Clayton Company - 1915-1930 - New York, New York
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| Clayton Company - NY, NY The Clayton Company in the West 40s, and F. R. Wood & Sons in Brooklyn were somewhat smaller but similar firms. Clayton also built some of the early LeBaron designs before LeBaron had their own factory. Wood had as their designer for a time young Henry Crecelius, Jr., who had learned his trade under his father at Brewster. Wood had built some of the early delivery trucks for John Wanamaker, probably the most attractive commercial vehicles on the streets of New York in the early part of the century. Later they concentrated on truck and bus bodies. Hugo Pfau - The Custom Body Era Clayton Co of NYC built a smart-looking town car on a 1917 Hudson Series J Super-Six Chassis. The car used custom built fenders and hood, and looked completely different than a production Super Six. Also built a collapsible formal town car on a 1918 Hudson Super-Six with a large heater grate embedded in the tonneau floor. Clayton continued their successful relationship with the metropolitan Hudson dealers and built an attractive enclosed-drive sedan on a 1919 Hudson Super-Six series M chassis. The custom bodied car is easily distinguishable from regular Fisher-built Hudson sedans by taking a look at the roofline. The Clayton body has a totally flat roof and custom-designed rear fenders that follow the contour of the rear tire more closely. xxxxxx Clayton Co., Inc., 427 W. 42d. 1930 Phone Directory xxxxx The A.T. Demarest & Company, an old New Haven coachbuilder, moved to New York in the early 1920s. They built several different LeBaron designed bodies for Locomobile and Sportif. The Clayton Company of New York also built several custom LeBaron bodies. Humer-Binder Company who built early LeBaron bodies, is still in business in New York. They were the main service and repair center for early LeBaron coach bodies.
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