Stand up driving is a whole new ball game. Surprising how much you will miss that seat until you get used to it.. You have to retrain your right foot.
AC ? You drive with the door open most of the time.
Stand up driving is a whole new ball game. Surprising how much you will miss that seat until you get used to it.. You have to retrain your right foot.
AC ? You drive with the door open most of the time.
tell your wife Jay Leno has one so you'll be in good company:
http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/video/1954-divco-milk-truck/229318/
Couldn't you use it to haul your car to AutoX and then sell refreshments?
Put it on an S-10 chassis, swap in a sb chevy, fix the inside up nice, add air conditioning, and drive the piss out of it.
Junkyard_Dog wrote:
I look at this picture and see completley awesome daily driver, grocery getter dog hauler. More awesome and more practical than any SUV.
A Divco is what Ransom and I would call "A moral imperative" Wherein under a fluctuating budget cap the desire to save and build a vehicle is far more important than any actual need to own it.
I have a special place in my heart for the early ones...
Paint it up respectably, put brackets on the side to hold a 4x8' sheet of plywood (one each side). Do short term contracts to park it in the parking lots of businesses interested in renting it from you as an advertising tool.
Or get radio stations to pay you to park it at their live feed events (grocery store grand openings, sportsball games, festivals, etc) with their logo on the side.
Or...cummins + receiver hitch = awesome! Yeah, yeah, yeah...I hear the "short wheelbase" whining already. 1. It's not THAT short. 2. you won't be going THAT fast in this sprung-to-haul-elephants, 4wheel drum brake, no seatbelt, no seat monster.
Rat rod!
Rusty, low, and slow!
White wall tires... and chrome beauty rings!
MadScientistMatt wrote: Another gadget that's about the right size for fitting in the back of the truck would be a small laser marking table. I've seen mobile laser marking businesses making things like custom key chains, and one at a competition shooting event used to engrave gun stocks.
Wow... you have no idea how close you are getting inside my head, considering I am getting involved in a laser cutting, etching, and manufacturing company!
Give it to me. 
Head over to the H.A.M.B and type in Divco, there's some really cool builds over there.
Kelly
Clearly the proper use is the kidnapping of beloved Dalmatian puppies.
Aeromoto wrote: Put it on an S-10 chassis, swap in a sb chevy, fix the inside up nice, add air conditioning, and drive the piss out of it.
I don't think I'd be happy with the S-10 chassis. That's a HEAVY body.
That truck is really amazing. I want something like it. Any ideas on similar things that are challenge cheap? I really really want an old schwoopy truck.
Is the back floor about the right height that if you're outside & behind it you could use it as a workbench?
I recommend setting the thing on the bumpstops, installing monstrous Hoosier A6 tires and a big block, leaving the standing driving position and then lending it out to people you wish to murder at autocross events.
Would be great for a motorcycle racer's support truck. Will a bike fit in the back?
BaT had a Divco recently (didn't see anyone reference that here) that was very cool looking.
http://bringatrailer.com/2011/08/26/restored-1957-divco-ice-cream-truck/
Taiden wrote: That truck is really amazing. I want something like it. Any ideas on similar things that are challenge cheap? I really really want an old schwoopy truck.
This one is Challenge cheap. 
petegossett wrote: Is the back floor about the right height that if you're outside & behind it you could use it as a workbench?
Yes, but you'd be leaning over the bumper, and the rear doors are not full width.
problemaddict wrote: Would be great for a motorcycle racer's support truck. Will a bike fit in the back?
Yes, but you'd need a long ramp to get it up that high.
SVreX wrote: Wow... you have no idea how close you are getting inside my head, considering I am getting involved in a laser cutting, etching, and manufacturing company!
Used to work for an industrial laser company, although the things we made were a bit too large to fit in a Divco.
Junkyard_Dog wrote:
I really need this to deliver bread in.
ditchdigger wrote: A Divco is what Ransom and I would call "A moral imperative" Wherein under a fluctuating budget cap the desire to save and build a vehicle is far more important than any actual need to own it.
exactly.
that truck doesn't need a purpose. in fact, i think it's way more badass with no purpose. just something you have and occasionally drive because you can.
alex wrote:Junkyard_Dog wrote:I really need this to deliver bread in.
I'll build you one.
Jay wrote:Jay wrote: There's a guy down the street with an old milk truck body that has been tubbed (?), slammed, and has some kind of gnarly V8 driving it. It's never been repainted; it's wearing full-on patina and has a personalized number plate that says "milkman" or some variant. I'll have to grab a pic, I think some of you here would go nuts. It's pretty sweet.Never mind, found it on the internets already:
Jay:
You in the London area? I have seen that truck twice now at the Plunket estate cruise night.
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