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In 1903 the Anheuser-Busch
Brewing Association of St. Louis, Missouri ordered two massive electric
truck chassis from the General Vehicle Company of Long Island City, New
York. Twenty four feet long and ten feet wide, they had a capacity of 30,000
pounds worth of brew, and proved to be too big. Subsequent experiments with
significantly smaller 1 to 3½-ton electrics proved more successful and
within 5 years, the St Louis brewer owned a fleet of 45-50 beer trucks as
evidenced by the following article from the January 1909 issue of the
Commercial Vehicle:
“The example of the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association stands as one of
the most favorable arguments for the machines to the advertising account in
order to make the books balance. For a time Adolphus Busch was in a
quandary. He might have abandoned the use of the cars entirely had he not at
someone's suggestion employed the best electric expert that he could find to
take charge of his immense garage. After this step was taken conditions
immediately began to improve, until now there is no doubt that the use of
power-driven vehicles is something more than economy to this particular
concern.
“Forty-five to fifty machines are in daily service. Approximately there
are twenty-five 1-ton General Vehicle trucks, five 3-ton vans of the same
make, six 2 ½-ton machines of Anheuser-Busch make, seventeen 1½-ton
Pope-Waverly machines, made from a special design by George Marian so as to
be 20 per cent heavier than the stock vehicle, two Knox gasoline wagons of
1½-ton and 3½-ton capacity, one 3½-ton American motor truck, and one 1½-ton gasoline
vehicle designed by Marian.”
1919 marked a number of changes for the St, Louis Brewer, the company was
renamed Anheuser-Busch, and the post-war Depression and pending commencement
of Prohibition resulted in the firm’s first loss. According to
Anheuser-Busch historian, Ronald Jan Plavchan:
“Anheuser-Busch, which had never before failed to make a profit on its
operations in any year for which records exist, showed substantial losses in
1919 ($2,478,985), 1920 ($1,572,255), 1921 ($1,329,072) and 1922
($218,270).”
Anheuser-Busch was the nation’s largest brewery, and before the start of
Prohibition the firm’s 3,000 employees produced over 1 million barrels of
beer per year. Starting in 1919 the firm instituted massive layoffs, and
introduced a number of new products such as ice cream, yeast and grape soda.
One outgrowth of Anheuser-Busch’s new ice cream business was the
manufacture of products that could both store and transport the extremely
temperature-sensitive product. The firm’s Vehicle Department quickly set
about designing and building a whole series of ice cream cabinets and
delivery truck bodies, which were all built using the same hardware and
technology. A slightly less insulated version of the ice cream bodies was
developed that proved popular with dairymen.
A third totally un-insulated line of truck bodies known as the 'Adolphus'
was also developed using the same body shells that were
marketed to dry goods vendors and transporters. They also built small
numbers of architecturally-inspired horse-boxes as well as a complete line
of city service buses and intercity motor coaches. The Body Works also built
a luxurious private coach on a 1931 Yellow Coach chassis for Adolphus Busch
III. The vehicle still exists and can be seen at the St. Louis Museum of
Transportation.
Anheuser-Busch’s A.B.C. (Automatic Brine Circulation) refrigerated truck
bodies were popular in the Midwest and the firm produced two separate
catalogs, one for their standard refrigerated bodies that were marketed to
dairymen, green grocers and butchers and a second catalog which featured
heavily insulated bodies specifically designed for ice cream distributors.
Clarence Birdseye’s frozen food technology had yet to be perfected and a
need to transport non-dairy frozen foods didn’t develop until after the
start of the Depression.
Originally developed for use in refrigerated rail cars, the A.B.C. system
was also adaptable to delivery truck as show in the October 1920 issue of
the Journal of the American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers:
"The construction of the automatic brine circulation system is such that
it is not limited to refrigerator-cars, but may be applied to any moving
vehicle such as trucks, boats, etc. Already the system has been installed by
a Chicago ice-cream manufacturing concern in a number of their large
electric delivery-trucks. In these trucks there is but one tank with pipes,
through which the brine circulates and then returns to the tank. The swaying
and jolting of the trucks have the same effect of circulating the brine as
in the case of railroad cars.”
By the late twenties solid carbon dioxide (dry ice) and electrical
refrigeration units had replaced the messy A.B.C. refrigeration systems used
on Anheuser-Busch’s insulated shipping, storage and delivery bodies.
