Dietrich Inc. was an American coachbuilder founded in 1925 by Raymond H. Dietrich (1894–1980), co-founder of LeBaron Incorporated in New York City . He was a close friend to Edsel Ford who supported him by talking the owner of the J W Murray Manufacturing Co into partly financing the venture. Murray was itself a vendor of standard bodies to the Ford Motor Company , and hoped for an in-house source for designing and building custom bodies for luxury cars. Dietrich himself held 50% of the stock .
11-836: Northup is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Amos Northup (1889–1937), American automotive designer Anne Northup (born 1948), American politician Diana Northup , American biologist James M. Northup (1820–1899), New York politician Jeremiah Northup (1816–1879), Canadian merchant, shipowner, and politician Jeremiah Northup (Nova Scotia politician) (died 1809), Nova Scotia politician Harry Northup (born 1940), American actor and poet Nancy Northup (born 1960), American political activist Nate Northup (born 1981), American soccer player Oliver Northup (1925–2013), American murder victim Solomon Northup (1808–1863), American farmer, violinist and author Stephen Northup (circa 1630–after 1687), early settler of
22-587: A backward sloping grill and radiator cap moved to under the hood. These features were widely copied. He was working on a successor design for the Graham Blue Streak when he died in 1937. Ray Dietrich Dietrich, Inc. did substantial styling work for standard bodies for Packard , Franklin , and Erskine , a corporate make of Studebaker . Further, Dietrich, Inc. built custom bodies to single orders, and proposed semi-customs (similarly built as full customs, but in small lots of usually 5–10 units) for
33-483: A lot body design work for their client companies that did not have internal design departments. The 1928 Hupmobile Century Eight was one of the first designs that Northup influenced at Murray. Murray was given a commission by American Austin in 1929 for a body design of their version of the English Austin that Northup designed but ultimately a competing design by Alexis de Sakhnoffsky for Hayes Body Company
44-614: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Amos Northup Amos Earl Northup (October 23, 1889 – February 8, 1937) was an American automotive designer . Regarded as a leader in the field in the United States by the late 1920s, Northup worked for the Wills Sainte Claire , Murray Corporation of America , Hupmobile , American Austin , REO , Willys-Overland , Willys-Knight , and Graham-Paige automakers during his career. His design for
55-411: The surname Northup . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Northup&oldid=1188192373 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
66-509: The 1932 Graham Bluestreak included a number of revolutionary features in automotive design. Northup was employed by cabinet maker C. J. Wadsworth in Painesville, Ohio , early in his career. Then he worked as a designer for automaker Wills Sainte Claire under Childe Wills . Northup joined Murray Corporation of America in 1924 where he was in charge of regular production bodies and Ray Dietrich designed their custom bodies. Murray did
77-569: The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Willard C. Northup (1882–1942), American architect See also [ edit ] Anson Northup , a sternwheel riverboat named for her captain Northup, Ohio , an unincorporated community in Gallia County, Ohio, United States Northup Trail , a Louisiana Scenic Byway [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
88-476: The age of 66. At the time, Kalamazoo was the home of Gibson Guitars and in 1962, Gibson boss Ted McCarty , convinced Dietrich to come out of retirement to design a new solid-body electric guitar that would not be limited by the traditional ways of designing and engineering an electric guitar - the result was the classic, 'reverse' Gibson Firebird , released in 1963, one of the most iconic and recognisable electric guitar designs ever. Its bass guitar counterpart,
99-415: The catalogues of Lincoln (then headed by Edsel Ford) or Packard. Raymond Dietrich further was a design consultant with Packard. By September 1930, Dietrich was out of his company. Dietrich, Inc. was closed in 1936; Raymond Dietrich became in 1932 the first head of design of Chrysler (until 1938). Afterwards, he freelanced as Raymond H. Dietrich and finally Ray Dietrich Inc. One of his primary clients
110-475: Was chosen for production. Northup designed the 1931 REO Royale Eight. By the time Northup was appointed Art Director and Chief Designer for Willys-Overland in March 1928 he was considered a leading automotive stylist of the day. He designed the 1929 Willys Whippet lines and 1929 Willys-Knights and the 1932 Graham Bluestreak which was viewed as a revolution in automotive design with more enclosed fenders and
121-697: Was the Checker Cab Manufacturing Company, (renamed Checker Motors Corporation in 1958) in Kalamazoo, MI. while at Checker he partnered with Auburn engineer Herb Snow and developed the ill-fated front wheel drive, transverse engine Model "D" Checker prototype. Dietrich was also instrumental in designing the Checker Model A2 introduced in the fall of 1947. Dietrich's office at Checker remained untouched years after his death. Dietrich retired to Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1960 at
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