Thread: What is your favorite body manufacturer?

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Originally Posted by Deuce

I am surprised you would suggest them ... after your experiences with them.

Brookville = 25 grand

Deuce - as ho hum assembly wise as they are, at least they are, 1. steel and 2. a reasonable replica of Henry's car which makes them better then their plastic counterparts, and 3. will hold an eventual higher selling value over the 'glass version

Pricewise, your $25K at Brookville gets you a body with a firewall. Add another $3-5K+/- for the needed parts and mods - like hood, fenders, grille shell, glass, running boards and shipping just to name a few miscellaneous items. Then there is that '32 chassis you can lose your mind and spend your kids inheritance

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Originally Posted by IC2

Pricewise, your $25K at Brookville gets you a body with a firewall. Add another $3-5K+/- for the needed parts and mods ...

PLUS ...
there are 32 3W Brookville bodies already out there ... for less $$$
Than the Brookville asking price.

I have seen 4 or 5 Brookville 3W bodies for sale ... some as low as 22 grand
READY for delivery when the cash changes hands.

WHY ???

I do not know WHY someone who order one, wait a year or more and THEN
put it up for sale.

A Brookville 3W is the closest thing to a Henry Ford sold Murray built coupe body ... in most areas.

The dash is incorrect ( no cigar lighter )



The glove box door is incorrect on the backside



And their firewall is OFF a good bit also ( but a original firewall fits and bolts in )

I had already decided to buy a Brookville 3W body ... when I finally talked the guy out of the original Henry built one I own. They were in preproduction and not yet available. The fact that Brookville was tooling up to make 3W coupes is what convinced the previous owner to sell. He thought that the Brookville 3W bodies would drive DOWN the value of the original Henry Ford built ones ...