mercer09 Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 Am wondering which body manufacturers in the early thirties may have done custom coachworkfor chevrolet or a wealthy client? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 Context of question? I'm sure there were some European coachbuilders who put bodies on Chevy chassis's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_OToole Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 Anybody could have done anything.Have heard of custom body Fords and Dodges also Nashes.I do know of some custom bodied Buicks and Cadillacs built in the GM experimental shops for GM executives, big shareholders and favored customers but not Chevrolet. Woody station wagon bodies were farmed out to outside suppliers like Cantrell.Do you have a specific car in mind? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mellor NJ Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 If you find any they might qualify for the Classic Car Club, like the Brewster Fords Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlLaFong Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 Am wondering which body manufacturers in the early thirties may have done custom coachworkfor chevrolet or a wealthy client?Short answer, all of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trimacar Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 Correct answer, all of them. While there were a lot of custom bodies made, those body companies still needed work to keep them going. If you brought a chassis to them, of any marque, they'd put a body on it for the right money.They supplied a lot of "factory" bodies to manufacturers, to the manufacturers design, and delivered "in the white" as they called it, in primer ready for final sanding and paint.For example, LeBaron made many open bodies for Pierce, to factory design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hddennis Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 Don't know much about this but supposedly Holden in Australia built what I think is the most beautiful 1932 Chevrolet ever, the Moonlight Speedster. Maybe someone down under has details and better pictures?Howard Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercer09 Posted September 11, 2011 Author Share Posted September 11, 2011 Thank you for the photos Howard- yes, my focus was on the 32 chevy regarding body builders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_OToole Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 Fitzjohn probably made more custom body Chevrolets in the thirties and forties than anyone but they did not start until 1934 or 35.LimoClick and scroll down for some pics of Fitzjohn built Chevrolet stretch limousines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevrolet6 Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Hi, here is the true story on the Moonlight Speedsters in Australia. http://www.mister-cars.com/Article/1932-Chevrolet-Moonlight-Speedster-Review-and-History/1804/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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