trainroomgary posted:Hi Rattler21
I am from Detroit and I am going to re-share your photo. What is the source of this photo? It is not from the Twin Pines Era.
The clue in the COMERICA BANK SIGN. In the milk truck era, COMERICA BANK was called Detroit Bank & Trust Company. They wanted to go national with their banking services so Detroit Bank and Trust Company, changed their name to Comerica. This took place in 1973, and that sign design is also newer. Detroit trivia.
The Detroit Tigers, MLB, play American League baseball at COMERICA PARK, on Woodward Ave. I have this truck on my layout. I will look for photos.
Gary
Hi Gary,
I don't know the exact source of the photo, but it's recent as you surmised. The truck belongs to two brothers whose dad was a Twin Pines delivery man. They did the truck as a tribute to their dad. It's been at auto shows around the Detroit area, especially Autorama at Cobo Hall. It was a labor of love and is one of the nicest ones ever done. As far as the Dream Cruise goes, I call it the Nightmare Parking Lot since there are more everyday cars on the street with the classics along the route watching cars overheat. But the picture was probably taken on Woodward during the event. I do the Telegraph one, the Gratiot one the Michigan Avenue one and the Downriver one. Woodward has become too crowded for cruising. Nobody actually moves! Not my idea of a good time.
However, a fellow S gauger made a resin version of the DIVCO in S and has the kit for sale at S events. I painted mine in Twin Pines colors and made the decals taking a photo of an O gauge version, reducing it to 1:64 and printing the decals on my home color ink jet printer. Here's the truck on the Southeastern Michigan S Gauger's layout at a recent train show:
And on my home layout:
