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DainBramaged

(39,191 posts)
Sun Aug 12, 2012, 08:34 PM Aug 2012

Wienermobile

A "Wienermobile" is an automobile shaped like a hot dog on a bun that is used to promote and advertise Oscar Mayer products. It was created in 1936 by Oscar's nephew, Carl G. Mayer, and variants are still used by Oscar Mayer today. Drivers of the Wienermobiles are known as Hotdoggers and often hand out toy whistles shaped as replicas of the Wienermobile, known as Wienerwhistles.

The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile has evolved from Carl Mayer's original 1936 vehicle [1] to the current vehicles seen on the road today. Although gas rationing kept the Wienermobile off the road during World War II, in the 1950s Oscar Mayer and the Gerstenslager Company created several new vehicles using a Dodge chassis or a Willys Jeep chassis. One of these models is on display at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI. These Wienermobiles were piloted by "Little Oscar" who would visit stores, schools, orphanages, and children's hospitals; and participate in parades and festivals.

In 1969, new Wienermobiles were built upon a Chevrolet motor home chassis and featured Ford Thunderbird taillights. The 1969 vehicle was the first Wienermobile to travel to foreign countries. In 1976 Plastic Products, Inc., built a fiberglass and styrofoam model, again on a Chevrolet motor home chassis.

In 1988, Oscar Mayer launched its Hotdogger program, where recent college graduates were hired to drive the Wienermobile through various parts of the nation and abroad. Using a converted Chevrolet van chassis, Stevens Automotive Corporation and noted industrial designer Brooks Stevens built a fleet of six Wienermobiles for the new team of Hotdoggers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wienermobile



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Wienermobile (Original Post) DainBramaged Aug 2012 OP
Thanks Yeah Its Spin Aug 2012 #1
i grew up in cincinnati in the 50's... the oscar meyer weiner truck was all over the place spanone Aug 2012 #2
I have a Weiner Whistle and a Wienermobile on my desk DainBramaged Aug 2012 #3
 

Yeah Its Spin

(236 posts)
1. Thanks
Sun Aug 12, 2012, 08:58 PM
Aug 2012

I thought it was something that spun around over Ryans bed that had Weiners pictures hanging from strings.

DainBramaged

(39,191 posts)
3. I have a Weiner Whistle and a Wienermobile on my desk
Sun Aug 12, 2012, 09:30 PM
Aug 2012

And I still eat their wieners.


I wanted so bad to drive it when I was a kid, sadly I wasn't "the type".

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