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HOJO TRUCKS AND HOWARD'S 28 FLAVORS! |
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One of my more harmless addictions is
collecting Howard Johnson's memorabilia. |
This is an example of the original Hojo truck manufactured by
Winross, which started appearing on the shelves of Hojo Restaurants in the early
1960's.
In the mid 1990's, Howard Johnson's and Winross teamed up to
make contemporary versions of the various trucks that were made for Hojo's
throughout the previous 3 decades. The restaurant in
Canton,
Massachusetts had several of these on display but the nasty hag behind the
counter would never sell them to me. I ended up buying them through Franchise
Associates Inc. which operated what little that was left of the Hojo empire.
The ice cream tanker was a very popular version of the Howard
Johnson's - Winross collection.
The original versions are quite collectable and hard to find. This particular
model was manufactured in the mid 1990's in the same series as the truck above.
This is one of the more unusual and rare trucks in my Hojo
collection. It is a sample, made for Howard Johnson's by Winross and is
considered quite rare. Very few of these ever made it to the general public for
sale and in most cases only a handful of any of these "samples" were produced.
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28 Flavors |
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