David Eilers

Boyertown VS. Montpelier Delivery Trucks

UPDATE: It's been 9 years since this post has run, which just shows you how rare it is to see one of these for sale (see next post)

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Craig Brockhaus saw the Boyertown Economy Delivery Comparison Post (see below) and forwarded both Boyertown and Montpelier Delivery Truck designs. Cool Stuff!

MONTPELIER DELIVERY TRUCK ARTICLE:

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BOYERTOWN DELIVERY TRUCK INFORMATION:

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Economy Delivery Van Image Comparison

David Silberman forwarded the SP-6 Delivery Panel Van spec sheet from Boyertown (below) to me a couple days ago. What's interesting is that this one is slightly different from the actual version shown in the photo at the bottom. Note that the doors on this version don't open from the edges like the version in the photo. The version in the photo has windows as well. There are a few other minor differences.

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Here's a similar version from a 1959 Willys Overland Brochure. There is no information about this being a "SP-6":

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Here's one from an earlier brochure. Here's the original post on this:

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1 Comment

  1. TIM KEN
    these vehicles featured timken beaings -- i just noticed on the computer news that jane timken is a republican us senate candidate from ohio -- same timken -- in fact i have a timken lucite paperweight on my desk here , real nice , 100th year anniversary of timken , shows planes , trains , automobiles , space shuttle -- then of course all my old flat front willys overland trucks have the timken split case axles -- 5.38 -- i never appreciated the 5.38 till i bought the ranch , my trucks just idle up the steepest hills in 1st gear low range -- i always ask for TIMKEN bearings when rebuilding any willys item -- During World War II, Timken production increased dramatically to keep up with wartime demand. For instance, every U.S. jeep was built using 24 Timken® bearings. With 660,000 jeeps delivered to the U.S. military, Timken delivered more than 15.8 million bearings for those vehicles over the course of the war.

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