Fremont Metal Body Co. - 1920s - Fremont, Ohio
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October 12, 1925, Sandusky Star Journal (Ohio): “Swint New Head of Fremont Co. “Freemont Metal Body Co. Reorganized After Capital Increase “Freemont, Oct. 12 – Reorganization of the Fremont Metal
Body Co. took placed during the past week when the capitalization of the
company was increased to $150,000. “The following officer will head the reorganized company:
President, F.J. Swint; vice-president, Frank Nagel; secretary and office
manager, C.F. Walton; general manager and treasurer, M.H. Bixler; and sales
manager, Lawrence Freen. M.H. Bixler, Frank Nagel, Jacob Gabel, Dr. C.L. Fox,
and H.H. Haubert compose the board of directors.” October 18, 1925, Sandusky Register: “Palace On Wheels Built in Fremont For Pennsy Man “Fremont, O., Oct. 17 – The Fremont Metal Body Co. has just
completed for J.P. Dobler, of Girard, Pa., a palace on wheels, an auto bus that
is much different than the ordinary. The interior is equipped with davenport
and seats handsomely upholstered, the davenport being so made that it can be
converted into a bed. There is a clothes press and full length mirrors,
cupboard and a cook stove in which charcoal is burned. There is also a
refrigerator, lavatory and toilet and electrical equipment as well as many
other features. Mr. Dobler, the owner, plans to travel extensively in the
palace on wheels with his wife.” In the summer of 1924, FitzJohn designed and built a
22-passenger sedan-type parlor bus body, which was also mounted on the REO model W
chassis, though it is not clear whether quantity production of this body was
ever undertaken. (Reo parlor cars of the period generally had Fremont bodies.) xxxxxxx Known body builder, a few company records exist in the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center which is located at the corner of Hayes & Buckland Avenues in Fremont, Ohio. xxxxxx Also located in Fremont was the troubled Fremont Motors Corp. who manufactured a small number of automobiles from 1921-1922. Fremont was housed in the former plant of the HG Burford Company who manufactured the Taylor Motor Truck in Fremont.
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For more information please read: Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center Archives - Hayes & Buckland Avenues, Fremont, Ohio, 43420 Beverly Rae Kimes - The Classic Car Beverly Rae Kimes - The Classic Era Beverly Rae Kimes - Packard: A History of the Motorcar and Company Beverly Rae Kimes & Henry Austin Clark Jr. - Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805-1942 Richard Burns Carson - The Olympian Cars Raymond A. Katzell - The Splendid Stutz Brooks T. Brierley - There Is No Mistaking a Pierce Arrow Brooks T. Brierley - Magic Motors 1930 Nick Georgano - The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile: Coachbuilding John Gunnell - Standard Catalog of American Cars, 1946-1975 James M. Flammang & Ron Kowalke - Standard Catalog of American Cars, 1976-1999 Daniel D. Hutchins - Wheels Across America: Carriage Art & Craftsmanship Marian Suman-Hreblay - Dictionary of World Coachbuilders and Car Stylists Michael Lamm and Dave Holls - A Century of Automotive Style: 100 Years of American Car Design Thomas E. Bonsall - The Lincoln Motorcar: Sixty Years of Excellence Fred Roe - Duesenberg: The Pursuit of Perfection Arthur W. Soutter - The American Rolls-Royce John Webb De Campi - Rolls-Royce in America Hugo Pfau - The Custom Body Era Hugo Pfau - The Coachbult Packard Griffith Borgeson - Cord: His Empire His Motor Cars Don Butler - Auburn Cord Duesenberg George H. Dammann - 90 Years of Ford George H. Dammann & James K. Wagner - The Cars of Lincoln-Mercury Thomas A. MacPherson - The Dodge Story F. Donald Butler - Plymouth-Desoto Story Fred Crismon - International Trucks George H. Dammann - Seventy Years of Chrysler Walter M.P. McCall - 80 Years of Cadillac LaSalle Maurice D. Hendry - Cadillac, Standard of the World: The complete seventy-year history George H. Dammann & James A. Wren - Packard Dennis Casteele - The Cars of Oldsmobile Terry B. Dunham & Lawrence R. Gustin - Buick: A Complete History George H. Dammann - Seventy Years of Buick George H. Dammann - 75 Years of Chevrolet John Gunnell - Seventy-Five Years of Pontiac-Oakland
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