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Originally Posted by dieseljeep
There seemed to be a lot of small radio firms, spring up in the post-war years. Only a few, stood the test of time.
Tele-tone was one that survived. They were unheard of pre-war. Another was John Meck Industries.
If you look at the Sams or Riders indexes, you'll see a lot of models that were made, that were covered in the early folders and manuals, that no longer existed in the early 50's.  |
Yep. Buncha Car companies sprung up after the war, all wanting to be the next Henry Ford. Preston Tucker was one of the better known ones, but there were a host of others, Kaiser-Frazier-THEY actually had a decent chance of succeeding, Bobbi-Kar, Playboy, Gaylord. The guys behind Kaiser-Frazier were both experienced manufacturing production men, their company lasted til '54. ANYTHING would sell in the early post-war years, no new cars since late '41, people were SICK of their pre-war jalopies. The ones who actually did the best were a couple of guys named Orcutt & Dry, They made a DIY car that you assembled yrself, the King Midget, they sold enuff to buy a Florida vacation each year for themselves, finally closing in '69.