HarryJ Posted February 13, 2005 Share Posted February 13, 2005 Who where the big three automotive body builders of the twenties and who were their primary clients? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted February 13, 2005 Share Posted February 13, 2005 Production line or custom? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryJ Posted February 14, 2005 Author Share Posted February 14, 2005 Either is fine, however, I was asking for the production as you refered to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nearchoclatetown Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 I'd think Fisher would be one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave@Moon Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 Obviously Fisher was making GM (and Chrysler) bodies in the 1920's. There were also standard production bodies built by the Budd, Hayes, and Briggs body companies (I believe all 3 were in business throughout the 1920's), and probably several others. Who built what I don't know.Significant custom body firms during this period number in the dozens! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryJ Posted February 14, 2005 Author Share Posted February 14, 2005 I know Fisher built bodies for Chrysler and GM in the late twenties; but, did they build for anyone else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest De Soto Frank Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 I think that Fisher might have done some custom work as well...The big shops were also Briggs (Chrysler and some Ford), Budd, Murray(?), and I believe also Raulang (Rauch & Lang built car bodies in addition to their own electric cars). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryJ Posted February 16, 2005 Author Share Posted February 16, 2005 Dave@Moon......Maybe I should have ask about the big four body builders, I forgot about Hayes. Who were Hayes primary customers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poci1957 Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 A source on this I especially liked was "A Century of Automotive Style" by Michael Lamm and Dave Holls. I think it is still available in paperback, it covered production and custom body companies. There were so many it would be hard to pick a big four, my guess would probably be Fisher, Briggs, Murray, and maybe Budd. Who was larger, Budd or Hayes? Todd C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave@Moon Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">A source on this I especially liked was "A Century of Automotive Style" by Michael Lamm and Dave Holls. I think it is still available in paperback, it covered production and custom body companies.... </div></div>This book was very expensive in hardback ($60), so I was waiting for it to come out in paperback. I'd forgotten that it finally had, and when I saw this post I went looking for it. Amazon.com currently has it on sale for $33.96, with free shipping. That's cheaper than it generally sells for in used condition. The web site says they have 4 left. Ten minutes ago they had 5! As I said before I really don't know which firms were building which (regular production) bodies. Unlike the Pfau book (and others), there really isn't a good reference out there for the products of Budd/Hayes/Briggs/et al. Sometimes you can come across that infomation mentioned in passing in a marque reference, but that's about it. ...(as far as I know.) If anybody out there has a site or reference for this information please let us know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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