LeBaron protocol?

[Bob Schmitt <bsbrbank@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all -
> 
> That's an easy one for me:
> 
> LeBaron
> 
Right, but it was a "made up" company name, according to:

"LeBaron: Thoroughbred of Custom Coachbuilders", Automobile Quarterly,
Vol. XII, No. 3 (1974)

also see http://teamchicago.com/imperial/impfaq.htm, where you'll find:

"The "LeBaron" model designation/trademark was acquired by Chrysler when
they purchased the Briggs Manufacturing Company in 1953. Briggs, in
turn, had bought LeBaron in 1928. The original LeBaron Carrossiers was
started in 1920 in New York by Tom Hibbard and Ray Dietrich, offering
custom body designs only. In 1924 they acquired a manufacturing facility
in Bridgeport CT and became a highly respected constructor of original
bodies for the best American and European chassis - Lincoln, Chrysler
Imperial, Duesenberg, Packard, Isotta-Fraschini, Rolls-Royce, Mercedes.
The LeBaron name is recognized worldwide for their early designs and
special bodies."