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Mingel Company of Louisville, Kentucky - 1929 Ford
Model A’s maple wood bodies were milled at Ford’s Iron Mountain plant and
the bodies assembled by Murray. 1930-31 bodies were assembled by Murray and
Raulang. 1932 bodies were different. Made of ash framing and birch panels,
the Mingel Company of Louisville, Kentucky now supplied the wood and Murray
and and Briggs assembled the body. The wood for the revised 1935-36 bodies
came from Iron Mountain and Briggs & Murray continued assembling them.
For 1932 Ford contracted with the Mingle Co. of Louisville, Kentucky to
supply the wood for its new Model B Suburban bodys. The old assembly
contract with Baker-Raulang was dropped in favor of a new one with Ford
favorite, Briggs of Detroit. Murray also continued to assemble the wagons as
before, the parts just came from Mingle instead of Ford's Iron Mountain
forests.For 1935, Ford reverted to its Iron Mountain subsidiary for its
wood station wagons, and ended its three year experiment with Mingle Co.
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