Photo: Barrett-Jackson
A little more than half a century ago, people used to love having milk delivered to their front door. There was an entire industry behind this, with milkmen driving milk trucks around the friendly neighborhood just like the postman did his post truck.
That was way before we got to have supermarkets at every corner. In 1963, for instance, when the first numbers on this were published, about 30 percent of Americans had their milk delivered to their house. As the shopping age began, that number began to drop, reaching according to the Department of Agriculture only 6.9 percent in 1975.
As that number currently sits at under 1 percent, there’s no wonder we no longer get to see milk trucks on our roads. Yet from time to time something like this pops up to remind us of the good old days.
Using a 1946 Divco milk truck as a starting point, an American custom builder turned the decrepit machine into a rat rod of sorts, perfect for a night out with friends.
The truck was completed in 2017 after 3,000 hours of work. And it is now shown, just before its sale at the Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale, Arizona next month, as a slammed fun-mobile on wheels covered in Pewter patina paint.
The truck hugs the road so closely thanks to a chassis that uses a Chevrolet C10 suspension at the front and a tri-link one at the rear. Complementing them is an AccuAir e-level system air suspension with dual compressors.
The truck uses a GM-sourced LS3 6.2-liter V8 engine with dual-air intake and a 4-speed automatic transmission.
The interior has been made clean and simple, and comes with most of the appointments one would expect from a car made to function in the 2020s: electric driver seat, electric parking brake, backup camera, and Bluetooth sound system.
As said, this slammed milk truck is up for grabs next month, with no reserve.
As that number currently sits at under 1 percent, there’s no wonder we no longer get to see milk trucks on our roads. Yet from time to time something like this pops up to remind us of the good old days.
Using a 1946 Divco milk truck as a starting point, an American custom builder turned the decrepit machine into a rat rod of sorts, perfect for a night out with friends.
The truck was completed in 2017 after 3,000 hours of work. And it is now shown, just before its sale at the Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale, Arizona next month, as a slammed fun-mobile on wheels covered in Pewter patina paint.
The truck hugs the road so closely thanks to a chassis that uses a Chevrolet C10 suspension at the front and a tri-link one at the rear. Complementing them is an AccuAir e-level system air suspension with dual compressors.
The truck uses a GM-sourced LS3 6.2-liter V8 engine with dual-air intake and a 4-speed automatic transmission.
The interior has been made clean and simple, and comes with most of the appointments one would expect from a car made to function in the 2020s: electric driver seat, electric parking brake, backup camera, and Bluetooth sound system.
As said, this slammed milk truck is up for grabs next month, with no reserve.
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