Junk Poor Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 I just picked up this seat the other day. I don’t know what it came out of. From what I can tell it’s the front seat of a right hand drive touring car. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junk Poor Posted January 26 Author Share Posted January 26 Here’s the numbers stamped under the seat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stude17 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 The stamping in the last photo appears to be "FB Co 4332". Could this be the Fuller Buggy Company. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Fuller_Buggy_Company Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne sheldon Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 I was thinking Fischer Body Company. They were a general coach builder officially founded in 1908, and built bodies for numerous automakers of the era for several years. In the brass era of model T Fords, they were one of the top five suppliers for Ford's model T, providing common touring car bodies as well as the rare early coupes and I believe town cars. When Ford brought out the famous center-door sedan in 1915, Fischer built many of those for a number of years. Ford, even after moving the majority of body building inhouse by 1920, continued using some Fischer bodies even until after Fischer became part of the General Motors empire. If I recall correctly, the body on my 1924 model T Ford coupe was a Fischer body (according to the builder's date and coding information stamped into the floorboard risers). Clearly, this is not a Ford body of that era. But it could be from almost any larger other automobile from the Detroit area around 1910. Fuller Buggy Company could be a possibility, however, having researched Fuller some years ago, I consider that somewhat unlikely. The "F B Co" stamping in the wood looks very much like the early model T's body stampings I have seen on original known Fischer bodied Ts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stude17 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 5 hours ago, wayne sheldon said: I was thinking Fischer Body Company. They were a general coach builder officially founded in 1908, and built bodies for numerous automakers of the era for several years. In the brass era of model T Fords, they were one of the top five suppliers for Ford's model T, providing common touring car bodies as well as the rare early coupes and I believe town cars. When Ford brought out the famous center-door sedan in 1915, Fischer built many of those for a number of years. Ford, even after moving the majority of body building inhouse by 1920, continued using some Fischer bodies even until after Fischer became part of the General Motors empire. If I recall correctly, the body on my 1924 model T Ford coupe was a Fischer body (according to the builder's date and coding information stamped into the floorboard risers). Clearly, this is not a Ford body of that era. But it could be from almost any larger other automobile from the Detroit area around 1910. Fuller Buggy Company could be a possibility, however, having researched Fuller some years ago, I consider that somewhat unlikely. The "F B Co" stamping in the wood looks very much like the early model T's body stampings I have seen on original known Fischer bodied Ts. I think you are right and Fischer Body Company would be a better fit for the stamping considering that they were general coach builders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junk Poor Posted January 26 Author Share Posted January 26 A couple other things I noticed. It’s from a 3 door car, with no door on the right hand side. Does this mean it was from a car with shift levers on the outside of the drivers compartment? The rear doors open to the rear. Aka suicide doors. What do the round top prop rod sockets tell us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28 Chrysler Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 I don't know what it is but I have a robe rail identical to this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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