Briggs Manufacturing Company
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Briggs Manufacturing was an American, Detroit-based manufacturer of automobile bodies for Ford Motor Company, Chrysler Corporation and other U.S. and European automobile manufacturers.
1923 Essex coach for $1,245 (equivalent to $23,526 in 2025)
1933 design by John Tjaarda
1938 Lincoln V12 by LeBaron and Briggs
Ford V8 Pilot with body by Briggs Dagenham
Wilson Body Company
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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
Briggs Manufacturing Company
…their own bodies and Briggs became the largest independent. Other prominent independent builders of automobile bodies included: Murray Body Corporation, C R Wilson Body Company, Edward G Budd Manufacturing Company and Fisher Body Company. LeBaron Carossiers Inc, a New York City custom body builder, was bought in 1926 and…
1906 Cadillac coupé