Who built the bodies?
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Who built the bodies?
I am researching and need to know what company built the bodies for the Bantam BRC 40 and the Willys MA.
I already know who built the 70 BRC Mk II bodies and the Ford GP.
Anyone have hard data on this?
Jim Gilmore
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I already know who built the 70 BRC Mk II bodies and the Ford GP.
Anyone have hard data on this?
Jim Gilmore
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Re: Who built the bodies?
Good day Jim. If I might ask? Who built the GP body was it "Murry"?
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Re: Who built the bodies?
We!re talking 1941, not the York-Hoove 1940 bodies....Seems like I had something on that for Bantam...I'll have to root around...it seems to me I remember there were a couple if companies involved pressing parts because it was a small lot...but, maybe I rememberr something about the bodies being assembled in house..sorry, swamped right now but, Ill run across it...
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Roger,
GP bodies were built by E.G.Budd Co.
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York Hoover was the first 70.....but the 1941 BRC are the ones I am looking for.
MA bodies as well....... Perhaps a body builder in Hamilton, Ohio?
Jim
GP bodies were built by E.G.Budd Co.
PR....
York Hoover was the first 70.....but the 1941 BRC are the ones I am looking for.
MA bodies as well....... Perhaps a body builder in Hamilton, Ohio?
Jim
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Thought someone here would have this data........
After doing more research I found that Willys MA bodies were built in Hamilton , OHIO.
Still need to know the MFG of BRC 40 bodies.
Jim Gilmore
Jim Thorpe, PA.
After doing more research I found that Willys MA bodies were built in Hamilton , OHIO.
Still need to know the MFG of BRC 40 bodies.
Jim Gilmore
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Re: Who built the bodies?
All I can remember is that Crist said the 1941 Bantam bodies were built in house..by which I think he meant the welded prefabricated pieces together as they did not have stamping dies...but I also remember that he said elsewhere, and I can't find it, that because of the small order they had to have one outfit supply one part and another another part...he named them and I think I remember Ohio...I will keep an eye out. The 1940 car bodies I believe were supplied by York Hoover.
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Jim...I KNEW I would run across this again sooner or later...gives you one name and maybe enough to go on. This is in Harold Crist's own handwriting July 25, 1975 in a letter to George Domer (since I know you are a stickler for all the footnotes) and Crist was the factory manager and ordered all the parts and the original engineer of the pilot car, so, he would know. Elsewhere I have posted his list of parts order for the Bantam pilot. Hope this helps. Please let me know any detail you find.
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PR....
Good stuff!
I assume these were BRC 40 bodies yes?
Are there any photos of Bantam assembling these bodies at Butler?
BRC Mk-2 (BRC 60) bodies were said to have been built at York-Hoover in York, PA. according to Y-H documents.
Jim
Good stuff!
I assume these were BRC 40 bodies yes?
Are there any photos of Bantam assembling these bodies at Butler?
BRC Mk-2 (BRC 60) bodies were said to have been built at York-Hoover in York, PA. according to Y-H documents.
Jim
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