Companies go to great lengths and spend a lot of money on advertising. Virtually nothing is off limits, including the zaniest of promotional gimmickry. In the mid-1930s, long before there was television and the Internet, two food companies decided to create vehicles that could drive around and promote their food items directly to the masses. The first appeared in 1935 when Planters unveiled the original peanut car (a.k.a. the NUTmobile) and used it to shuttle around its brand salesman. A
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