Thermosmobile

When passenger cars and trucks first began to appear on the roads in growing numbers, it did not take long for perceptive companies to recognize the potential of specialty vehicles with the body shaped like a huge replica of their product for advertising, promotion, and public relations. These vehicles emerged as a brand of new exciting novelty visual vehicles: Productmobiles)

The American Thermos Bottle Co. Norwich, CT. was the first to appear with their Thermosmobile at the Vanderbilt Cup Race in 1909.

They traveled around the country to special events, political, sporting and various exhibitions to promote the Thermos Bottle Company. The company used these vehicles from 1909 to 1925. This unit is built on a 1925 model TT Ford chassis.

From the Keystone Truck and Tractor Museum, Colonial Heights, VA