Here's a brother to the ice cream truck.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walker_Electric_Truck

Walker Electric Trucks were battery-powered vehicles built from 1907 to 1942 in Chicago, Illinois and Detroit, Michigan. Initially designed and manufactured by the Walker Vehicle Company (not to be confused with the Walker Motor Car Company) in Chicago, they were bought by the Anderson Electric Car Company of Detroit in 1916, then sold to Commonwealth Edison of Chicago in 1920, and last to York & Towne in 1933.

 

1935 Packard 120, new to the market this year. 35,000+ were sold, a roaring success...especially when you consider only 4,000 Packard's were sold in 1934.

In the background is the Packard Motor Car Co. assembly plant on East Grand Blvd in Detroit. 90% of it is still there today, it's the largest industrial ruin in the world!

 

Here are some vintage photos. I am not sure if they were posted before, if they were they are worth seeing again.


I think I posted this on Working Ford trucks earlier


This is a still frame from a movie.

 

Wow! Just when I thought all the cool photos had already been found comes these latest gems.

 

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^ Wonder what the story behind that pic is?

 

The tires advertised at the dealership is an interesting facet of the above pic.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barney_Oldfield

 

 

'Watch while you walk' got me wondering as well.. Was the location an internment camp! And that was good fun reading about Barney Oldfield. Cool tire!

 

I especially like the first pic. Rich and Barber must have bought a new Ford every 3 years. They have a 55, a 52, and the oldest is probably a 49.....

What year is the GMC?

 

GMC is 1954 or 1955 1st Series

 

Check out the '35 panel with the chrome grille/shell. Pretty rare option.

 

Couple more panels...