Popcorn truck
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2020 8:44 pm
Anyone have a period Model T popcorn truck ? Anyone know where to get such a thing restored ?
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Re: Popcorn truck
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2020 9:12 pm
The museum in Richmond has one.
Re: Popcorn truck
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2020 9:27 pm
There is one at the Popcorn Museum in Holland Ohio (Toledo). Jim Fentress runs the museum and he knows how to repair the pop corn stuff. I have his contact if needed.
Re: Popcorn truck
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2020 9:43 pm
There is one in the Owls Head Museum in Maine. Those folks are very knowledgeable about all of their vehicles/displays!
Re: Popcorn truck
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2020 10:06 pm
The Wyandot Popcorn Museum in Marion Ohio also has one. Two museums in one state.
Re: Popcorn truck
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2020 10:40 pm
There used to be one at the Seattle Center by the Space Needle. I haven't been there for 30 years, so don't know if it is still there or not.
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Keith
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Keith
Re: Popcorn truck
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2020 6:48 am
Keith, this was at the Seattle Center Armory in 2013. I imagine it’s still there.
Re: Popcorn truck
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2020 8:59 am
George Stoiber on Put in Bay had one a few years ago along with a Hearst.
The Purple Cow
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2020 11:22 am
The daughter of the dairy farmer that restored
“ The Purple Cow “ contacted me a few years ago
after she tried selling it on The MTFCA Classifieds.
I reached out to Jerry Kramer and together we facilitated
a loan agreement to The MTFCA Museum in Richmond, Indiana.
I provided free transport.
They drove it to the back of my trailer for loading.
It needs glass repair and probably some engine work but overall it is a nice popcorn and hotdog truck.
It is for sale.
FJ
“ The Purple Cow “ contacted me a few years ago
after she tried selling it on The MTFCA Classifieds.
I reached out to Jerry Kramer and together we facilitated
a loan agreement to The MTFCA Museum in Richmond, Indiana.
I provided free transport.
They drove it to the back of my trailer for loading.
It needs glass repair and probably some engine work but overall it is a nice popcorn and hotdog truck.
It is for sale.
FJ
Re: Popcorn truck
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2020 12:55 pm
Thanks everyone but I am looking for someone who specializes in accurate restorations of CREATORS popcorn trucks and wagons.
"""Anyone know where to get such a thing restored ?"""
"""Anyone know where to get such a thing restored ?"""
Re: Popcorn truck
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2020 12:56 pm
Joe,
Do you have any photos of the Model T hearse? I would love to see it.
Do you have any photos of the Model T hearse? I would love to see it.
Re: Popcorn truck
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2020 3:36 pm
Tom, I could be wrong, but I thought I saw one advertised from Volo Auto Museum in Illinois a while back. They wanted a fortune for it.
Too Specialized
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2020 3:50 pm
Tomtom_strickling wrote: ↑Thu Sep 17, 2020 12:55 pmThanks everyone but I am looking for someone who specializes in accurate restorations of CREATORS popcorn trucks and wagons.
"""Anyone know where to get such a thing restored ?"""
That is probably too narrow a niche interest with not enough volume work for a company to do - there is not enough demand.
FJ
Re: Popcorn truck
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2020 10:52 pm
Years ago, Bob Pearson from Gardner, Kansas was the Cretors expert.
Re: Popcorn truck
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2020 11:06 am
Tom, I sent you a PM concerning this.