Found on https://www.facebook.com/groups/127229436840/
Dick's was on Maui... a set of cups on Ebay has the business sticker on the bottom
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dicks-Hawaiian-Crafts-Two-Wood-Stemmed-Wines-Glasses-Plus-Another-Wood-Piece-/400385867010
Steve came through with the complete info set... it's made by Stageway/Armbruster as I mentioned on Facebook
Though founded before the days of the internal combustion engine, Armbruster & Co. slid easily and naturally into automobile repair. But its entry into the conversion business was a chance thing. Sometime in the early 1920s a local bus company, Jordan Bus Lines, asked if it was possible to stretch a car into a small bus, one they could drive profitably on short runs to nearby towns. Armbruster gave it a shot and by the best guess available finished the first stretch coach in 1923. They kept up the customizing business for the next quarter-century, building about 20 cars a year.
Soon after the War, Tom Armbruster had decided to retire and when Charles Kaiser, the other remaining partner, suffered a fatal heart attack in 1949, Armbruster offered the business to Robben.
Robben took over Armbruster on May 1, 1950, accompanied by his son-in-law, Milt Earnhart who was appointed vice-president. At the time Armbruster had only six employees and a small 10,000 sq. ft. plant on North Ninth St. Under Robben and Earnhart's leadership the firm grew, and eventually purchased seven adjacent properties, incorporating the firm in 1956 as Armbruster & Co., Inc.
The All American Red Heads women's basketball team (a Harlem-Globetrotters-like exhibition squad) used an Armbruster coach in the mid-1950s and Willy Nelson toured in his own 1959 Armbruster 8-door Chevrolet during the early 1960s.
http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/a/armbruster/armbruster.htm
Hello! I just happened upon your website as I was looking for additional information on a project I've been involved with for many years. My name is Rosario Sollazzi. I am a graduate of the Milton Hershey School in Hershey, PA. From 1962 until 1988 the school used Armbruster Stageway modified wagons to transport us kids. Myself and 2 fellow alums donated a stretched 1962 Chevy Biscayne wagon, which happened to be one of the first ones the school ordered. Thanks to efforts between ourselves and the AACA Museum in Hershey, we have raised the funds to have it restored by the students of the automotive restoration program of the Pennsylvania College of Technology in Williamsport, PA. Thanks for posting a page from Armbruster's sales literature.
ReplyDeleteWow! I've posted about the Hershey School too! https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2012/02/penn-state-mission-affiliate.html
DeleteIt's really great to hear from you! Thanks!