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07-15-2014, 04:00 PM | #1 |
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Re: Truck Images Circa 1930
Sorry not really sure about year. GM bought this factory in 1930 and made it a truck body stamping plant... I was of the opinion these were taken about when the factory was bought.
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07-16-2014, 04:10 PM | #2 | |
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During this time period the Chevy truck cabs were made by Martin Perry - which ended up as one of GM's holding companies, and the lighter gmc ones that used cabs like the chevy were assembled by Yellow Truck and Coach -builder of all gmcs from 1924-43, the 36-8 cabs there were slight difference in the cowl side stampings between the two. |
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07-16-2014, 04:25 PM | #3 |
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anyhow this is the info i have..
When their passenger car business hit the skids at the start of the Depression, General Motors Chevrolet division quickly switched gears in an effort to build sales of their commercial chassis, and purchased Martin-Parry’s Indianapolis operations in April of 1930 for $900,000. Up until that time, only cab and chassis had been available from the factory. The 1931 Chevrolet truck catalog offered a complete line of standard bodies for their ˝-ton chassis; pickup, panel truck, and canopy express, as well as an offering of canopy express and stake bodies for the 1-˝-ton chassis. Under General Motors’ ownership, Martin-Parry’s Indianapolis plant was renamed the Chevrolet Body Division. For a number of years, US-made Chevrolet passenger cars had bodies built by Fisher Body and Chevrolet and GMC trucks used bodies built by Chevrolet Body. Later body tags indicate that the Indianapolis plant was now the Indianapolis, Indiana plant of the Chevrolet Division of General Motors Corp. Most of the firm’s York, PA plant was shuttered, although they continued to produce a small number of bodies and other products into the late 30s. At the start of WWII, Martin-Parry furnished the Allies with field gun conversion kits that allowed formerly horse-drawn artillery to be towed by more modern methods. Each kit consisted of two pneumatic-tired steel disc wheels on stub axles carried on a cranked adapter which fitted over the end of the original axletree. Included were the necessary radius rods, brake gear, layers' seat brackets, etc. needed to enable the guns to be safely towed at speeds up to 30 mph. |
07-16-2014, 04:38 PM | #4 |
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And GMCs, side of the story... Alfred P Sloan's GM was notorious for whacking the inner city electric street trollies across the country--so they could install the GM yellow bus transit system, My own mother held a grudge against GM for doing this her whole life, starting about the yr she was born 32,, and would never consider buying anything GM.
"“Announcement of the details was issued for the General Motors Corporation by Alfred P. Sloan Jr., President of that organization. The statement of John Hertz, President of the Yellow Cab Company, and Lehman Brothers, the bankers for the latter company, was issued through the law firm of Chadbourne, Stanchfield & Levy" GMC's -yellow truck story starts 3/4 down this page. http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/y/yell...llow_coach.htm |
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She was born and raised in a rural area between Houston and north tx, and grandpa moved them to Houston when she was around 12. New Orlenes and san francisco is the only places that managed to keep electric trollies that i know of. Last edited by truckeez; 07-16-2014 at 06:30 PM. |
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Electric trolley cars on rubber tires ended in 1958 in Indianapolis. General Motors Diesel Buses prevailed in Indianapolis for public transportation henceforth for many moons.... |
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There was a wall inside the building that separated the two divisions. The wall is still there....with a large pass through to facilitate truck and forklift traffic. K
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My collection from the Indianapolis Stamping plant for the years 1930-to the WWII are not as extensive as my collection after the war. I know personally some of the Parry family today of forerunner Parry Manufacturing who went from Buggies to Commercial truck bodies around 1915 or so. Then Parry merged with Martin of York PA in 1919. Hence they continued to make bodies in both places as well as I think Lumberton Mississippi? December 1917 another image date unknown These body parts were made for Ford at the Indianapolis plant From the Martin & Parry era... 1919 to 1930 |
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