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Solved TGF-63: Gar Wood Industries, 1939
« on: March 06, 2013, 12:48:29 PM »
Can you tell me which is the maker of this bus and when it was built? A point for the first who will.
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Re: TGF-63
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2013, 06:05:11 PM »
Expert's bus stop.
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Re: TGF-63
« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2013, 06:38:48 PM »
Was this bus built by William bushnell Stout,Im not positive of the year, 1934?
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Re: TGF-63
« Reply #3 on: March 11, 2013, 06:45:34 PM »
Not a W.B.Stout masterpiece for what I know.
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Re: TGF-63
« Reply #4 on: March 11, 2013, 06:49:56 PM »
was it named Gar,by Gar wood Industries,im guessing 1939?
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Re: TGF-63
« Reply #5 on: March 11, 2013, 07:05:30 PM »
That's what I was looking for. A point for you.
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Re: Solved TGF-63: Gar Wood Industries, 1939
« Reply #6 on: March 11, 2013, 07:08:54 PM »
Thanks so much!
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Re: Solved TGF-63: Gar Wood Industries, 1939
« Reply #7 on: March 12, 2013, 02:14:25 AM »
Gar Wood is of course correct. The design is indeed by Stout of Scarab fame. He sold the rights for costruction to Gar Wood industries.
Year should be 1935.
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Re: Solved TGF-63: Gar Wood Industries, 1939
« Reply #8 on: March 12, 2013, 09:35:08 AM »
Unedited photo I had on disk:
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Re: Solved TGF-63: Gar Wood Industries, 1939
« Reply #9 on: March 12, 2013, 02:15:54 PM »
Is that the same Gar Wood who raced boats and set water speed records?
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Re: Solved TGF-63: Gar Wood Industries, 1939
« Reply #10 on: March 12, 2013, 02:37:47 PM »
I believe so.  He (Gar Wood) also invented the hydraulic ram dump truck.  That made him a millionaire and he was able to use some of his "walkin around money" to compete in speed boat racing.  He was also partly responsible for the development of the Packard V12 engines used in US PT boats, although his design for PT boats was turned down by the US government in 1936.  Ironically, the 3 companies that built PT boats all used a variant Wood's planing hull design. 

His company, Garwood Industries, continued to build truck and (I think) bus bodies.  He was a pretty interesting guy.
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