Breakfast had a breakdown.
The 1968 Chevy truck better known as the city’s favorite mobile waffle iron may be headed for the scrap heap.
The clutch stopped working months ago, but Thomas DeGeest, 38, the former IBM exec who started selling authentic Belgian waffles several years ago, has continued to drive.
Now the transmission is so far gone that he’s been towing the familiar, yellow “Wafels & Dinges” truck from Chelsea, where works during the week, to Park Slope, where he sells waffles on weekends.
“Business has been bad, and we’re just making enough to pay my employees, but since it’s so hard to find good people, I’m doing everything I can to keep them employed,” he said.
“We used to make extra money doing bar mitzvahs, but the last time we did a bar mitzvah and showed up with a tow truck, everyone said, ‘what is this?’ ”
DeGeest says he’s confident he will raise $40,000 to $60,000 for a brand-new truck.