Bill;
Where did Ionia Manufacturing fit into the picture? It was my understanding
that they did a lot of body work for Parkard and also made the earlier steel
station wagons for Chrysler. On an Imperial note, wasn't it Durham that put
together the Limousine bodies in the late forties and early fifties.
Best Regards
Arran Foster
1954 Imperial Newport
Needing A Left Side Taillight bezel and other trim parts.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Watson" <wwatson@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2002 10:26 AM
Subject: Re: IML: Body manufacturers
>
> Budd made bodies for Dodge Brothers until 1929 or 1930, and they were the
> first with an all-steel body (touring car) and the first all-steel sedan
> (Dodge Brothers, 1928). The unitbody on the Citroen Traction-Avant was
the
> work of Budd and they had a hand in developing the unitbody on the 1941
Nash
> 600.
>
> Budd does make a number of the larger stampings for both Chrysler and
Ford,
> and used to do quite a bit of the body stamping for Studebaker. They did
> not (and do not) make the whole bodies, though, just the stampings which
> manufacturers like Chrysler, Ford, et al would use, along with stampings
> made by themselves and other outside suppliers, to make their own bodies.
>
> One small footnote here, when Chrysler bought Briggs Body, Briggs was also
> making bodies for Packard. Chrysler gave Packard a two year notice when
> they took over. Thus the 1953 and 1954 Packard bodies were built by
> Chrysler for Packard.
>
> Bill
> Vancouver, BC
>
>
> > I have an ad that I posted a link to some time ago when I
> > won it. It is a 1953 Natl Geo ad from Budd touting thier
> > wirk making Chrysler bodies. Where do they fit into the
> > current thread?
> >
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