Sitting here watching the rain fall in Atlanta I defaulted to what every gearhead does, which is to say that I started cruising eBay for cool, weird, and interesting vehicles that could be BangShifted into mega-superstardom. Of course, I immediately fell in love with this 1936 Divco truck. The truck has been restored and looks like it just rolled out the door at the Divco plant. There’s all kinds of cool woodwork, drawers, cabinets. There are a ton of windows, and there’s a little pluggy flathead four banger that provides the motorvation for the rig. Sure, it probably runs out of speed at about 40-mph but even in stock form it is pretty sweet. That being said, there’s a few ways to really kick this thing up a notch.
The first way you could go would involve a four link rear suspension, a big block somewhere up front, and about a foot chopped out of the roofline. The second way you could go which would literally make you a hero in our eyes would be to transform this truck into a wheelstander. Mount the engine out back, add about 400 feet of roll cage tubing, leave all that woodwork in it, make the rig center steer, and perform at drag strips all across the country. Can you imagine how neat this truck would look standing up nearly vertical with a set of wild headers upswept and pointing out of the back doors? It would be all time. Somehow retaining the sliding side door would automatically make you eligible for the BangShift hall of fame.
Whaddya think? Stock? Pro street? Wheelstander? How would you “improve” this clean truck?
THIS 1936 DIVCO TRUCK IS PERFECT FOR ALL KINDS OF WEIRD HOT RODDING TRICKS –
eBay Ad: This 1936 Divco Mile Truck Is Cool And Can Be Cooler With Some Serious Hot Rodding
NO!!!!
As much as I love modified cars, Hot Rods, and weird stuff this HELMS Bakery truck is too rare and way too neat to cut up. It is not a Milk Truck.
It should be preserved as is. There are plenty of strange and “dumb” trucks to modify, leave this one alone.
Wheelstander?? Really?? Is it the 80’s again??
Yeah, if you grew up in So. Cal with the Helms truck coming through your neighborhood with those drawers full of rolls, donuts and whatever else that thing will bring a tear to your eye as-is. Now a milk truck with those clanging bottles at 4 am…fair game and they’re more common too. Still love wheelstanders.
Yea as said above that is a Helms Bakery truck, My grandfather drove one and later so did my uncle.
The big question is: Why is the Peterson selling it?
And yes I want it!
“Pro street?” NO!
“Wheelstander?” NO! How would you “improve” this clean truck?
“THIS 1936 DIVCO TRUCK IS PERFECT FOR ALL KINDS OF WEIRD HOT RODDING TRICKS” NO!
“How would you ‘improve’ this clean truck?” PRESERVE IT FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS!
(Bruab has seemingly fallen into an Atlanta rainwater barrel and needs to come up for air)
Helms Bakery truck. Los Angeles history right there. The old bakery was just down Venice Blvd from my old digs.
BTW That is a perfect example of a Helms truck