The Divco truck was built by the Detroit Industrial Vehicle Company and its successors. These trucks became a part of the American way of life. Chances are your milkman drove a Divco truck.  So did most other delivery services. The Divco was manufactured form 1926, until 1986. The Divco truck was a multi-stop delivery trucks unlike any others. The only vehicle that stayed in production with the same basic model for a longer period of time was the Volkswagen Beetle.  Today many people consider Divco as the icon for the multi-stop delivery era. 

In 1922, George Bacon, Chief Engineer for the Detroit Electric Vehicle Company designed a remarkable new electric driven milk delivery truck.  It could be driven from four positions, front, rear, or either running board.
However as we know electric trucks were no match for a gasoline powered truck.

This was the main reason the George Bacon and others formed the Detroit Industrial Vehicle Company (D.I.V.CO.) to produce his invention using a LeRoi gasoline engine.

In 1937 the Divco was completely redesigned with a welded all-steel van body and a snub-nosed hood which was used with virtually no change up to the end of production. (back to Photos page)