Following the 1933 repeal of the Volstead Act, the firm’s Vehicle
Department abandoned their body building activities for outside customers
and concentrated on the manufacture of beer transport and delivery bodies
for in-house use.
They also were put in charge of manufacturing the oversized beer wagons
towed by the world-famous Clydesdale horses, which had been recently
purchased by Adolphus Busch III to celebrate the firm’s resumption of beer
manufacturing. The body works also built the giant horse boxes that were
needed to transport the massive Clydesdales from appearance to appearance.
Although the main emphasis of Anheuser-Busch's Vehicle Department was the
manufacture of commercial bodies, they produced a number of interesting
specialty products for other markets. The most successful of these was the
Lampsteed Kampkar, a recreational vehicle body designed for the Model T that
debuted sometime around 1920.
The Kampkar was designed by Samuel B. Lambert
(b.1894-d.1930), the son of Arthur W. Lambert, the treasurer of the Lambert
Pharmacal Co., the St. Louis-based manufacturer of Listerine.
The Kampkar bodies were sold in a completely knocked-down (CKD) kit that was
easily shipped across the country via rail and was distributed through
authorized Ford dealers. Painted a distinctive forest green direct from the
factory, both sides of the rear compartment folded down, Pullman style,
creating two 42” wide double beds.
When placed upright, the center portion of the bed formed a pair of bench
seats that ran parallel to the sides of the body. The driver and front cab
passenger sat on the forward portions of the two benches, their backs
supported by movable back rests.
A circa 1921 Kampkar brochure:
”Make this the kind of a vacation you've always dreamed about - enjoy the
splendor of Yellowstone, the majesty of the Grand Canyon, visit balmy Palm
Beach or the great North Woods. Go anywhere you wish - on your own
schedule, over your own railroad system in your own private car, stopping at
your own hotel, eating your own cooking at your own table - all in great
comfort and at a price you can easily afford.
“The Lampsteed Kampkar Body, complete with full equipment and ready to
mount on a standard model "T" Ford Chassis costs only $535.00 including war
tax.”
A Kampkar ad in the July 1923 issue of Field and Stream stated:
“Deep, restful sleep is made certain by two wide, comfortable beds four feet from
the ground - high, dry and safe.”
Samuel B. Lambert held a number of transportation-related patents and
when production of the Kampkar ended in the late Twenties he founded his own
aviation firm, the Lambert Aircraft Engine Corp. Lambert was piloting one of
his aircraft en route to the Detroit All-American Aircraft Show in April,
1930 when his propeller snapped and he plunged to his death.
Considering their low production numbers, a surprising number of Kampkars
still exist in museums and private and collections. The Zagelmeyer Auto Camp
Company of Bay City, Michigan offered a similarly-named Model T camper body called the Kamper-Kar.
The main advantage of the Zagelmeyer Kamper-Kar over the Lampsteed was that it featured an
automatic pop-up top that allowed its owners to stand inside the vehicle
once the side berths were lowered. Zagelmeyer’s $1000+ Kamper-Kar body was
significantly more expensive than the Lampsteed Kampkar and as it was
produced in far fewer numbers that may explain why there’s only one known
survivor. Zagelmeyer also produced camping trailers and
turn-key camper conversions on Reo and Chevrolet chassis.
Another product of the Anheuser-Busch Vehicle Department’s Body Shop that
was marketed to consumers was the Rancher, a wood station wagon that was
designed to compete with similar offerings from Babcock, Cantrell and
others. As was the Kampkar, the Rancher was nationally distributed in
completely knocked down (CKD) form and could easily be adapted to Chevrolet,
Dodge, Ford and White chassis.
The Anheuser-Busch Vehicle Department also created the
coachwork for the firm’s nautically-inspired advertising vehicles. The
inspiration for the Bevo Boats, as they were popularly called, did not
originate within Anheuser-Busch and came from legendary Manhattan
automobile dealer Conover T. Silver.
Silver was the Manhattan distributor for Willys-Overland, Peerless, and
went on to create the legendary Silver-Apperson and Kissel Silver-Special
Speedsters. Headquartered in the upper floors of the 9-story Peerless
Building was Silver’s custom body operation and just before the start of the
First World War he created a nautically-inspired vehicle on an Overland
chassis which was featured in the October 17, 1915 issue of the New York
Times:
“Novel Automobile On the Lines of a River Launch.
