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A Milwaukee built Ford Hercules?
"I've attached a photo taken in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA in 1933. (click to enlarge) My mother, Mary Kathryn is the girl in the middle with her brother Billy and sister Elayne beside her. My grandfather, William Bergin started this Creamery business with two college buddies that year. The delivery truck is a 1933 Ford but not a Ford body. Adding interest and a clue to the photo is the sign behind the creamery: "Hercules Bodies". Hercules was building truck bodies from 1902 (click) and is still in business today. I suspect that the Ford truck has a Hercules body, but maybe other readers can say for sure. Sorry for the low quality of the photo, it is just a snapshot." Robb Stewart
Editor: don't you worry Robb, we just love snapshots!
Wish that more people had the courage to post (click) one or two snapshots.
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zondag november 21st, 2010
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Onbekend
28 Juli 2015, 00:31
I have what I believe to be a Hercules cab built around a Ford cowl.
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Onbekend
22 November 2010, 03:54
It seems very likely. Hercules bodies were often found on Ford chassis, and Hercules had a distributor in Milwaukee, according to coachbuilt.com:
http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/h/hercules/hercules.htm
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http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/h/hercules/hercules.htm
Onbekend
22 November 2010, 01:21
Could this be the Distributor Charles Abresch & Co. ?
A 1920 Hercules Body Co. catalog lists the distributors, one of whom is
Charles Abresch & Co. Milwaukee, WI
Hercules Body Co had developed a Model T slip-on body that first appeared in the early teens. When it was advertised in the 1915 Sears, Roebuck & Co. catalog the retail giant supplied so many orders that an additional building was built to help Hercules fulfill the orders. As Ford had yet to introduce the Model T pickup, the popular Hercules accessory allowed a roadster or turtleback runabout owner to convert their vehicle into a pickup truck in less than an hour.
http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/h/hercules/hercules.htm
Stuart Penketh
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A 1920 Hercules Body Co. catalog lists the distributors, one of whom is
Charles Abresch & Co. Milwaukee, WI
Hercules Body Co had developed a Model T slip-on body that first appeared in the early teens. When it was advertised in the 1915 Sears, Roebuck & Co. catalog the retail giant supplied so many orders that an additional building was built to help Hercules fulfill the orders. As Ford had yet to introduce the Model T pickup, the popular Hercules accessory allowed a roadster or turtleback runabout owner to convert their vehicle into a pickup truck in less than an hour.
http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/h/hercules/hercules.htm
Stuart Penketh