this is all hand painted... I really admire the talent of the artists

https://media.invisioncic.com/r277599/monthly_2021_04/169268533_10159665173142189_5803651422319117667_n.jpg.18f9a8b68528a7a5d65b8510471e8fe4.jpg

great looking delivery, unusual front suspension

https://forums.aaca.org/topic/341211-period-images-to-relieve-some-of-the-stress/page/581/

Curbside posted another cool collection of vintage photos, these commercial vehicles

https://www.curbsideclassic.com/vintage-snapshots-and-photography/vintage-photos-of-commercial-vehicles-of-the-1950s-and-1960s/

panel delivery with dualies, in 1936

Someone was kind enough to color it  

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10239246435403114&set=p.10239246435403114&type=3

1926 Lincoln Panel Van, no cost was spared in the build. Oval windows, a second windshield up top, clearance lights, carriage lights, dual-sidemounts, and wire wheels were some of the extras. The chassis without the body cost $3,900.

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10237011003480435&set=gm.1802651033630609&idorvanity=108645673031162 

1951 Studebaker 2R6 stepvan, restored by the guy who indeed, wrote the book, on professional Studebaker vehicles

a collector and restorer of Studebakers, Dr. Hamlin is also the historian who wrote “Studebaker Professional Cars,” a 316-page book with more than 300 photos of Studebaker-based hearses, ambulances, limousines and police cars

The Step-n-Serve was shipped to S.J. Meek’s & Sons Studebaker dealership in Rockville, Va., and sold on Nov. 5, 1951. It was used to deliver Tom’s Roasted Peanuts to stores and vending machines.

https://www.oldcarsweekly.com/a-studebaker-delivery-gets-a-lifeline

cool classic, very cool winch (?)

 

'34 Dodge panel delivery with a body that that hasn't been changed since it was a traveling photographers, it's been upgraded in the powertrain, cooling, and brakes

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10231026694962949&set=pcb.10231026697563014

'55 Morris panel delivery

I can't tell if this was originally a real Coca Cola van, or has been expertly patina'd to look the part

 

Frozen meal delivery service Schwan's, will be permanently parking its yellow trucks this fall, after 72 years

Founded in Minnesota in 1952, Schwan's started off delivering ice cream via yellow trucks right to customers' doorsteps. 

On March 18, 1952, in Marshall, Minnesota, 23-year-old Marvin Schwan climbed into the 1946 Dodge panel van he’d recently bought. Marvin's parents had started the Schwan’s Dairy a few years before and their brand of ice cream became popular locally, so Marvin wanted to try sell his family’s ice cream to local farmers. Marvin, a natural salesman - genuine and unassuming, filled his van with 14 gallons of ice cream. He drove north out of Marshall, into the patchwork quilt of farms and fields that had just been planted that spring, and started knocking on doors. By the end of the day, Marvin had sold all the ice cream.

They later expanded to a wide variety of frozen foods like pizza and pasta, among others. Schwan's was the original food-delivery service, but way more personal that Uber Eats. Everyone knew their local "Schwan's guy."

Schwan’s Co was sold to South Korea’s largest food manufacturer for $1.8 billion for an 80 percent stake in Schwan’s and gain control of its businesses. 

https://www.delish.com/food-news/a62409345/schwans-yelloh-closing

https://apnews.com/article/630bde2c1bfc4e24beec93d8c83531a2

https://www.facebook.com/YellohFrozenDelivery/posts/on-march-18-1952-in-marshall-minnesota-23-year-old-marvin-schwan-climbed-into-th/10158195874844224/

for a good old fashioned simple weekend afternoon movie, with no new cars, just pre 1964 vehicles, with Rock Hudson directed by Howard Hawks, on Amazon Prime Video

a 1958 Chevy Delray

1959 Ford F100

I sure didn't expect to see an NSU Prinz in a Hollywood movie

the character Rock Hudson is playing works for Abercrombie and Fitch, back when it was a sporting goods store, and maybe it was paid product placement, but the 63 Jeep Wagoneer was a good choice

His character is required to enter a fishing tournament, and to use everything in the store. 

nice little Honda 105 on the back

Fully loaded with all the neat camping stuff that 1963 could supply, all the classic good stuff

the AFC on the door is for Abercrombie and Fitch Company

the previous Honda 105, and a Honda Monkey

https://www.imcdb.org/movie_58324-Man-s-Favorite-Sport.html

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058324/mediaindex

working through the night

https://thejivebombers.com/2018/01/29/1071/

it's so cool to see a cool car you've liked show up on Facebook, or in a magazine. I found Paul's Gommi's 1932 panel truck at the 2012 GNRS, but seeing photos of it in sunlight are better

Like many kids in the 1950s and '60s, Paul came to appreciate cars, which led him to become a drag racerBuilding some road racing Lotus/Ford engines for a friend led to Paul getting a call from Carroll Shelby. He wanted Paul to build V8s for his Trans-Am Mustangs and to develop engines for the GT40s raced at Le Mans. 

After the Le Mans wins, Keith Black hired him to develop the 426ci engine for drag and boat racing; but he also built motors for the Miss Chrysler Crew, the Hawaiian dragsters, the Super Chief Funny Car, and more. Other notable accomplishments include designing the first three-disc clutch, the bottom oiler, and running the first fullsize rear wing on a dragster.

We also owe to him the first successful rear-engine dragster on the West Coast. That rail set track records at Irwindale, Seattle, Orange County International Raceway, and Lions. , starting with a small Austin Bantam roadster and quickly progressing to Top Fuel. He won no less than 30 meets at Eastern dragstrips in 1963-1964.

https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2012/02/paul-gommis-incredible-32-fords.html for the full gallery at GNRS

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10227509181289346&set=a.1584112196894

https://www.motortrend.com/features/look-inside-amazing-hot-rod-collection-racer-turned-rodder-paul-gommi      thanks Larry! 

this delivery van Rolls-Royce 20/25 is one of a pair of delivery vans built by coachbuilder Vincent of Reading for a distillery called Justerini & Brooks, J&B Scotch Whiskey

  https://www.mecum.com/lots/1087900/1933-rolls-royce-20-25-delivery-van/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/dmentd1/21891643240/in/photostream/