Mystery Machine #518 - Duro Metal Products Company Bus (Further detail welcome)

[Otto Puzzell]

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For one point: What is this, and what was it for?

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[Otto Puzzell]

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[Hiawatha]

Any relation with Union Pacific M 10000 Streamliner train?

[Otto Puzzell]

No direct connection I'm aware of, though it surely was inspired by such streamlined trains. It was built some years later, by another company that was not directly connected to the railroad business.

[Otto Puzzell]

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[pguillem]

This truck is described on some sites as a beer truck from 1937 but I doubt it because no advertisement for any beer make is shown. 

I found this truck some time ago, described as a Ford from 1936 with a license plate D13-900 (I can't decipher from which state : Illinois ?).  On the side of this truck, there is a four-word inscription : the second three-letter word coul be MEX or NEW; the third seven-letter word could be PRODUCE and the last word seems to be OHIO.  Under this inscription, there is another three-word inscription in small letters, and under this one another unreadable inscription in smaller letters.  Maybe it was a demonstration shop for some product

[Otto Puzzell]

Interesting answer. In the original photo I used for this puzzle, there are four words on the side that can be read, which identify the user/owner of the bus. None of the words none of which is three letterers long, or has anything to do with produce.

It was not used as a product demonstration vehicle. It was used for the purpose that its appearance suggests. 

[pguillem]

Don't tell me it's a mobile steam iron ! 

If it doesn't have anything to do with produce, maybe it is police, which suggests a fashioned coach for transporting convicts ?

[Otto Puzzell]

Not a paddy wagon

[pguillem]

Is it a Rescue Truck ?

[Otto Puzzell]

Is it a Rescue Truck ?

No

[pguillem]

Unable to read other possibilities.  A TV studio ?

[Otto Puzzell]

Unable to read other possibilities.  A TV studio ?

No - you're over-complicating it. Despite its unusual appearance, its purpose is quite ordinary and common.

[pnegyesi]

a mobile home?

[Otto Puzzell]

No sir. Even more ordinary than that.

[pnegyesi]

a promo bus?

[pguillem]

A blood transfusion bus ?

[Otto Puzzell]

a promo bus?

It was a bus. Other than the name of the company printed on the side, I don't know that it served any other promotional purpose.

[Otto Puzzell]

A blood transfusion bus ?

No

[pguillem]

A shuttle bus for a company ?

[Otto Puzzell]

Yes

[pguillem]

Was Ford the company ?

[Otto Puzzell]

The chassis under the bus, and the builder of the body, are unknown to me.

The company that used this bus was not Ford.

[pguillem]

Do I have to find the name of this company ? If it's the case, is it in the automobile industry ?

[Otto Puzzell]

Yes, the name the company is needed.

Not an automotive concern.