Divco Dividend Delight 

Ah, 5am, I shouldn’t be up yet here I am.

I always find myself gravitating to these commercial and industrial vehicles at shows. They are a big part of history. Good video Steve!!

Love this series! Anyone else noticed that in all these style vehicles that there's a mounted deer head in them all?

Gotta say, Steve, I'm really enjoying your "junkyard crawl" series of videos!

6:10 am in Montreal, tea and Junkyard Crawl, great start to a very hot day coming up. 🇨🇦👍

That deer head is taking on a life of its own.

Used to have a 1959 Dividend model 55... the little bus! Lived in it, drove it to Tucson, took Christmas trees to Philly, had it for years. They only made like 42 of them.

That van is pretty rare. I've never seen any other DIVCO other than the iconic milk trucks back in the day. In the 70's to early 80's we got milk delivered by both Brock-Hall Dairy, and Sealtest in those. Then they disappeared

My uncles band got ahold of a six wheeler from pet milk in St. Louis. Converted it to a camper and pulled an old national enclosed trailer for their equipment. It looked good and they went all over the country with it. I’d love to have one myself

I do believe these junkyard walkabouts are great, happy days spent looking for treasures. Thanks

That deerhead is getting around. Steve must have watched Captain Q with his stuffed "Sea dog" That shows up every episode along with a can of Dinty Moore and a bottle of wine. There was (and maybe still is) a Divco snub nose parked alongside M53 on the way up to Marlette Mi I think it is just being used as a storage shed but I always thought it would make a good budget RV if somebody had the time and cash to put into it.

My uncle's beer distributor business repurposed 2 Divco stub nose milk trucks with beer taps out the sides, and we'd load it full of Old Milwaukee kegs and haul them to the parties. They were tanks. I now wish I'd have taken pictures of the motors, drivetrains, etc., of the delivery trucks we used. A single master cylinder brake system International 10 bay pallet truck that figured in some hair raising rides. A GMC pallet truck with, I believe, had a V6, that a Junkyard Crawl episode enlightened me about. Thanks Steve, for crawling the junkyards and sharing your knowledge. Get well soon.

That SAAB 900 cab right there behind IS A COOL RIDE!!!

My dad delivered milk in a DIVCO. We even had an ESSO gas pump in our front yard to use. Good times!!

That mounted deer head really gets around!

I'm having dreams about that deer head , Steve !

Besides your wealth of automotive knowledge, and of course, the Hubcap game, the fact that you have such an impressive collection of automotive literature, that you bring out in every video, truly makes you an amazing automotive enthusiast

Steve you are so right, they used them for just about anything. I remember all of the usual things, milk men, and newspapers. But my neighbor when I was a kid, had 10 kids, and there was a guy that brought them clean diapers, and hauled away the dirty ones. The smell on a hot summer day ranked right up there with the garbage trucks.

Lovin' the deer head easter egg.

That buck mount sure gets around. 😆

Something spooky is going on in that junk yard....seems Rudolph is getting around pretty good despite only having a head lol

3rd Deer head mount I've seen in the Junkyard crawl.

I recall the little guys, with the Airflow snout, had a characteristic "thunk!" from the clutch (I guess). Maybe a bumper on the pedal wore out. It was a wake-up sound for a little kid.

While working at the neighborhood Sunoco station I got to lot jockey a Divco milk truck…I seem to remember standing to drive and using one pedal for clutch and braking functions……I remember 3 on the tree , but I can’t recall throttle operation…..60 years ago so……..

Hey Steve, I know you were born in July 1964 and so was I. Happy Birthday to us.

Another great video Steve! Man this would make a great camper! I would just redo the underpinnings, pressure wash it and go exploring!!

All the inner-City junk yards in Massachusetts are all dried up. When i was younger it was a dream to find what you were looking for. Different world today.

Very interesting! I’ve never seen or heard of divco work vans until today! Thank to Steve!👌😎👍

I have photos of the old Divco plant in Delaware, Ohio, It is being used as a warehouse now, but inside you can still see remnants of the old assembly line.

If I had fewer years under my belt, I'd search for one of these type bodies to make into a fun tow vehicle. Those are so cool!

A dairy near me used Divco Twins to deliver right up until they closed 2 years ago.

Steve, I always love it when you do these videos AND when you are on auto auctions - you convey information in an easy to understand way and your vocal characteristics are just first rate! Being from Vermont early on, I do miss that New England accent as I live in Virginia. Keep up the great work and thank you for being on youtube!

Thanks SM!

Uncle Buck comes along all the time now I see.

I thought I’ve always been good at noticing vehicles, but I don’t recall ever seeing one of these. If I was walking through a salvage yard and saw this, I’d have gone out of my way for a closer look for sure. Sad thing about vans and panels in a junk yard is that they become instant storage sheds.

That thing has some Serious Potential.

All this content! Learn something new every day!

They make great street rods

Looks like the ICE CREAM truck from my youth. Usually had a PA speaker on the roof playing circus type music. 🍦

Missing your little intro Steve.As always a fantastic & informative video!

Let's check out one of those old school buses next.

There must be a tremendous interest for taxidermy in Massachusetts 😉

That deers head! When you open the door to the back of the van, I would expect to hear the sound effects from the Psyco shower scene

My dad was a "milkman" briefly in the very early 1960s. He must have driven the DIVCO milk truck. I got to ride in it but I was only 2 or 3 at the time.

Great video. glad tp see you and your deer head are finding new and interesting things to talk about and show. Thanks for the vid.

Awesome find!

Always interesting Steve, thx for posting.

