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Originally Posted by Jeffhs
Interesting that B. F. Goodrich had a plant in Los Angeles, as stated at the bottom of the tube layout chart below the patent notices. I always thought they had only one tire manufacturing plant in Akron, Ohio, 30 miles southwest of Cleveland. When was the L. A. plant established? I think BFG's Akron plant was the first, but I am by no means certain.
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L.A. may have just been the Goodrich western regional office. The label does say "manufactured for..."
Packard Bell, Hoffman, Gilfillan Bros. were manufactured on the west coast for sure.