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York-Hoover Body Company in World War Two
York, PA
1928-1958
This page added 2-9-2020.
An American Auto
Industry in World War Two Special Edition
The York-Hoover Body Company Body Division
won the Army-Navy "E" Award five times during World War Two.
The Body Division won the first award on
October 19, 1942. It then received the remaining awards in May and
November 1943 and June and December 1944.
During the war York-Hoover employed 300
persons, building various bodies for the military. The prototype
along with the first 70 production Jeeps American Bantam built had
York-Hoover bodies. York-Hoover, due to other commitments, could
not make any more bodies for the American Bantam-built Jeeps. They
did, however, produce ambulance bodies, fire apparatus, and trailers and truck bodies for the Signal-Corps such as the K-38 cable
splicing trailer.
York-Hoover Body Company World War Two Trailers Accepted by Detroit Ordnance, US Army
The information below comes from "Summary Report of
Acceptances, Tank-Automotive Material, 1940-1945"
Published by Army Services Forces, Office, Chief of
Ordnance-Detroit, Production Division, Requirements and
Progress Branch
January 21, 1946. |
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Type |
1940 |
1941 |
1942 |
1943 |
1944 |
1945 |
Total |
| Closed, Pole Type |
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46 |
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46 |
This
1942 York-Hoover Officer's Trailer is on display at the Sam Werner
Military Museum in Monteagle, TN. Author's photo.
Author's photo.
Author's photo.
This and the next two photos are of a
restoration project on a York-Hoover trailer by Mr. George Reinke.
The data plate indicates that it is a 1942 -R-T-140, and appears to be
some sort of communications trailer. Mr. Reinke is looking for any
assistance in the further identification and purpose of this trailer.
Photo provided by George Reinke.
Note the six white porcelain insulators on
the side of the trailer. The trailer is 7.5 feet long and is
divided into two sections. The front portion that can be seen
through the window appears to be a radio operator's compartment.
Photo provided by George Reinke.
If you have any information that can be help
in identifying this trailer, please email me at the email address at the
bottom of this page. Photo provided by George Reinke.
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