Bottle-Shaped Milk Truck
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When Barry Hall saw a bottle shaped truck at an automotive flea market in the early 60's, he recognized it immediately. His father Alf Hall had created it as a marketing device in 1938 for the family's small Toronto dairy. It had changed hands with the dairy in the 1950's.
After waiting for the owner for three hours, Hall left for lunch. When he got back, the bottle truck was gone.
Hall finally tracked it down in 2003. The truck had spent most of 40 years parked in a field. He bought it and took it home to begin restoration.
The basic chassis was the International C-1 light pickup introduced in 1935. The original 6-cylinder, Triple-Diamond, flathead engine and 3-speed transmission were still intact, as was the body skeleton. It was made of 2-in. steel bands with 4-in. pipe for the front lip and 3-in. pipe for the base of the bottle, all curved to the bottle shape.
"The sheet metal, particularly over the neck, was in bad shape," recalls Hall. "We found a mouse skeleton in one cylinder. If there was a nest, it must have burned up when we got the engine running."
The original lettering and pinstriping were restored. Though it looks good on the outside, Hall says the work continues.
Freelance automotive writer C. Dan Pannell says the Hall Dairy Bottle truck may not have been unique. "I had seen bottle trucks like the Hall's truck before," he says. "Dairies of the 1930's commissioned the building of them. They were built on a different vehicle chassis, so to my knowledge, none were identical."
A variation of the foregoing was printed in Old Autos newspaper, and this condensed version is provided with permission.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Barry Hall, 2955 20th Sideroad, Innisfil, Ont., Canada L9S 4J3 (ph 705 436-1553).
Reprinted with permission from Old Autos newspaper (www.oldautos.ca)
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Bottle-Shaped Milk Truck DAIRY EQUIPMENT & IDEAS Dairy Equipment & Ideas When Barry Hall saw a bottle shaped truck at an automotive flea market in the early 60 s he recognized it immediately His father Alf Hall had created it as a marketing device in 1938 for the family s small Toronto dairy It had changed hands with the dairy in the 1950 s After waiting for the owner for three hours Hall left for lunch When he got back the bottle truck was gone Hall finally tracked it down in 2003 The truck had spent most of 40 years parked in a field He bought it and took it home to begin restoration The basic chassis was the International C-1 light pickup introduced in 1935 The original 6-cylinder Triple-Diamond flathead engine and 3-speed transmission were still intact as was the body skeleton It was made of 2-in steel bands with 4-in pipe for the front lip and 3-in pipe for the base of the bottle all curved to the bottle shape The sheet metal particularly over the neck was in bad shape recalls Hall We found a mouse skeleton in one cylinder If there was a nest it must have burned up when we got the engine running The original lettering and pinstriping were restored Though it looks good on the outside Hall says the work continues Freelance automotive writer C Dan Pannell says the Hall Dairy Bottle truck may not have been unique I had seen bottle trucks like the Hall s truck before he says Dairies of the 1930 s commissioned the building of them They were built on a different vehicle chassis so to my knowledge none were identical A variation of the foregoing was printed in Old Autos newspaper and this condensed version is provided with permission Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Barry Hall 2955 20th Sideroad Innisfil Ont Canada L9S 4J3 ph 705 436-1553 Reprinted with permission from Old Autos newspaper www oldautos ca
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