Tunnock's was formed by Thomas Tunnock (b. 1865) as Tunnock's in 1890, when he purchased a baker's shop in Lorne Place, Uddingston. The company expanded in the 1950s, and it was at this time that the core products were introduced to the lines, when sugar and fat rationing meant that products with longer shelf-lives than cakes had to be produced.
The chassis of this van has a wheelbase of 8' 4-1/2" and is fitted with a c cylinder 1204 cc engine, giving a top speed of 25 m.p.h. These vehicles were very reliable and long wearing. They were produced with a variety of bodies and were put to many uses. This reliability was tested fully during World War I, for it was the basis of the famous "taxi de la marne" many of which carried French troops to the front lines.