Category:Holbrook Company
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The Holbrook Company was a coachbuilder specializing in custom and semi-custom bodies for luxury automobiles, located in Larchmont NY, and New York City. The company was founded in 1908 and was absorbed in 1929 by the Gordon England Co. of America in Hudson, NY. The company closed in 1930. Holbrook was a well respected builder of formal looking, high-quality coachwork. Early customers included Simplex, Mercer, Packard, Fergus, King, F.R.P., Porter, (Palmer-)Singer, and Phianna, and fitted bodies to Duesenberg, Lincoln, Cadillac, Pierce-Arrow, Crane-Simplex, LaFayette, Locomobile, Marmon, and even Owen Magnetic, and Ruxton. Coachwork on foreign chassis included Fiat, Isotta Fraschini, Mercedes, and Rolls-Royce.
Die Holbrook Company war ein Hersteller von Sonderkarosserien in Larchmont NY und New York City von 1908-1930, ab Ende 1929 Gordon England Co. of America. Sonderaufbauten (Zaren von Russland und Rumänien), Werkskarosserien (Semi-Customs) v.a. Lincoln und Packard, auch Cadillac, Crane-Simplex, Fergus, Fiat, F.R.P./Porter, Isotta Fraschini, King, LaFayette, Locomobile, Marmon, Mercedes, Mercer, Owen Magnetic, Phianna, Pierce-Arrow, Rolls-Royce, Ruxton, Simplex und (Palmer-)Singer. Holbrook war Spezialist für formelle geschlossene Aufbauten.