| An early production body firm unrelated to the Pontiac Buggy Company,
also of Pontiac which later became the Oakland Motor Company which joined General Motors and took its place along
side Buick and Oldsmobile in 1909.
Built production bodies for the National in 1916 (National Motor Vehicle
Company of Indianapolis, Indiana 1904-1924)
Pontiac Body Company – Pontiac Michigan 1905
advertisements & annual report
Pontiac Body Company – 1916 Motor Ad: This company
manufactures automobile bodies to order, according to designs furnished. The
exhibit consists of a wood tonneau body in white, made for the National
Motor Vehicle Company of Indianapolis, Indiana.
xxxxx Emerson-Brantingham was on a buying spree
during 1912 and purchased the Pontiac Buggy Company in August, 1912. They
also purchased the Newton Wagon Manufacturing Co. of Batavia, Illinois at
the same time. The
Emerson-Brantingham Company of Rockford, Illinois produced a complete line
of farm implements and associated equipment and was listed on the New York
Stock Exchange.
By the 1920s, Emerson-Brantingham had added automobile bodies and fenders
to the products built by the former Pontiac Buggy Company. During the depression, Emerson-Brantingham ran into difficulties
and was purchased by J.I. Case of Racine, Wisconsin in November of 1928.
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(Pontiac Buggy Company became Oakland in 1907 but is
not the same firm)
(Pontiac Spring and Wagon Works 1899-1908 - another
unrelated firm)
When automotive finish pioneers Peter and Fred Ditzler came out with their Ditzler Color system in 1902, Pontiac
Buggy were their first customers. |
