

Bill

[stock_steve]

Really nice '32 (I think?) Ford that was shown at yesterday's "Time Machines 2013" antique auto show & flea market, at the Guilford Fairgrounds, in Guilford, CT:

More info: TimeMach

[stock_steve]

'60s Ford Good Humor Truck also at the "Time Machines" car show yesterday in Guilford, CT--actively dispensing their frozen wares to customers!

[Guest bill murray]

A couple of newspaper delivery trucks ca. 1936. Dodge, I think, and a Chevrolet.

Bill

[Dave Mellor NJ]

That cab on the T-Bird hauler appears to be 48-52 ford and the Ellingson panel truck at the Connecticut show is a 34 Ford.