Wilson Body Company
The C R Wilson Body Company with its plant located at Milwaukee Junction, Detroit, Michigan was incorporated in 1897. Early customers included Cadillac, Ford, Oldsmobile, and many other now forgotten brands.
Foundation[]
It grew from Wilson brothers' blacksmith and wagon repair shop which soon began to manufacture wagons then carriages. The brothers split the business by products and Charles R Wilson formed the C R Wilson Carriage Company followed by a new incorporation, C R Wilson Body Company.[1]
Cadillac[]
Wilson built Cadillac's first closed production body.
Ford[]
Wilson provided the first bodies for Ford's Model T.[1]
Alumni[]
Former employees included the Fisher brothers who founded Fisher Body Company. Henry Ford appears in a photograph of Wilson staff dated around 1900.[1]
Murray Body Corporation[]
On the sudden death of Charles R Wilson in 1924 a merger was negotiated with the owners of , and under the name Murray Body Corporation.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c d Mark Theobald - Coachbuilt.com accessed June 10, 2017
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