1934 Brewster Ford Town Car

Brewster & Company was a wholly-owned subsidiary of Rolls-Royce of North America. To avoid the stigma of bankruptcy, it evolved into the Springfield Manufacturing Corp. President John Inskip's idea was to offer four custom-built bodies – town car, limousine, convertible coupe, convertible sedan - on a Ford V-8 chassis, each carrying a $3,500 price tag The plebian Ford chassis appealed to those who had survived the crash financially yet considered it inappropriate to flash their good fortune in an era of soup kitchens, breadlines, and 25 percent unemployment. To the unsuspecting they could say, 'I'm driving a Ford.' The Ford V-8 chassis was lengthened 15 inches and Brewsters featured a unique heart-shaped grille and cow catcher-style front bumpers on 1934 models. Production of cars began in 1934 and ended in 1936. 135 Ford chassis were purchased of which 83 received Town Car bodies.