“One of the most unusual bodies to make its appearance on “Automobile
Row” is show above. It is a boat body on an Overland chassis, now on view in
C.T. Silver's salesrooms. The body is built of alternate two-inch strips of
mahogany and white holly, and the deck is in birds-eye maple. Mounted on the
circular radiator is a ship’s bell, while a nickel propeller serves to keep
the spare wheel in place. The front bumpers represent anchors and those at
the rear, oars. The upholstery is pigskin.”
The December 1915 issue of The Rudder also featured the vehicle:
“A Land Runabout of Nautical Design
“Cruising down Broadway recently, the lookout man megaphoned that there
was a peculiar-looking craft at anchor on the port bow, so we instanter put
over the helm and drew alongside. She proved to be the Silver Bird, a neat
little runabout of about 12 feet length, specially built for the С. Т.
Silver Motor Company, on an Overland six-cylinder chassis. Seeing that her
appearance, while not strictly shipshape, was of elegance and along nautical
lines, we decided to give her a berth in the December Rudder.
“Her hull is planked, not painted, in alternate layers of white holly and
mahogany, while she is decked forward for three parts of her length with the
same wood, this also forming a housing for the engine, which is installed
right forward. The cockpit and after deck is railed off. The spare wheel aft
is held in position by a real bronze, 14-inch diameter propeller, and she
carries an anchor on either bow. On the forward deck is a searchlight and
electric signal bell.
“Putting all joking to one side, it occurred to us that an automobile
along these lines would interest yachtsmen, particularly power owners. With
the detachable wheels removed, she would not altogether look out of place in
davits, in cases where the owner of a long-distance cruiser desired to tour
the district when putting in to strange ports and thus combine automobiling
with the pleasure of yachting. So, in future, we can expect one sport to
help the other in this manner, instead of throttling each other.”
The vehicle was featured in the 1916 film Gloria’s Romance which starred
Billie Burke after which it was acquired by Anheuser-Busch’s Advertising
Department, which used it to launch their new Bevo malt beverage.
Re-christened the Bevo Victory Boat, at the start of the War the
Oakland-chassised advertising vehicle was sent around the country to help
sell War Bonds.
Bevo was a near-beer concocted from barley malt, rice, hops, yeast, and
water which took its name from the Bohemian pivo (beer) and contained less
than one-half percent alcohol. It was developed in anticipation of a 1916
ban on the consumption of alcoholic beverages by the US Armed Forces. Bevo
was by far the most popular of the many near beers of the time and at its
peak of popularity sold more than five million cases annually.
The Bevo Victory Boat joined another Bevo related mascot, “Renard the
Fox” (based on the protagonist of a medieval French folk-tale) who was
created to help advertise the new beverage.
Sometime during 1917 Anheuser-Busch’s Vehicle Department face-lifted
the C.T. Silver built Oakland chassised vehicle. Pictures of
both vehicles survive and although in later years Anheuser Busch claims to
have built the vehicle, it's clear their only contribution was to put a
false bow over the front end of Silver's creation.
A second, all-new version of the Bevo Boat were
constructed in Anheuser-Busch’s St. Louis body shops sometime between 1920
and 1923. Although the new vehicle was inspired by C.T. Silver's circa 1915
creation it featured all new coachwork, Disteel wheels and was reportedly
built on a Pierce-Arrow chassis. The second vehicle featured the same
alternating color wooden-planked hull design of the Silver Bird and was
finished in a clear varnish.
Eagle-eyed Dorris owners suggest the vehicle’s chassis was not built in
Buffalo, and was actually constructed in St Louis
by the Dorris Motors Corporation. Although surviving pictures reveal a set of small Dorris hubcaps
on the vehicle, it doesn't prove that the chassis was built by the same
manufacturer. It's more likely that the caps were added by Anheuser-Busch's
mechanics to hide the real identity of the chassis.
Internally referred to as Anheuser-Busch Land Cruisers, the Bevo Boats
advertised other Anheuser-Busch products as evidenced in
the picture to the left that was taken in 1924 in front of the US Treasury
Building in Washington, D.C. The unhappy driver in the close-up is
Adolphus Busch III, the son of the then-current
president of Anheuser-Busch, August Anheuser Busch, Sr., and grandson and
namesake of the firm’s founder, Adolphus Busch I.
A totally re-designed third series Land Cruiser (later renamed as the Budweiser II)
appeared in 1929-1930 on a Pierce-Arrow chassis that utilized a flat
rear end, similar to those found on the era’s inboard speedboats built by
Gar Wood and others. Once again the vehicle's body/hull was constructed of
alternating wooden planks and although it was originally coated in a clear
varnish, it was repainted in horizontal red and white stripes following the
repeal of the Volstead Act.
