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Service King was founded by Eddie Lenox in 1976. Its first location was in Dallas. [2] In 2009, the then-independently owned Service King bought the three-location D&D Collision chain in the Houston area. [3] In 2012, The Carlyle Group purchased a majority stake in Service King. [4] Around that time, it expanded into Arizona. [5]
The trend to flip-top fiberglass bodies ("floppers") began with Jim Lytle's US$2000 Allison V-1710-powered chopped '34 Tudor Big Al II. [26] It would inspire "every flopper body ever formed." [ 21 ] Chrysler's dominance led Hernandez and Al Turner to try and turn things in Mercury's favor; Don Nicholson's flip-top, tube-chassis Comet, arriving ...
Murray Body Corporation was created in 1924 by merging C R Wilson Body Co of Milwaukee Junction Detroit with three Hamtramck businesses, Murray Manufacturing, Towson and Widman. Both Wilson and Murray were long standing suppliers to Ford. Combined the businesses could build 60,000 to 70,000 bodies a year.
Fiberfab's body was designed to be fitted to a Corvette chassis from 1953 to 1965. [31] [32] Estimates of the number of bodies produced ranges from five to seven, with only five bodies remaining. [31] [33] It is believed that the Centurion was canceled due to pressure from General Motors after a visit by Goodwin to the automaker. [4]
The Logghe Stamping Company (commonly known as Logghe Brothers) is a dragster and funny car fabricator based in Detroit, Michigan. [1]Logghe Brothers, operated by brothers Ron and Gene, [2] was the first company to produce funny car chassis in series, beginning in 1966, when they built Don Nicholson's Eliminator I, with a reproduction Mercury Comet body provided by Fiberglass Trends. [3]
Guardian Industries is a privately held industrial manufacturer of glass, automotive and building products based in Auburn Hills, Michigan.The company manufactures float glass, fabricated glass products, fiberglass insulation and building materials for commercial, residential and automotive applications.
Chaparral Boats (originally Fiberglass Fabricators) was founded in 1965 by William "Buck" Pegg and Reggie Rose in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.The company's bellwether boat at the time was the 15-ft Tri-Hull with a sticker price of $675. [1]
The Spartan TX, built with an Alusuisse-framed East Lancs Opus 2 body seating 53 passengers to a budget of £ 82,000 (1995) (equivalent to £ 154,191.82 or US$191,652.41 in 2023) [9], was designed to be durable while saving manufacturing costs, and was fitted with a rear-mounted Cummins B Series engine, an Allison transmission and an Eaton air ...