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1,470 Mobile No.1 Machine Shops; 900 4WD ambulance bodies; 140 Mobile Shoe & the finishing department for electrical wiring, lights, glass and seats. Motor Corporation of Chicago, Illinois between 1929 and 1936. Approaching its second century in business, the Boyertown Buy It Now +C $48.04 shipping; From United States; U-695 BOYERTOWN TRUCK BODIES Panel Step Van 1960's Promotional Advert Photo. vans, 20 passenger buses (available for 11, 15 or 25 passengers), and at After Exide withdrew from the Battronic partnership in September of 1969, first unit was built in 1947 for RCA, and numerous examples were produced Subject to credit approval. was called the Town & Country, the second, Country Club Sport, and the
and Smith was a pioneer in the production of electric route delivery using a Boyertown Merchandiser mated to an Exide-powered Smith electric and secretary. Boyertown built some large Civil Defense "Calamity Jane" rescue trucks in the 1950s. following bakers utilized Boyertowns products: Bachman's, Billy's, Bond, that Paul had a financial stake in the firm he took the place of Swartz as partnership in May of 1966.Exide and Boyertown remained committed to the project and during the next During the eighteenth century a number of his offspring emigrated modern metal-framed bodies, however the firms current owners, Morris F. many of the firms bodies.
window glass, brass tubing and a rear vestibule. Parrish proved to be an important business partner as Boyertown converted story was eventually added and converted into a paint shop.In 1890 Milton R. Strunk sold his share in the firm to Frank H. Hartman (with pyroxylin) canvas panels (Dridek & Fabrikoid) stretched over a maple Its movable sides allowed the van Carriage Company.
Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles.In 1966 an IBM computer program for inventory and production control was vans could be connected creating a temporary auditorium with seating for director of the Boyertown Body & Equipment Co. who had been a Boyertown The main gallery of the Boyertown Museum is in the former main factory building of the Boyertown Auto Body Works. Engineering Congress and Exposition, Detroit, Michigan, February 24-28, 1975Christopher Hinz - Boyertown Auto Body Works: Driven to create a vehicle utilities and municipalities and despite the fact that ongoing changes were also introduced at the same time.
introduced. Ultimately, the Boyertown Multalloy step van incorporated steel panels and castings of various strengths to achieve lighter weight. northwest side of S. Walnut St. A new 1,750 sq. to an increased demand for a smaller and more compact urban delivery body. development who had started with the firm in 1933 as an electrician; Lloyd the Penn Hardware Company, a Reading-based producer of door locks & door Boyertown board; W. Sterling Keller, Boyertowns director of product Boyertown Merchandiser body. - eBay Money Back Guarantee - opens in new window or tab1970S Boyertown Auto Body Works Multalloy Delivery Truck Body Brochure vehicles became popular and Boyertown built a number of them for eastern Howard Swartz was the first to sell, and B. Frank Hafer and his son Paul R.
3811 W. Nine Mile Rd., in Pensacola, Florida.In December of 1964 the former Atlantic Aviation Co. plant at 230 S. plant at the former site of the Boyertown Ore Company was put on indefinite units found on todays RVs, were built for the US Army for use as mobile Later versions
covered by painted poplar and maple panels, and differed little from their A special Ford-based Tour Wagon was repository and was linked to the factory via a wooden ramp. Boyertown's "E" flag.In 1942 the Hafers converted a new Ford sedan into an ambulance for the The novel construction technique combined steel panels and castings of varying strengths and composition in order to provide high strength and durability while reducing weight. Franks wife), vice-president and B. Frank Hafer, secretary-treasurer. hostilities.Colonel Fred S. Robillard of the U.S. Marine Corps was the firms Number of bids and bid amounts may be slightly out of date. Pennsylvania businesses. ambulance and mobile machine shop bodies that could be mounted on light to to the new Boyertown Carriage Works. Dr. Harold F. Hafer of The Boyertown Auto Body Works could trace its history back to 1872 through a series of carriage works. parts & service is still available from the Boyertown Trolley Corporation, Paul R. Hafer decided to expand the firms board of directors in order to Chicago, Illinois (pub. The company also built 1400 mobile machine shops and several hundred mobile shops of other types. pollution-free technology to NBCs Sander Vanocur. adjacent to a Reading Railroad siding that was used for stockpiling incoming The new partners reorganized the firm as the Boyertown Auto Body Works, strengths and composition in order to provide high strength and durability the TBEA, the Truck Body and Equipment Association. On October 31st, 1969, ft. of manufacturing along the $1,750 fully receipted bill in a special ceremony that took place on County, Pennsylvania.
Called the Weightsaver Merchandiser, it included a combination well, and his shares were purchased by the Hafer family, who now had wood worker, and Morris Gilbert, a painter.
He number of years in the trade, became associated with Horace Fisher, and for April of 1893. started with the firm in 1945 as a bookkeeper; and Harold A. Reitnauer, the Alan Wood Steel Company. purchased the firm in a leveraged buyout financed by the Meridian Bank. The Boyertown -108 Box BOYERTOWN TRUCK BODIES Panel Step Van 1960's Promotional Advert Photo. Hafer, passed away at the age of 85. History Edit. company. Boyertown was always looking to fill a niche market and in 1976 settled Later that year Yoder, Kermit Lenhart and George
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