Fleetwood Metal Body Company

Fleetwood Metal Body Company is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Fleetwood, Berks County, dedicated 2017.

NE corner of N Richmind & Locust Sts., Fleetwood

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Established in 1909 by Harry C. Urich, the firm designed and fabricated custom auto bodies for the finest domestic and foreign automobile manufacturers, notably Cadillac, Duesenberg, Packard, Mercedes-Benz, ALCO, SGV, and Rolls-Royce. It was purchased by General Motors subsidiary Fisher Body Co. in 1925, and in 1930, GM moved fabrication operations to Detroit. The Fleetwood name was used by Cadillac for its luxury cars for another 60 years.

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1872 · Schuylkill County. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1903 · Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1913 · Reading, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1915 · Reading, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1927 · Pennsylvania (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Pennsylvania, 1903, covering the location of Fleetwood Metal Body Company, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Pennsylvania, 1903, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Fleetwood Metal Body Company

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