Get Directions1934 Brewster-Ford Town Car
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Details
- Rare, 1 of just an estimated 135 examples originally produced
- Believed to be 1 of just 26 surviving Town Car configuration examples
- Flamboyant and elegant coachwork by Brewster
- The only Ford V-8-based car recognized as a CCCA Full Classic®
- Powered by a classic, mechanically sound Ford Flathead V-8 engine
Description
In the mid 1920s Rolls Royce of America purchased the oldest and most prestigious American coachbuilder, Brewster & Company, to build all Rolls' bodies. In 1933 the Depression forced Rolls to shut down production, but J.S. Inskip, the president of Brewster, in order to keep his artisans employed, ordered 135. Ford chassis stretched them to 127" and clothed them in hand-formed aluminum coachwork. He designed the attention-getting front-end ensemble and marketed his new Brewster as "the newest and smartest little town car" for only $3500 (less than half the cost of a Rolls Royce-. but almost ten times the cost of a new Ford).
Brewster automobiles ceased production in 1936.
