A 1950 milk truck is for sale. Can anyone confirm that this came from the factory or did a welder get creative?











Any thoughts/discussion about this truck?

Cheers, Rex

 

Ford provided the chassis. Another party, such as Vanette in this example, provided the rest.

 

It is a real commercially built delivery truck. Ford produced what they called a cowl and chassis model for this purpose, as opposed to the common cab and chassis. Delivery trucks and buses started life as a cowl and chassis, then went to custom body builders for completion. Here's an old picture of a line of F6 trucks waiting for delivery, and it includes a cowl and chassis school bus start. It's the yellow one, btw. Some topless fire trucks and others started life on a similar type called windshield and chassis.

 

Good Humor ice cream trucks are another good example of the windshield and chassis model.