{"id":8715,"date":"2013-02-05T11:56:04","date_gmt":"2013-02-05T16:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=8715"},"modified":"2014-03-19T01:27:36","modified_gmt":"2014-03-19T05:27:36","slug":"ferrara-pans-1975-atomic-fire-ball-candy-engine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=8715","title":{"rendered":"Ferrara Pan’s 1975 Atomic Fire Ball Candy Engine!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Back in 1975, Ferrara Pan took a pair of its mainstay offerings and presented them in novelty boxes, each shaped like a fun vehicle. \u00a0 Of the two, I’ve managed to find the Atomic Fire Ball Candy (Fire) Engine and today I’ll be talking about that as well as the other; Ferrara Pan’s Jaw Breakers Candy Express.<\/p>\n

I first shared images of this nifty piece of confectionery packaging during my New Year’s Eve video post<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 When I did, I had guessed that it might have dated back to the late 1960’s, but I was wrong.<\/p>\n

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Ferrara Pan Fire Truck on New Year’s Eve<\/p><\/div>\n

Only a few nights ago I was flipping through the pages of one of my 1975 candy trade magazines and made a discovery in the form of two clippings related to the Ferrara Pan truck.\u00a0\u00a0 Those revealed that the Atomic Fire Ball truck was introduced in 1975 and not only that, but that is was paired up with an awesome Ferarra Pan Jaw Breakers truck, too!<\/p>\n

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Ferrara Pan Fire Truck – Atomic Fireballs – candy trade clipping – April 1975<\/p><\/div>\n

Finding that news piece was huge for me and clarified my understanding of this super-neat piece of candy packaging.<\/p>\n

Since that’s such a great photo, I wanted to share a larger version with you (I wish I had a sharper and in-color version of this):<\/p>\n

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1975 trade announcement close-up<\/p><\/div>\n

The trucks were also displayed at a candy expo that year, as shown in this other 1975 trade clipping:<\/p>\n

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Ferrara Pan Fire Truck at trade show – candy trade clipping – April 1975<\/p><\/div>\n

Here’s another close-up:<\/p>\n

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Ferrara Pan Fire Truck at trade show – candy trade clipping – close-up<\/p><\/div>\n

What a cool pair of candy packages!<\/p>\n

The example of the Atomic Fire Ball Engine I have in my collection still has about half-a-dozen of the original individually cello-wrapped Fire Ball candies inside – it’s pretty amazing.<\/p>\n

Here are a few looks at my Atomic Fire Ball Candy Engine box:<\/p>\n

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1975 – Ferrara Pan – Atomic Fire Ball – Fire Engine novelty candy box – Photo 1<\/p><\/div>\n

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1975 – Ferrara Pan – Atomic Fire Ball – Fire Engine novelty candy box – Photo 2<\/p><\/div>\n

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1975 – Ferrara Pan – Atomic Fire Ball – Fire Engine novelty candy box – Photo 3<\/p><\/div>\n

You’ll notice a little price tag residue remains on the front of the box in that last photo.\u00a0 The glue is so old now and so bonded to the paper that I was afraid to try to scrape it away. \u00a0 I would have preferred to be able to remove that, but it doesn’t detract from the look too much.\u00a0 It’s still a beauty!<\/p>\n

Lastly, I temporary removed the candy from the truck for a pair of archival scans.\u00a0 In this way, you can get a pretty good look at the box graphics as well as some of how it was constructed:<\/p>\n

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Ferrara Pan – Atomic Fire Ball – Candy Engine Fire Truck – novelty candy box – 1975<\/p><\/div>\n

It’s great to finally be able to put a definite origin year on this fire truck box and it’s neat to see the Jaw Breakers truck as well.\u00a0 Of course now I really really want to find one of the Jaw Breakers trucks.\u00a0 But that’s what it is to be a collector – always finding something new to hunt for.<\/p>\n

And that’s everything I’ve got to share on this awesome bit of 70’s novelty candy packaging.<\/p>\n

See you next time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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