Friday Carblogging - The Best Car You've Never Heard Of

I assume you've never heard of it, because I never have. It's America's best coach builders, Brewster.

Here's an early (1915) Brewster:



Here's an earlier (1888) Brewster Landau. I estimate the horsepower of this to be between one to four, depending on how many horses were hitched up at the time:



The thing about Brewster is, as coachbuilders, many of their bodies were built on other carmakers' chassis. Like this 1934 Ford Town Car:



The heart-shaped grille is their distinguishing feature. Those headlamps are called "Woodlite Cat's Eye" headlamps, the same kind that were on one of the Duesenberg models I featured earlier.

Here's a 1933 Rolls Royce Phantom II with a Brewster body:



(Dang, a Eurocar. Ah, it was bound to happen)

I think this quote summarizes the world's opinion of Brewster:

Edward King, manager of New York City's National Horse Show, was once asked whether he considered Brewster to be the Tiffany of carriage manufacturers. He replied:

"My opinion is that Tiffany was the Brewster of Jewelers."

'Nuff said.

Like most of America's upscale cars, the Depression was its' downfall. On August 18, 1937, the company assets were sold at public auction..