Something artsy? You stand outside to serve, more personal customer friendly and a smaller unit to park curbside.
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Jan. 8, 2010 7:37 a.m. 914Driver SuperDork
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Jan. 8, 2010 8:53 a.m. SVreX SuperDork
Standing outside to serve is an option. I'd prefer to be inside, but it is possible.
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Jan. 8, 2010 9:34 a.m. 924guy Dork
find a former Police paddy wagon or crime scene investigation van. I think it would be a hoot to sell coffee and donuts from a police van...
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Jan. 8, 2010 1:03 p.m. sachilles HalfDork
I'd get a good reliable step van since your business will depend on it getting place in order to sell your product. Then use graphics on the side of it to make it look all clever like.
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Jan. 8, 2010 4:01 p.m. SVreX SuperDork
Your reliability point is well taken. That's one of the reasons I'd prefer a trailer.
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Jan. 8, 2010 4:33 p.m. sachilles HalfDork
In reply to SVreX:
Then get some sort of camper, that way it will have a built in lounge. Get fancy and add wi-fi, TV and all that jazz. An airstream would be awesome. Think of it as a mobile retro diner.
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Jan. 8, 2010 4:58 p.m. SVreX SuperDork
No thanks. I don't want to emphasize a sit down.
It's a drive through.
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Jan. 8, 2010 5:52 p.m. ignorant SuperDork
two neato ideas...
- Not so coffee related
http://pizzafiretruck.com/ It's a fire truck that makes pizza
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Bucks County Coffee Company has 2 chevy panel vans. I could only find pictures of one.
It has two giant coffee brewer things in the back of it.. We had one at the opening of the Hardware store I worked at in High School. Its a really nice truck and they have good coffee.
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Jan. 8, 2010 7:09 p.m. JThw8 SuperDork
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Jan. 9, 2010 12:30 p.m. SVreX SuperDork
Iggy:
I LIKE the panel van!
JThw8:
cool truck- I've got a buddy with a very similar one set up selling ice cream. Maybe he and I could work event together...
I guess I could cut a Yugo in half, put the two halves on the front and back of a car trailer, with espresso counters built into both of them and tables in between.
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Jan. 9, 2010 12:37 p.m. BoxheadTim HalfDork
Another vote here for the panel van - I think that's awesome.
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Jan. 9, 2010 3:29 p.m. JThw8 SuperDork
The panel van is sweet. There was one for sale up this way for cheap, but it was just a roller. Seemed a perfect candidate to swap onto a modern suburban/tahoe chassis though.
Found the ad http://hartford.craigslist.org/pts/1520144939.html
Hmmm.....Yugo get some coffee!
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Jan. 9, 2010 4:03 p.m. 914Driver SuperDork
JThw8 wrote:
Wonder how a straight six pulls that box. It's cool!
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Jan. 9, 2010 4:28 p.m. jrw1621 Dork
I am sure it pulls slowly and is geared more for grunt and less for speed.
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Jan. 9, 2010 5:54 p.m. dyintorace Dork
dyintorace wrote:
There is a local ice cream shop that owns an old fire truck they use to sell ice cream from at various events (festivals, etc). It looks really neat.
Found a picture of it. They serve the ice cream from inside the back section.
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Jan. 9, 2010 8:51 p.m. dyintorace Dork
This one isn't interesting, but it's cheap: http://gainesville.craigslist.org/bfs/1536947041.html
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Jan. 10, 2010 10:53 a.m. cwh SuperDork
I like the bread truck. Had a '66 Grumman aluminum van, similar size. The little six did the job, got reasonable gas mileage, easy to service. You have a ton of empty space to use, and the outside can be a huge billboard. Large funkyness score. On those school bus auctions, those low prices are unbelieveable. Yank that aluminum body off for scrap, put a Suburban complete body up front, diamond plate the back, car hauler extreme.
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Jan. 10, 2010 1:45 p.m. ignorant SuperDork
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Jan. 10, 2010 3:15 p.m. 914Driver SuperDork
A local guy just bought three firetrucks like the one Dyintorace put up. He sold off two so the one he's keeping is free. He removed all the fire fighting junk and is making a ramp type car hauler; gonna paint it and the car in some 60s NASCAR flavor.
Talk to your local volunteer fire companies.
Dan
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Jan. 11, 2010 6:54 a.m. redbonechkn New Reader
So will I be able to purchase from this vehicle in my Lovely Hometown of Albany, GA ?
Its gotta be better than Starbucks
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Jan. 11, 2010 7:53 a.m. SVreX SuperDork
Hey, that's not right! Who are you? You've been hiding out.
It's like violating the alternate urinal rule, or something like that!
Oh gosh- now that I've vented, do you wanna build a Challenger together!!! Huh, huh, huh??(Said like a lap dog with his tongue hanging out)
FWIW- yes, you will certainly be able to buy from the vehicle. But you can ALREADY buy our coffee from The Brown Bean Cafe in the Northwest Library on Dawson. (shameless plug)
But I'll do better. If you want to get together and talk cars over a cup of coffee, I'll buy. THAT'S a tough price to beat!
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Jan. 11, 2010 9:09 a.m. dyintorace Dork
914Driver wrote:
A local guy just bought three firetrucks like the one Dyintorace put up. He sold off two so the one he's keeping is free. He removed all the fire fighting junk and is making a ramp type car hauler; gonna paint it and the car in some 60s NASCAR flavor.
Talk to your local volunteer fire companies.
Dan
Now that's a cool project! If you run across it once completed, I'd love to see a picture of the finished project.
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May 28, 2010 4:37 p.m. jvb333
In reply to SVreX:
Got unique for you. Got visual attention! How about a fire truck?
When your on location at the county fair, you can run the lights and blast the siren every once in a while. They'll come at you like moths to a flame.
Call your coffee by design name like: •Smoke Jumper •Attic Fire •5 Alarm •Accelerant -like this one! •Backdraft •BLEVE -acronym for boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion. You can Wiki this one. :-) •Etc...you got the idea. Go to http://www.walco-es.org/FF%20Terminology.htm for more terms.
My truck is not a small trailer, but its plenty big enough to handle any type of kitchen you want to load er up with. No Purple Dinosaurs, hookers, or jalopies.
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May 28, 2010 8:03 p.m. oldopelguy Dork
