Who built the bodies?

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Who built the bodies?

Post by Jim Gilmore » Sun Jun 12, 2016 8:14 am

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?

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Post by rjbeamer » Sun Jun 12, 2016 10:21 am

Good day Jim. If I might ask? Who built the GP body was it "Murry"?

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Post by polarroller » Sun Jun 12, 2016 2:23 pm

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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Post by Jim Gilmore » Sun Jun 12, 2016 5:31 pm

Roger,

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?

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Post by Jim Gilmore » Mon Jul 18, 2016 7:58 am

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.

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Post by Polar Roller » Mon Jul 18, 2016 5:32 pm

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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Post by JIMN » Sun Aug 21, 2016 5:23 pm

Where at in Hamilton Ohio?
1941 Ford GP, 1944 Willys MB, 1943 Bantam T3

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Post by Polar Roller » Tue Oct 18, 2016 3:41 pm

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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Post by Jim Gilmore » Wed Oct 19, 2016 6:34 am

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.

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