Veggie Mobile

And here we have the mysterious Veggie Mobile:




I don't have a lot of information about this one. I just know if was made by WOW Promotional Vehicles, the makers of one of the Burger Cars and the Yoo-Hoo Trailer.

Three Car Pile Up

I'm a semi-annual visitor to the great State Fair of Texas for many reasons. One of which is that it is a frequent stop for product mobiles like the Pepperidge Farms Goldfish Mobile which I saw there in 2002:
Unfortunately there were no product mobiles in attendance at this years fair but there were still some pretty famous rides. An exhibit within the Auto Show contained:
The Monkeemobile!
And "Black Beauty" from Green Hornet:

And best of all, the Batmobile!
(Not to be confused with the Onstar Batmobile)
Not a bad turnout at all. But hopefully next year some of our favorite product mobiles will return to the fair.

Wagon Wheels

A retired couple became disheartened with the lack of new product mobiles (hey, just like me!) so they decided to take matter into their own hands. Awesome!

There should be more people like this in the world.

Separated at Birth Part 4 - A Pair of Skates

Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3

Awhile back we introduced you to the Skateland USA Skate Car:
That one was located in Anderson, SC but I recently stumbled across a similar one in my own backyard:
The Aloha Skate Car lives outside the Westlake Skate Center in Mesquite, TX.
According to their MySpace Page it used to look like this:
Or it's possible that this picture is of a completely different car that they had in the past. It's interesting to not that this one has a top/cover so it could be driven in the rain.

How many of these Skate Cars exist? Is it possible that a fleet of these skates exist with a different one parked outside of every small time roller rink? Do people really still go roller skating? We may never know.

Blizzard Mobile Tour Wrap Up

As summer comes to a close another Product Mobile Tour winds down. This time it's the end of the 25th Anniversary Blizzard Birthday Tour conducted by the Dairy Queen Blizzardmobile. Here are some highlights from the tour:

Hopefully, unlike so many other product mobiles that ended up in mothballs, the Blizzardmobile will one day ride again bring frosty treats to the masses.

Wiener Check

Even the Wienermobile needs a check up from time to time. And no one considers the toll this takes on the poor Hotdoggers. Here's a look at the process:

Flipped Out Award Winner

We've mentioned Ben & Jerry's Flipped Out Sample Vehicle (and its twin, the Topsy Turvy Bus) before, and recently the eight wheeled wonder rolled up and down across the EX Awards.
The Vehicle is the winner of the Best Vehicle Design (18 Wheels or less) in Event Marketers Magazine's EX Awards. Congrats to Ben & Jerry's and to Turtle Transit, the designers of the vehicle.