Lebaron Bonney

[larryconnors]

Today I stopped at Lebaron Bonney in Amesbury Ma with a friend who is restoring a 35 ford phaeton. While I was there I thought I'd price the interior for my 47 Plymouth 2 door Special Deluxe sedan. With them it's a no go-although they have interiors for a '41 they don't do '47"s It looks like my upholsterer will have to find the fabrics elsewhere.

[Mark D]

Larry - I exchanged a few emails with one of their salesmen last year in an effort to convince them that there is a crowd of us that would buy 'em, but to no avail. They say they don't have the patterns.

One of these days I will have to swing by for a tour myself.

[Tom Skinner]

I thought Lebaron Bonney was pretty much Chebby & Furd stuff.

Sometimes Packard but I doubt it.

Try Bill Hirsh, 396 Littleton Avenue, Newark New Jersey, 07103

Phone: (973)642-2404.

Bill Will send you samples to match you up.

By the way Littleton Avenue is nearby Mechanic Street in Newark NJ.

For those of you that don't know, that is where Walter Chrysler housed Fred Zeder, Carl Breer, and Owen Skeleton along with 28 other Engineers in 1924

to develope and test his Chrysler Six from his Elizabeth NJ Plant to try to get a Chrysler Car going. They tested the car along the Orange Mountains in South Orange NJ and Eagle Rock Avenue, West Orange, NJ to show its power and design. I grew up there, and I can attest to the fact that (Eagle Rock) is one hella of a hill. Anyway Bill has your Fabrics and Carpets (Hogs Hair) and all. He is a little proud of his products though and rightfully so. Call him.

Lebaron Bonney is for other foriegn Cars - not Chrysler Products.

Tom

[JerseyHarold]

I went to Bill Hirsch's place on Littleton Ave many years ago. It is an old movie theater as I recall. The neighborhood was kinda rough also; maybe it has gotten better over the years.