A fourth series Pierce-Arrow-chassised Land Cruiser (known as the Budweiser III)
appeared sometime around 1933-34 and featured the front end of the 1929-1930
Land Cruiser with a new sculpted rear end treatment
resembling that found on a similarly-sized sailboat of the era.
All remaining Land Cruisers / Bevo Boats were rechristened as Budweiser I’s, II’s and
III’s when Prohibition ended in 1933. One of the circa 1933-34 vehicles was
supposedly displayed at a mid-thirties Indianapolis 500.
Historians believe total production of all boat-shaped Anheuser-Busch advertising vehicles
is thought to be eight, although confirmation is lacking. Pictures exist of
four distinct vehicles and although it’s possible there were more, its interesting
to note that no two Land Cruisers / Bevo Boats are ever pictured together.
Of the four variations there is only one extant, a circa 1929-1930
Budweiser II. Unfortunately sometime during its lifetime its original Pierce-Arrow chassis was
discarded and replaced with one from a 1930 V-12 Cadillac Sport Phaeton.
The recently-restored survivor is finished in red
with white stripes and includes a host of unusual features such as a red
leather interior, Woodlite head and cowl lights, bi-lateral anchors and life
preservers, anchor-tipped front bumpers, an ornamental propeller, Wig-Wag
taillights, and three onboard Winchester cannons.
What follows is the text from a circa 1923 Anheuser-Busch Vehicle
Department catalog advertising the division’s various products and
body-building activities. The brochure included renderings of the first C.T.
Silver-built Bevo Boat, photographs of the Lampsteed Kampkar and Rancher station wagon as well as
images of the firm’s full line of commercial truck bodies:
“Anheuser-Busch Bodies
“The Development of Thirty-Five Year’s Experience
“Behind the Busch-built Motor Truck Body you buy is the experience gained
from more than thirty-five years devoted to the manufacture of rolling stock
and delivery equipment for or own agencies and branch offices.
“Each job is constructed in large, modernly equipped shops under the
personal supervision of the most capable shop management that can be
employed. Dependable service and long life are assured by skilled workmen
and sound construction. The lumber used is air-dried for greatest tensile
strength. Forged and hand-wrought bracings support points of strain.
Under-frame sills and bars are arranged to fit any type of chassis.
“Building this way takes time. It adds to the cost of manufacture. But in
no other way is it possible to get extra years of useful service and the low
upkeep and operating costs for which Busch-built bodies are famous from
Broadway to the Golden Gate.
“Spread throughout the following pages you will see Busch-built bus
bodies that carry children across long stretches of open country to the
school-house miles away - Rancher bodies that bring the comforts and
conveniences of the city to suburban and country homes – Kampkar bodies for
vacationists, hunters and fisherman – refrigerator truck bodies for ice
cream, meat, milk and kindred delivery service – armored truck bodies which
protect cashiers and bank messengers from the depredations of pay-roll
bandits.
“Anheuser-Busch facilities are also available for automobile painting,
enameling, varnishing, upholstering, complete wagon building and repairs,
truck body repairs and truck wheel renewing.
“Your request for any special information you may desire will receive
prompt and courteous attention.
“Bevo Ponies
“These six ponies were selected from among hundreds as the most perfect
specimens of their type that could be found anywhere. For the greater part
of three years they toured the country, appearing at various state fairs ad
horse shows. The carriage to which they are hitched was built by
Anheuser-Busch.
“Prairie Schooner
“Designed and built in the Anheuser-Busch shops, this picturesque prairie
schooner has been exhibited at state fairs throughout the country, and has
aroused much interest wherever shown.
“Bevo Victory Boat
“During the World War the Bevo Victory Boat pictured here was placed at
the disposal of the United State government by Anheuser-Busch. For nearly
two years it toured practically every exaction of the country, being used by
the Army and Navy for recruiting purposes. The unique body, designed and
built by Anheuser-Busch, shows how we can adapt our facilities to the
production for special types to meet any requirement.