Junkyard Gold was,is a great series, but these videos have a more personal, (not produced) feel and they are much appreciated. The variation is great. Thank you Steve.

Afternoon Steve, thanks for sharing this video!

What a cool video, thanks Steve.

I’d love have the whole thing. We had a 49 Ford bread truck that my grandfather had built into a camper back in the late 60. I’ve told our oldest son that were he was breed. That thing was were my wife and lived when we were first married.

I think that deer head is turning into the pink ape on dirt every day. Just kind of shows up in the background of every episode, you have to see if you could find it LOL. Either that or it's just an oddly large amount of deer head in Massachusetts junk yards.. Haven't done many in mass, but hit a lot here in Connecticut and haven't seen any yet LOL. Love the show man, and your knowledge is amazing

It's almost 7 am I should be sleeping love these videos Steve Mags thanks for the cool videos and knowledge that's why I like watching Barrett Jackson thanks Steve

Thanks for another great vid Steve!!

Excellent!

Still remember bottled milk being delivered to grandma's house in the dairy's DIVCO as late as the late 60s. This one here could be slammed, a ramp added and used to haul bikes or old school midget racers.

You're amazing Steve you come up with this good stuff keep going brother I enjoy your content peace out

Awesome! I mentioned that you should give a rundown on DIVCO, if you found one, in a comment on on of your previous videos, and whaddya know, you found one! The home milk delivery company I worked for in the 90's still had some DIVCO's in service. 👍

The deer made an appearance!! Like your sense of humor Steve!! Keep up the great work!!

Old delivery trucks like that one are starting to see a resurgence. Lol that one would make a great armored vehicle. 😁

Great Video Divcos have an incredible second use Aerosmith used a Divco to tour in on the early days! They are really popular on Hot. Rod power Tour Maybe you could do a segment on repurposed Divcos Metros and Grumman’s (the main stay of the Food Truck!) Keep up the great work always informative and entertaining Thanks for your efforts

Inside of it is a 67 to 72 Chevy GMC cowl panel.

You can almost make out some of the livery on the side of it.

Front looks a little like the Commer trucks from the UK. My neighbor had a Commer RV when I was a kid.

I think the deer is stalking Steve.

morning ritual... coffee... steve's next video... ct says hello!!

Loved those milk trucks, didn't know they boasted no style changes.

Front looks like a motor home. How have I never seen these???

I was at a friends dad's estate sale where he had a 1928 Divco dairy truck. I wish I remembered what the buyer paid but I know it was several thousand dollar. There was no seat. The driver drove standing up. Still had a bunch of milk bottles in crates in the back.

Cool rig

I REALLY MISS THE WEED WACKING OPENING, IT'S MY JAM

I worked for a snack food company in the late seventies ,and was told the aluminum body vans were bought so the body could be removed and put on new chassis when miles piled up

Another great junkyard crawl video. I remember one of those parked in the woods were we used to ride our dirtbikes. It was a little different and definitely smaller. As for the old deer mount. If deer made serial killer deer movies, yours would be the Freddie Kruger of the genre. It would not hurt my feelings if you made it disappear.

I drove a van like that, it was a Grumman, similar style. Loved that thing, but terrible mileage, just heavy giant brick. It was hot or cold, but I still loved that pos. I was just one of hundreds that drove it over the decades. Wish I had it now. It was aluminum body just so big and had toolboxes and parts for forklifts inside.

Steve- your house must look like an automotive library!

Kind of makes me want one to convert to an RV

That DIVCO van would make an interesting RestoMod, still seems fairly solid :-) Im off to watch the International Metro Episode again :-)

That would look great restored and built into a motor home

Love the deer head! Do you move it from vehicle to vehicle, or does the yard employee does it?

Grasias

Great video!! What's the latest with your '62 Dart build? Would love to see an update. Thanks for takin' us along...

the sad thing about most work / delivery vehicles is they usually got parked because they were "well worn" or in the case of milk trucks, the bottoms were rotted out due to hauling wet product (and ice?) for years. Any project with serious rust in structural areas is bound to be a money pit on restoration.

Cool video Steve, I'm currently still working out of a 1979 GMC 3500 Value Van. It has a few of the Divco similarities.

Cool truck van

Another great video please do the video on the different lug configuration of a pre 1938 Chevy vs GMC

The deerhead is haunting us!

Great vid. These commercial vehicles videos are great Steve. They're usually something time has forgotten. I've seen the Devco with the airflow designed nose but I don't think I've seen the flat nose featured in this this video. What's happening with the REMCHARGER? Namaste 🙏🏼

Interesting you mentioned the Chrysler 'Airflow' as the corporation was considering putting development money into making a Hemi V8 it's mainstay larger capacity engine across all of it's lines.. But the failure of the airflow put paid to get and made chrysler very apprehensive toward doing anything outside the norm for a long time after that

How large is that place? They seem to have quite an assortment on old and new vehicles, Hopefully you can continue to share your immense automotive knowledge for months to come!

Only saw one running ever near Bobcaygeon ont. I think it was Silverwoods dairy…1970’s.

60 years Steve.

If you could squeeze a Cummins Turbo in line 6 into it you could make a great camper. Very interesting

Steve Whats the story, With all the deer Head,s in are the car,s and Truck,s This Place loves Venison

Looks like every car or truck junked comes with a deer head

Of course I want to scrub the side of if to try to see what the lettering says

Very 😎 kewl

Hi Steve, I like the saab in the background. I challenge you to tell me something that I don't know about it.

eek the stalker deer.....

And theres our friend the deer head mount have we got a name for him i mean hes crawling the junkyard with steve he should get credit by name

Makes a good street rod with a frame and drivetrain. Swap