Re: 120 Dietrich body Victoria 1937
Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2015/1/31 17:10:20
There were no factory-offered custom coachwork bodies for the "120" in 1936 and 1937; there were a couple of Rollston offerings in 1938 on the 1601 chassis but no victorias.
Due in part to lesser excise/road taxes and that it was a better fit on narrow European roads, the 120 chassis was quite popular with European coachbuilders. Convertible victorias on the smaller chassis were almost a speciality with Graber, and others by Franay and Kellner (France), Salmons (England), Norrmalms (Sweden) and other coachbuilders were built and photo records of some of them survive.
In the US Derham did many conversions at customer's request to various body styles in the late 30s on the Packard junior chassis, a lesser number by LeBaron are known to have been built. The late Ed Hermann had a 1936 "120" Victoria by LeBaron, picture attached.
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Due in part to lesser excise/road taxes and that it was a better fit on narrow European roads, the 120 chassis was quite popular with European coachbuilders. Convertible victorias on the smaller chassis were almost a speciality with Graber, and others by Franay and Kellner (France), Salmons (England), Norrmalms (Sweden) and other coachbuilders were built and photo records of some of them survive.
In the US Derham did many conversions at customer's request to various body styles in the late 30s on the Packard junior chassis, a lesser number by LeBaron are known to have been built. The late Ed Hermann had a 1936 "120" Victoria by LeBaron, picture attached.
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