PEDAL CAR…POPCORN TRUCK???

HMMMMMMMMM… HERE IS AN IDEA…LET’S HAVE BOTH!!!!!

BOB PEARSON OF PEARSON AND CO. INC. HAD THE FUN AND CHALLENGE OF CONVERTING A PEDAL CAR INTO A POPCORN TRUCK. HE HAD ALREADY MADE THE MAN’S REAL MODEL A TRUCK INTO A POPCORN WAGON, BUT THE GENTLEMAN THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE A PEDAL CAR THAT LOOKED LIKE HIS MODEL A POPCORN TRUCK.

MR. PEARSON CONTACTED DAN PORTELL OF PORTELL RESTORATIONS TO ASK HIM IF THERE WAS A WAY FOR THE TWO OF THEM TO WORK TOGETHER ON THIS VENTURE. DAN THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE A CHALLENGE, AND A GOOD IDEA TO SEE WHAT THE TWO OF THEM COULD DO WITH THE IDEA. DAN HAD THE EASY TASK OF BUILDING THE PEDAL CAR FRAME, AND SOME OF THE SHEET METAL PARTS FOR THE PROJECT. BOB, ON THE OTHER HAND HAD TO SCALE DOWN ALL OF HIS POPCORN WAGON TO FIT THE PEDAL CAR. THE PROJECT TOOK ABOUT A YEAR TO COMPLETE.

THE MODEL A TRUCK HAS A WHEEL BASE OF 52”. THE BODY WAS SCALED TO 40% OF THE FULL SIZE CRETORS POPCORN TRUCK. IT HAS WELDED ANGLE CONSTRUCTION AND 20 GAUGE SHEET METAL PANELS, BAY WINDOWS UPPER AND LOWER. SPLASH APRONS AND ROOF. THE ETCHED LETTERING BLUE GLASS IS FROM ST. GOBAIN, FRANCE . CRYSTALLINE ART GLASS SIGNS WERE MADE AND SILVERED BY BOB PEARSON HIMSELF. THE DOORS AND WINDOWS ARE MADE FROM BIRCH WOOD. THE PAINT FINISH IS DUPONT CENTARI.

THIS TRUCK WAS CUSTOM BUILT FOR A CUSTOMER OF PEARSON AND CO. FROM ILLINOIS.

I HAVE SEEN BOB’S POPCORN TRUCKS IN PERSON, AND THEY ARE WORKS OF ART!!!!!!!! I WOULD ALSO VENTURE TO SAY THAT IF YOU HAVE EVER SEEN A POPCORN WAGON AT AN AMUSEMENT PARK, THEN YOU HAVE ALSO SEEN THEIR WORK.

BOB SAID THAT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ORDER ONE OF THESE FANTASTIC TOYS---POPCORN TRUCKS YOU COULD CONTACT HIM AT

PEARSON AND CO. INC. - 850 N. Centers - GARDNER , KS . 66030 - (913) 865-5488

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