An attractive body for the Ford ???
Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2024 11:43 pm
Some time ago I found reference to a new body for a Model T which had become available in 1919. The "design" if thats what one would call it if nothing else is "different'. The Australian news paper the report was in was as always the case never mentioned any actual details only saying " There is now in business of disguising the Ford in the United States.
All the buyer has to do is to forward his "lizzzie" and it will be returned with a body so different that almost the closest observation will not reveal the fact that it is the same car.
Today I found the actual advert for the body. Has anyone ever seen an actual photo of one of the "Stratton" bodied Fords or know anything else about the venture? Seems it was one of many which came and went quickly.
A search brings up two modern Stratton motor car dealers one in Arizona and one in Norfolk UK but i don't think they have any link to the old T Ford body builder Stratton Motor Company in Chicago ILL in 1918.
All the buyer has to do is to forward his "lizzzie" and it will be returned with a body so different that almost the closest observation will not reveal the fact that it is the same car.
Today I found the actual advert for the body. Has anyone ever seen an actual photo of one of the "Stratton" bodied Fords or know anything else about the venture? Seems it was one of many which came and went quickly.
A search brings up two modern Stratton motor car dealers one in Arizona and one in Norfolk UK but i don't think they have any link to the old T Ford body builder Stratton Motor Company in Chicago ILL in 1918.