“The Largest Ox In The World
“This is Tom, owned by Anheuser-Busch and said to be the largest ox in
the world. He is 6 feet 6 inches in height, 9 feet 8 inches from stem to
stern and weighs 3,000 pounds. His keeper, Bill Farris, is also a giant,
standing 6 feet 6 inches in height. The trekking cart is the type used
throughout Mexico in primitive days. It is constructed entirely of wood –
even wooden pegs being used in place of nuts and bolts. Built by
Anheuser-Busch for advertising purposes. “Refrigerator Bodies With One-Piece Seamless Tank Bottoms to Prevent Tank Leaks from
Vibration
“A.B.C. Refrigerator Truck Bodies provide perfect refrigeration of
perishable foods – ice cream, milk, meat and dairy products of all kinds.
“For the ice-cream manufacturers, they eliminate brine drip and rust non
truck chassis, reduce annoyance and unnecessary expense. For the meat packer
or distributor of similar perishable products, they provide proper
refrigeration during the transportation interval between refrigerator car or
warehouse refrigerator and the retail dealer’s store.
“A.B.C. Refrigerator Truck Bodies are rigid, composite units built by
skilled workmen in the Anheuser-Busch shops at St. Louis. Sills and framing
are of oak and maple. Pure corkboard insulation, set between two layers of
heavy, water-proof insulating paper, is used. Inside they are finished with
5/8-inch and 7/8-inch cypress, thoroughly oiled.
“The refrigerator tank is built of heavy black iron with a one-piece
seamless bottom – an exclusive Anheuser-Busch featured which prevents tank
leaks from vibration. Circulating coils of heavy iron-pipe – 2½ inches
inside diameter – assure rapid circulation of brine. Tank and pipes are
heavily coated with iron primer. Bodies are built to hold any temperature
desired for the commodity to be transported. Ice cream bodies are built with
copper bottom and side lining in fresh ice compartment.
“A perfectly smooth, unbroken surface, excellently adapted to sign
painting is assured by exterior paneling of three-ply Haskelite water-proof
veneer. There are no moldings, cracks or tongue-and-groove joints to mare
the continuity of the panel, or to form water pockets and start decay. All
joints are thoroughly impregnated with white lead during construction.
“One of a fleet of seven trucks with A.B.C. Refrigerator Truck Bodies
operated by the M-B Ice Kream Co. of Dallas, Texas. The body is a 3 ½ ton
Ice Cream Delivery Body, mounted on a 3 ½ - ton White chassis, and has a
capacity of 350 gallons of ice cream, 4,300 pounds of fresh ice and 1,000
pounds of salt. Over-all height of this truck, from ground to hatch cover,
is ten feet.
“This A.B.C. Refrigerator Truck Body insures delivery of capacity loads
in prefect condition for the City Dairies Company, of St. Louis. One hundred
and fifty to 300 pounds of ice and 25% salt provide perfect refrigeration
for 24 hours, maintaining temperatures lower than 10 degrees. The motion of
the truck in transit causes an automatic brine circulation.
“Perfect refrigeration is as essential to meats as to ice cream. That’s
why John J. Felin & Co. Inc, of Philadelphia, use this A.B.C. Refrigerator
Tuck Body for delivery purposes. Inside, the body is 13 feet 5 inches long
and 6 feet 10 ½ inches wide. Height under the tank is 4 feet – under pipes,
4 feet 1 9/16 inches.
“210 gallons of ice cream, 3,700 pounds of fresh ice and 600 pounds of
salt is an ordinary load for this 2½- ton A.B.C. Ice Cream Refrigerator
Truck Body in service for Burdan Bros. of Pottstown, Pa., Mounted on a 2
½-ton chassis, the overall height of the complete truck is 9 feet 3 inches
from ground to top of hatch cover.
“Freedom from brine drip and tank leaks from vibration is assured by this
A.B.C. Refrigerator Truck Body in service for the Baker-Evans Ice Cream
Company, of Cleveland, who are well and favorably known throughout the
entire Ohio metropolis. Even in warmest weather, a cold, even temperature
can be maintained for 24 hours.
“Busch-built armored truck bodies like this one provide protection for
cashiers, bank messengers, etc., and assure safe transportation of large
sums from one place to another, regardless of the depredation of pay-roll
bandits.
“‘Budweiser Chief:’ Equipped with housetop rails and irons for tarpaulin
protection. Cab fitted with adjustable glass windshield, side roller
curtains and drop windows. Furnished with or without cab.
“The ‘Adophus’; A general utility truck body, especially adapted fro
hauling light and bulky cargoes. Furnished with housetop rails and irons for
tarpaulin protection and advertising purposes. Can be furnished with or
without the cab.
