IML : Autolite : Was Why G.M Parts are unnecessary.

["Bill Watson" <wwatson@xxxxxxxxx>]

Right!  Gemmer!  Knew there was another firm!

Saginaw supplied the adjustable steeering column / wheel for Chrysler.  And
the collapsable steering column was a patented Saginaw design.

And of course Chrysler had outside suppliers for mass production bodies -
Fisher Body (to 1927), Murray, Briggs, Budd, and Hayes being the main ones.
In Canada Chrysler used Fisher Body until 1927 when General Motors decided
F.B. would no longer supply bodies to any non-General Motors company.
Chrysler Canada leased two Fisher Body plants in Windsor to produce their
own closed bodies and imported convertible bodies and parts from Briggs and
Murray through 1936, which was also the last year for a Canadian-built
Imperial until 1981.

Bill
Vancouver, BC


----- Original Message -----
From: "A. Foster" <monkeypuzzle1@xxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 3:13 PM
Subject: Re: IML: IML : Autolite : Was Why G.M Parts are unnecessary.


> Bill;
>  I think that you more than proved my point about Chrysler using
outsourced
> parts in your last posting. One question I have is about Chrysler using
> Saginaw steering, I thought that was a G.M division? There are two outside
> companies that you forgot to include: Gemmer (Steering parts), and
> Pittsburgh Plate Glass (Glass and Paint).
> Best Regards
> Arran Foster
> 1954 Imperial Newport
> Needing A Left Side Taillight Bezel and other trim parts.
>
>
> >
> > Chrysler purchased carburetors (Stromberg, Carter, Holley), radiators
> > (Fedders, McCord, Moline), brakes (Lougheed, Bendix, Kelsey-Hayes,
Budd),
> > clutches (Borg & Beck), steering (Ross, Monroe, Saginaw), u-joints
> (Spicer),
> > transmissions (Borg-Warner), axles (Dana) and other parts from a wide
> range
> > of manufacturers.   Spicer and Dana, for example, are not owned by
> Chrysler
> > and never have been.   But Chrysler was, and is, one of their many
> > customers.
> >
> > Bill
> > Vancouver, BC
> >
> >