The 1955-1957 Gaylord was a luxury vehicle signed by the heirs to the bobby-p fortune. See pictur and a profile of the 1955-1957 Gaylord.
Contents:
- GAYLORD GLADIATOR: THE BTERSWEET TALE OF ‘THE WORLD’S BT CAR’
- GAYLORD CAR
- 1955, 1956, 1957 GAYLORD
- HISTORY MATTERS: GAYLORD MOTOR CAR COMPANY STARTED 110 YEARS AGO
- THE GAYLORD UTILY R - PRI OF GAYLORD, MICHIGAN (PART II)
- HISTORY MATTERS: REMEMBERG THE MAN WHO SAVED THE GAYLORD CAR
- THE GAYLORD GLADIATOR MIGHT HAVE THE STRANGT NAME IN AUTOMOTIVE HISTORY
- THE GAYLORD GLADIATOR
- GAYLORD GLADIATOR SPORTS TOURG (1956)
- GAYLORD GLADIATOR
- AUTO MANUFACTURG USED TO THRIVE IN GAYLORD, TRAVERSE CY, AND AROUND THE NORTH
- GAYLORD GLADIATOR 1955-57 - AMERI'S FT SPORTS CAR?
- 1957: A R THAT LOOKS LIKE A TUXEDO – HELLO GAYLORD GLADIATOR!
GAYLORD GLADIATOR: THE BTERSWEET TALE OF ‘THE WORLD’S BT CAR’
If thgs had worked out differently for the Gaylord brothers, the 1950s would have seen the birth of the ft r the world had ever seen * the gaylord car *
If thgs had worked out differently for the Gaylord brothers, the 1950s would have seen the birth of the ft r the world had ever seen.
GAYLORD CAR
The only known Gaylord Car to exist is on display at the Gaylord Visor Center.Addnal rmatn about the Gaylord Motor Car Corporatn n be found at the Otsego County History Mm which is loted across the street om the Visor ia for a r pany Gaylord me the sprg months of 1910. At the time Gaylord had been a cy for ltle more than 35 years and was both a center between loggg mps and a stop on the Michigan Central Railway. A. B. C. Comstock who was a lol bsman and banker knew that the loggg boom was g to and end and there need to be staable new dtry gog forward. Detro machist Guy Haton had e to Gaylord on a fishg trip and shortly after he had gotten off the tra, he and Comstock met over a cup of ffee a fe perhaps by fate. The two men discsed the possibily of brgg a tomobile factory to Gaylord that would go on to sell not only tomobil but also a "utily" type vehicle aimed at farmg needs and the abily to navigate the rough terra Northern Michigan. Haton had already been workg wh tomobil sce at least 1903 and was nsired a very pable man to sign a r. The two men agreed to pursue the ia and assembled other lol bsmen to form a mtee. The ia was well received and soon after the Gaylord Motor Car Company was born. About 350 total vehicl were built durg the existence of the pany but they ultimately went out of bs 1913 bee of a variety of reasons cludg the credibly low price of the Mol T. * the gaylord car *
As post-War Ameri got back to normal, brothers Jam and Edward (Jim and Ed) Gaylord were searchg for a way to create a legacy to outlast that of their mega-rich father, who vented the bobby p – those ridiculoly tratg metal hair clips that turn up lerally everywhere.
The brothers Gaylord wanted to be the power and style of the Amerin way wh the handlg and class om Europe. Gaylord, which was never officially registered as a r-buildg enty separate om the bobby p bs, need to sell jt 25 per year to make the project viable.
Jim and Ed Gaylord wanted the shell to rell both the ntemporary Amerin trends, as shown the tail fs and the ntrastg si panels flung out rearwards om the ont wheels, and the pre-War Brish and German ins, terpreted wh a neo-classic twist one of the most strikg ont ends ever signed. Havg chosen the German pany Luftschiffb Zeppel, former makers of the hydrogen-filled airships, to build the productn-spec Gladiator, the Gaylord brothers, already strsed to breakg pot by the procs of tryg to realise their dream r, were not happy wh the work done by the German factory.
1955, 1956, 1957 GAYLORD
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We’ll never que know what might have been if the relatnship between Jim and Ed Gaylord and Zeppel hadn’t gone south.
Maybe, jt maybe, we’d be talkg about ultra-luxury triple-tts between a Rolls-Royce, a Maybach and a Gaylord. Addnal rmatn about the Gaylord Motor Car Corporatn n be found at the Otsego County History Mm which is loted across the street om the Visor ia for a r pany Gaylord me the sprg months of 1910.
HISTORY MATTERS: GAYLORD MOTOR CAR COMPANY STARTED 110 YEARS AGO
From Corvette-style two-tone pat to Cadillac V8, everythg about the Gaylord Gladiator aged well--except s name. Learn more... * the gaylord car *
At the time Gaylord had been a cy for ltle more than 35 years and was both a center between loggg mps and a stop on the Michigan Central Railway. Detro machist Guy Haton had e to Gaylord on a fishg trip and shortly after he had gotten off the tra, he and Comstock met over a cup of ffee a fe perhaps by fate. The two men discsed the possibily of brgg a tomobile factory to Gaylord that would go on to sell not only tomobil but also a "utily" type vehicle aimed at farmg needs and the abily to navigate the rough terra Northern Michigan.
