BMW Truck

Boulevard Machine Works was a small California company founded by Leslie Perhacs, a Hungarian immigrant who moved to the Studio City area during the 1920s.

He later established a 12,000-square-foot research and development workshop in North Hollywood, at the corner of Burbank and Vineland Avenues.

The company used the initials BMW, which stood for Boulevard Machine Works rather than Bavarian Motor Works. Perhacs developed and sold a variety of electric vehicles, including golf carts, boats, cycles, amusement park rides, vehicles for paraplegics and small cars. His designs were produced in limited quantities, and many of them were built individually with fiberglass bodies.

By 1955, the company’s range included two golf cars and a parcel truck. The BMW Truck was advertised at a price of $795 and could carry up to 600 pounds of cargo. It was one of the practical commercial vehicles developed by Boulevard Machine Works during its period of electric vehicle production.

The available information does not specify the truck’s motor, battery capacity, range, top speed or overall dimensions.