1955 American Body Company Step Van

1955 American Body Company Step Van in Where the Buffalo Roam, Movie, 1980

Class: Cars, Van / MPV — Model origin:

Background vehicle

Author	Message
CaMAroFaN ◊ 2011-07-12 12:14	Ford Vanette.
Gamer ◊ 2014-05-08 18:51	The rear wheel arch is squared off on the Vanette. Maybe a Chevy Dubl-Duti?
Jale ◊ 2017-04-08 15:48	American Body Company Step Van --> /vehicle.php?id=131584
rmeneses ◊ 2017-06-15 05:33	This was a very common truck in Southern California made by the American Body Works company out of Lynwood, used by a lot of the local bakeries like Weber's/Millbrook, Langendorf/Barbara Ann, French American, Four-S, all with Chevrolet/GM chassis/Engines, Oroweat used a few that had the ford front end with the 55 grille. The Chevrolet/GM one's were all fiberglass, save for the frame ribs, bread rails, sliding side door, and rear doors. The one Jale linked to was much older and had aluminum sided bodies, smaller windows, and the grille slats from a Dodge truck. You'd be surprised, but that one you see here with the Langendorf decals could be anywhere between a 1961-through maybe 66, after that the grille became smaller. Trust me, I grew up around those trucks, in fact, my Dad drove one EXACTLY like it, it was a 1963, some were still in use for Millbrook/Weber's through the early 1990's.