Heinz Foods Concept Vehicle

Here's an interesting bit of information. Did you know that the grandson of the co-founder of Heinz Foods (known for ketchup) developed a line of transportation vans to transport the companies product? In 1938 a Detroit American coach-builder Deal Body Company constructed an aluminium body for a small fleet of streamlined step vans (Phantom Comet 57) that were developed by Rust Heinz the grandson of the H.J. Heinz co-founder of Heinz Foods. The vans were put into use to deliver the companies food products throughout Pittsburgh. Unfortunately the company scrapped the fleet of step vans in support of World War II for the aluminum.