“The Lampsteed Kampkar - For Vacationists – For Campers – For Outdoor Honeymoon Tours
“The Lampsteed Kampkar - a special Busch-built body for campers,
tourists, etc. - weighs less than a Ford sedan, yet can be quickly converted
into a restful, convenient camp – anywhere. Provides ample seating room for
six. Equipped with two wide, comfortable beds, six rain- and dust-proof
lockers, compartments for water container, refrigerator, folding table,
cooking and table utensils. Two people can mount this body, section by
section, on a standard Model T Ford chassis in about two hours.
“Looks comfortable, doesn’t it? And it is! Four people can sleep in real
comfort on these two beds, securely protected front, side and rear with
water- and vapor-proof canvas. Just one of the many features which make
touring in a Kampkar so enjoyable.
“All set for breakfast! Notice the convenient arrangements of beds,
gasoline cooking outfit, table dishes, ice box, and sun shade. In five
minutes two persons can make up the beds, put away the dishes and cooking
utensils, and drive off across the country in the Kampkar.
“This is how the beds make up. The side partition folds down and provides
space for the Marshall spring cushions which form the ‘mattress’. Notice the
ample seating room provided on each side. The whole family can ride in
comfort in the Kampkar without crowding.
“The Rancher - A Compact, Commodious Busch-built Body for Dodge, Chevrolet and Ford
Chassis
“The Rancher Body is available in the straight utility and compact
hunting and fishing types. The first is especially designed to meet the
needs of country clubs, large estates and suburban and country homes; the
latter for hunters and fisherman. Either can be driven through parks where
commercial trucks can’t go.
“In both types eight passengers ride in real comfort. Removable seats
provide plenty of leg-room, and added carrying capacity if desired.
“Deep, restful spring cushions provide downright comfort even over rough
roads. Snugly fitted duck curtains with large, extra heavy celluloid lights
afford cozy protection and good vision in bad weather.
“In the compact hunting and fishing types, disappearing compartments take
duffel easily; galvanized containers carry furred or feathered game or iced
fish in cleanliness and safety; a cork-line partitioned ice chest keeps
foods fresh and inviting and beverages deliciously cold.
“Any Ford, Dodge or Chevrolet dealers will secure and mount a Rancher
Body for you. Get in touch with the one nearest you.
“A.A.B. Horse Transport Bodies - An Indispensable Unit for Every Stable and Breeding Farm
“Months of careful training and conditioning are required to bring a
thoroughbred to top form for an important race or show. Hours of patient
grooming and constant exercising are necessary. But all the trainer’s
efforts are wasted unless the horse reaches the show ring or race track
without mishaps.
“A high-spirited horse needs protection even on a short haul to a local
race track or horse show, or to a nearby railroad. A.A.B. Horse Transport
Bodies, made in models for either one of two horses, provide that
protection.
“They safeguard the nervous animal from the heavy traffic encountered on
suburban roads and city streets – from the sudden cutting in of automobiles
– from the crowding of curious and admiring passers-by. They eliminate the
causes of sudden jumps and slips on hard pavements, which lead to splints,
spavins, stocky legs and other serious ailments that render him unfit for
showing or racing.
“Every convenience that will add to the horse’s comfort is provided. A
ramp at the rear and the side assures easy entrance and exit. To enter, the
horse is walked up the rear ramp; on arrival at the coliseum or track, he is
walked down the side ramp. Ramp folds up out of the way inside the body when
the transport is in motion.
“Standing between a front and rear bar, each covered with upholstered
padding, and between pneumatic side pads, the horse is supported and
protected against bad rubs and injury.
“There is a place for the groom to site where he can talk to his horse
and quiet him while in transit. Ample space is provided for water tank,
clothing, shelves, lockers and hay rack. Sufficient elasticity to absorb the
jolts and jars of the road is assured by a floor of corkwood – a practical
drainage system provides perfect sanitation.
“When not engage in transport work, these special Busch-built bodies can
be used for general hauling on the farm, or as ambulances in an emergency.
Thus, their three-fold usefulness makes them indispensable units for every
stable and breeding farm.
“Busch-built Bus Bodies
“Used for short passenger hauls where train facilities are inadequate –
for carrying children across long stretches of open country road to the
school-house miles away – and to supplement the facilities of street cars,
subways and elevated systems – buses with Busch-built bodies have added to
human comfort, convenience and profit.
“Complete information and prices will be gladly furnished on request."
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