jpeg1 Posted February 3, 2002 Share Posted February 3, 2002 Does any one out there have info on the Chandler Auto Company and where they were located in Cleveland? Also where I could find out if there is a club? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 4, 2002 Share Posted February 4, 2002 Dear jw,<BR>There is a Chandler-Cleveland Motor Club <A HREF="http://clubs.hemmings.com/chandler/" TARGET=_blank>http://clubs.hemmings.com/chandler/</A> <BR>The club officers can provide info. on the original C-C factory in Cleveland. They held the '99 club meeting there. There are About 100 members w/ approx. 150 cars or parts cars accounted for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29 Chandler Posted February 4, 2002 Share Posted February 4, 2002 Chandler made cars from 1913-1929 when they sold to Hupp. There is a great article about them in Automobile Quarterly 24-4. Most of the Chandler cars were in line sixes, but in the last years they also made eights. I have pictures that I can send if you would like.<BR>Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpeg1 Posted February 4, 2002 Author Share Posted February 4, 2002 Thanks for the response. Actually, we don't own a Chandler. But our automotive research has crossed paths with the Chandler Company. We own a Jordan automobile that we are slowly restoring and enjoy doing company research and such. We recently found that a coachbuilder had been located in a building that Chandler once occupied and that the original blue prints still exist. This coachbuilder built custom bodies for Jordan. The name of the company was Facto Auto Body. They appear to have been in a building at 12910 Taft Avenue in 1929. Records show that Chandler was in the building in 1913 and I was curious if there was a club historian for the Chandler people that might have more information on the Taft building. The building still stands today and is a Auto Storage Facility. The company Facto Auto Body was responsible for building Jordan's show cars. The general manager was William C. Coburn. Somehow this company and Jordan may have been affiliated with Baker Rauch & Lang which made custom bodies for Owens Magnetic, Stearns Knight, Peerless and Ruxton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29 Chandler Posted February 4, 2002 Share Posted February 4, 2002 If you don't already have a copy of "Golden Wheels" by Richard Wager then find one. If has a history of all the cars produced in the Cleveland area. We found ours on Amazon.com in used book section. A great source of info and lots of great pictures!<BR> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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