Chassis No.

231911



Paul Helms moved his family from New York to Southern California in 1926, and on 2 March 1931, opened Helms Bakery at the corner of Venice and Washington in Los Angeles.

The following year Helms was named official baker of the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics, its signature "Olympic Bread" becoming a regional staple for decades.

Helms goods were never sold in grocery stores; they reached customers from San Diego to Fresno aboard a fleet of distinctive yellow-and-blue vans crewed by "Helmsmen" in white shirts, chinos, neckties, and caps, their pie-tin whistles announcing each block's fresh bread.



Those vans came from Twin Coach, founded by brothers Frank and William Fageol in Kent, Ohio, alongside their twin-engine city buses.

The Twin Coach delivery truck used a patented drop-down center frame section for easy entry and exit, and was designed to be driven seated or standing.

A single left pedal operated as both clutch and brake, freeing the driver's right foot fo...