Ever Seen a Hot Rod Ice Cream Truck?

[Kerry67]

Times are getting tough and my job has cut hours so I was thinking of ways to make money on the side and I always thought about an Ice Cream Truck. I am sure I am not the only one to think of this but has anyone seen a bad ass Ice Cream Truck with an old Hot Rod Theme to it? Anyone ever had one ? Was it good money ? Hopefully this won't get removed.

[31whitey]

google "Ice cream man from hell"

[jrsautografx]

Oh yeah, that is one bad a$$ machine, just picked up a copy of Monster Nation book this weekend with a story on him.

[vtwinsideways]

One word: Divco

[Kerry67]

Divco ??

[George]

Originally Posted by Kerry67

Divco ??

Are milk trucks & ice cream trucks the same thing?

[cuznbrucie]

There's a guy in Pennsylvania that has a hot roded ice cream truck, but he doesn't sell ice cream out of it........it's just sort of an oddity that everybody gets a laugh out of.....
If I can find a picture I'll post it.....

CB

[booboo]

wasnt there a icecream truck with hydros in a CHEECH&CHONG movie in the 70's or 80's
i dont think the were seving icecream though.. if i remamber right it was a 47-54 chevy with the top cut off maybe someone can find a pic of that for you

[Gigantor]

that was Nice Dreams ... not one of their better flicks, but a cool truck nonetheless. I think it's a neat idea, but I imagine you wouldn't make a whole lotta money ... now a mobile BEER truck might work if you could get the licensing and work events around you ... or maybe even a mobile COFFEE truck making top-notch espressos and capuccinos and stuff... park in busy metropolitan areas in the morning, noon and evening and you'd make a fortune. That high-test "sissy" coffee makes the world go round and people expect to pay 3-5 bucks for a coffee creation and the overhead on one of those drinks doesn't come near to approaching what they are sold for. The caffienated drinks combined with the hot rod would be a great marketing tool that went hand in hand. And of course, you could make them iced coffees in the hot months.
Just a thought. But then again, I'm a coffee addict.

"Jumped-Up Jalopy Java"

Hell... I might do it if I lose my current gig ... I just spotted an old Divco truck yesterday.

[Kerry67]

Originally Posted by booboo

wasnt there a icecream truck with hydros in a CHEECH&CHONG movie in the 70's or 80's
i dont think the were seving icecream though.. if i remamber right it was a 47-54 chevy with the top cut off maybe someone can find a pic of that for you

Yeah......Nice Dreams.

I am hoping to make a few bucks at this. It is Ice Cream weather year round here in Arizona and I figure with a cool Hot Rod theme, I might have some fun with it as well. Plus, maybe get into some car events, etc. I think it would be fairly cheap to get into but not sure about all the legal stuff involved. Gotta start looking into it. Like I said, I know I am not the only one to want to combine Hot Rods and the Ice Cream thing but it could be fun I think and maybe help out in a bad time.

[HJmaniac]

Barris 'Ice Cream Truck'

[HJmaniac]

http://hotrodicecream.net/pictures.html


Hot Rod Ice Cream Pictutes - 2006 Shows

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[carcrazyjohn]

why waste your time and talent .not to shoot your idea down. i dont think it would be a good money maker. after building or buying the car you would start out in the negative ................... my 2 cents wait a minute only 1 cent times are tough . my apologies carcrazyjohn

[JeffreyJames]

They used to have a "Swell Time" Ice cream truck out on the lakes in the 40's. I always thought that was pretty cool.

[Kripfink]

One of the coolest things I ever saw (no pun intended) was on Epay maybe 3 years ago. It was a bullet nose studebaker car with an ice box conversion on back for selling ice cream! It must have been designed with somewhere like California in mind as the 2 front seats were open with no top, and the ice box started from where the back seats would have been. I even went as far as contacting the seller for ice box dimensions to see whether or not I could have got in there in my wheelchair and used it as a Kripple wagon, but there wasnt enough head clearance and thinking about it, the open front seats are a bad idea in a country where it pisses down with rain all the time. Sure was a crazy thing though.
Paul

[Kerry67]

Originally Posted by carcrazyjohn

why waste your time and talent .not to shoot your idea down. i dont think it would be a good money maker. after building or buying the car you would start out in the negative ................... my 2 cents wait a minute only 1 cent times are tough . my apologies carcrazyjohn

Because I would not go to the extreme that these guys did and sink thousands into the truck. I am talking a basic Ice Cream Truck and maybe some flames, scallops or something. I need to do something and options are limited. Nobody is hiring, my job cut my hours and I think I could get a decent truck by selling of some stuff I have, so no money out of my pocket so to speak.

[zman]

From VLV a few years ago...

[meatball]

Hey Kerry ....heres a couple...ya gotta play Van Halens.ICE CREAM MAN

[CG]

When I was a kid in the late 60's we had an ice cream guy that drove a little C-Cab delivery hot rod ice cream truck. He was the most popular ice cream truck that made the rounds.

[HJmaniac]

I used to have on of these back in the early 70's. Not converted for Ice Cream though, Stock right from the USPS. It had the Iron Duke 4 banger, Powerglide, and posi rearend. Now that I think about it the posi rearend might make a good poorman's "narrowed" rearend.