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Information on our company, and our ice cream truck |
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| The Classic 1967 Ford Good Humor Truck Our 67 Ford Good Humor truck is a true piece of Americana. It has the original porcelain sides with the Good Humor Logo baked in, florescent lights that light up the sides at night, the original bells, and of course the Good Humor Man. This is one of the original trucks that Good Humor use to send into your neighborhood, and you remember as a child. This truck has been restored to close to its original condition, and there are very few that are in nicer shape that ours. |
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Classic 67 Ford Good Humor Truck This truck would be a fun addition to any event. |
| The 1959 Chevy Good Humor Ice Cream Truck Our 1959 Chevy Apache Good Humor Truck. This is a west coast truck, and it probably worked the L.A. area of California. The body of the west coast Good Humor Ice Cream trucks were made by American Body & Equipment, out of Dallas Texas, the East coast trucks were made by Hackney Bros out of North Carolina. This truck has been completely restored, and upgraded. With the chrome wheels, new V8 motor, but still has the original working cold plate freezer, and will draw attention where ever it appears. This truck is for sale, click here to see more photos of this truck and sale information . |
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The Good Humor Trailer. Good Humor use to send out some of their Good Humor truck with a trailer behind them. On their way to their route, they use to drop off a Good Humor man with the trailer at beaches, forest preserves, and busy areas. The truck would drive their route, and at the end of the day would pick up the trailer and attending Good Humor man, and return to the depot. We built this trailer out of a 1969 Good Humor truck that was unrestorable, and is much like the original ones that the Good Humor Truck would pull around, except ours is completely updated, with the original porcelain box. We added a new frame, axle with brakes, compressor unit, and a sound system so we can play our Ipod to bring tunes to your guests. |
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Not your ordinary Ice Cream Trucks. Yes, you can get a ice cream truck to come by and give your guests a ice cream bar, but… Is it original Good Humor? Out of a original Good Humor truck? By a originally dressed Good Humor man? Playing music of the 50s, 60s, and 70s? Interacting with your guests? When you want to do something, to say thank you, promote your business, or as a appreciation of a job well don’t, isn’t it worth a little extra to make it a experience that will be talked about long after the ice cream has been consumed. |
| We carry original Good Humor, and Popsicle ice cream Nothing but the best for your guests, we carry original Good Humor, and Popsicle brand ice cream. We always carry these classic Good Humor ice creams in our truck, Premium (the original Good Humor bar), Chocolate Éclair, Strawberry shortcake, Candy center crunch, Toasted Almond, Oreo bar, Giant ice cream sandwich, Cookie sandwich, Sundae cone. Then from the Popsicle line, the classic Creamsicle, Fudgsicle, and red white and blue Firecracker. With our Popsicle truck we also carry all the face themed Popsicle brand products that the children love.
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Cold Plate Freezers All our equipment is equipped with cold plate freezers,. That means no noisy generators, no leaving the truck running, or no cords for your guests to trip over. We plug our equipment overnight, and it remains below 0 all day. Our equipment was made for commercial vending, and meets all health department codes. |
Interesting fact: It was 1920. Harry Burt had just created the Jolly Boy Sucker, a lollypop on a stick. Later, while working in his ice cream parlor, Burt developed a smooth chocolate coating that was compatible with ice cream. Unfortunately, the new combination was too messy to eat. Burt’s young son, Harry Jr., suggested that his dad take some of the wooden sticks used for the Jolly Boy Suckers and freeze them into the ice cream. The first ice cream on a stick was born. The name Good Humor came from the belief that a person’s “humor” or temperament was related to the humor of the palate (one’s sense of taste). |
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Interesting fact: To market his Good Humor Bars, Burt sent out a fleet of 12 chauffeur-driven trucks with bells to make door-to-door deliveries. The Good Humor Man was born. In 1930, a New York businessman and investor by the name of M.J. Meehan acquired the national rights to the company by buying 75% of the shares. During the 1950s and 1960s, the fleet of Good Humor trucks kept expanding, and the Good Humor Man became an institution. The tinkling of the truck's bell would attract kids of all ages, in search of the delicious ice cream on a stick. The Meehan family owned the company until 1961 when it was sold to Unilever's U.S. subsidiary, the Thomas J. Lipton Company. In 1976, when the company’s direct-selling business was phased out in favor of grocery stores and free-standing freezer cabinets, the trucks were parked for the last time. |
Interesting facts: Our 1967 Ford Good Humor truck, was originally owned by the Good Humor Corp. Our truck has the original porcelain side, with the Good Humor Logo baked in, on the freezer. The Ford chassis were sent to Hackney body, who built, and installed everything from the windshield back. Our truck gets plugged into 220 at night, and will keep the ice cream frozen for up to 2 days. It has a compressor mounted where the passenger seat would normally be. There is no door on the drivers side, the driver would enter and exit from the curb side, for safety reasons. There are florescent lights in the sign above the windshield, the rear and sides of the freezer. We restored this truck in 2004, and started doing ice cream events with it that year. This truck is a piece of Americana, and is our pride and joy. |
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Frequently asked questions. What does it cost to have you attend our party or corporate event? - We set our prices on your location, date of your event, and the number of people expected, (please include that information in your email request). When we get that information we will send you a price depending on the amount of people attending, and a per bar charge if you go over that amount. We are very competitive in the Plainfield, Naperville, and Joliet area, but the further we have to travel the higher the minimum charge. Any locations over 15 miles from our location there is a minimum charge of $500.00, and the minimum increases as the travel time increases. The Northern and Northwest suburbs would require 300 people + to make us competitive in pricing.Why so much? - Every event is a destination for us, it isn’t just us stopping by For some farther events we have up to 6 hours or more invested in cleaning and stocking the truck, travel time, plus time at your event. Our truck run on gas, and are plugged into 220 volts outlets at night, and we all know what gas and electricity costs are these days. We do buy our ice cream wholesale, but dairy prices are up, and we are effected, same as you with increased prices. .Will you help us with our charity or community event - Yes! We love helping charities, or community activities. We will either donate a portion of our gross sales to your charity, or will donate some free Popsicles to hand out to children. Contact us to see if we can work something out. Can you recommend someone in our area? - Check out our LINK PAGE to see vendors in other states that we recommend. If you use one listed, and they do not perform to your satisfaction, please let us know so we can delete their link. We service the Chciago area only for one day ice cream events. |
| We buy old Good Humor Trucks, and memorabilia Do you have a old Good Humor Ice Cream truck you want to sell? We will buy it in any condition, and offer you a fair price. We also purchase old Good Humor related items such as signs, pins, and promotional items. Email us and let us know what you have, we would love to talk to you about it.
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