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Originally Posted by 1project2many
Orville was not the only company building specialty vehicles. In fact there were a number of suppliers willing to do this. Armbruster was a good example of a longstanding custom body builder willing to manufacture custom trucks. Notice the third door on the opposite side of the truck from an Orville conversion? https://barnfinds.com/armbruster-apa...vrolet-apache/
Other companies include Stageway Coaches, Crown Steel (also in Orville OH), and Proctor Keefe. |
I would have never guessed that the aftermarket was so vast in the day.
http://www.coachbuilt.com/com/index.htm
Many of these have excellent ads and illustrations as well as detailed history.
VERY interesting, wish I had time to go through all of them in this index, thanks for the links !