ImagGaylord Car built 1911The r was the 94th produced out of approximately 350The Gaylord tomobile at the New York Auto ShowThe Gaylord factory cir 1910Backstory and ContextThe ia for the Gaylord Motor Car Company me om a chance meetg between Detro machist Guy Haton and lol bsman A.
Gaylord, MI had been lookg for an dtry to replace the dyg lumber bs and both men agreed that the cy uld bee the “new Detro”.
THE GAYLORD UTILY R - PRI OF GAYLORD, MICHIGAN (PART II)
The Gaylord brothers cid they didn’t jt want a Jaguar or Ferrari, they would sign their own luxury r and did. It was lled the Gaylord Gladiator. * the gaylord car *
Haton had worked both the -operated bs and the tomotive bs varyg rol cludg chief engeer for Demotr Detro prr to g to Gaylord. The Gaylord was featured at the New York Auto Show on New Year’s Eve along wh several other Michigan manufacturers.
The stylg of the 1955, 1956, 1957 Gaylord, by Brooks Stevens Associat, wasn't up to the engeerg, maly bee of a ntradictory goal: "a morn r wh classic overton. For example, the Gaylords had wanted P-100 headlamps -- but they ma the r look like a malevolent four-foot owl, and had to be scbbed. The door sign of the 1955-1957 Gaylord, which Stevens lled the "Washgton ach door, " looked terrific -- a sleek upward cut, openg along the le of the ivory two-tone lor panel, self spired by the classics.
HISTORY MATTERS: REMEMBERG THE MAN WHO SAVED THE GAYLORD CAR
Fal touch of novelty on the 1955-1957 Gaylord were a retractable hardtop which disappeared to the ck, and a spare tire that slid out om a rear panel and flopped upright on the road, where uld easily be rolled to posn. The retractable top on the 1955-1957 Gaylord -- much simpler than the later Ford Skyler's -- required only one motor for the whole operatn, and the sequence uld be reversed at any pot.
When GM's chairman saw the Gaylord top retract at the Paris Auto Salon 1955, he remarked to his dre of engeers, "You bastards told me this uldn't be done. Shown wily Ameri and Europe durg 1955-1956, the Gaylord was orred by everybody om Dick Powell to Kg Faro, but the project lgered, whered, and fell apart -- the end only a show chassis and three plete rs were built. Tremendo problems of f and fish occurred wh the bodi on the 1955-1957 Gaylord, built by Spohn (prototype) and Luftschiffb Zeppel (later mols).
THE GAYLORD GLADIATOR MIGHT HAVE THE STRANGT NAME IN AUTOMOTIVE HISTORY
In the midst of a lawsu agast Zeppel for failg to perform, the stra got to Jim Gaylord and he had a nervo breakdown.
THE GAYLORD GLADIATOR
The prototype 1955-1957 Gaylord wh open wheel wells was broken up, and one "productn" r disappeared Europe -- may still exist. The third r, along wh a magnificently crafted show chassis, is on display at the Early Amerin Mm Silver Sprgs, Florida, to which was donated by the Gaylords. One hundred ten years ago, a group of people Otsego County, Michigan, pooled their money to create the Gaylord Motor Car Company (GMC) lumberg dtry was drawg to a close and the lol enomic future was lookg bleak.
GAYLORD GLADIATOR SPORTS TOURG (1956)
) The funds would be enough to build a factory and purchase to parts so that a few rs uld be assembly plant was built 1910 on 6 acr of vant land the southern part of the village of Gaylord near the Bagley Township Cemetery.
Durg May and June 1910, the headl of the Otsego County Herald and Tim (now named Gaylord Herald Tim) touted all the excg news.
GAYLORD GLADIATOR
This feature was pecially appropriate for fort cut over lands Northern Gaylord Motor Car Company experienced typil growg pas of a new bs.
The price of the Gaylord Car was $1, 250 which was double what Ford was three years of productn, the Gaylord Car Company went bankpt 1913. ” We n assume stock refers to ventory and not shar the rporatn sce the two men owned the Gaylord Auto Repair one Gaylord Car is known to exist and is on display at the Gaylord Area Chamber of Commerce’s Visor Center.
AUTO MANUFACTURG USED TO THRIVE IN GAYLORD, TRAVERSE CY, AND AROUND THE NORTH
So even though the pany failed fancially, still succeed creatg muny more rmatn about the history of the Gaylord Motor Car Company, check out the new webse addn to photos, documents and tra journal advertisements, this onle rource featur a recently acquired 20-page sal booklet.
By Ivan PolThis story of the Gaylord r origally appeared the March-April 1968 edn of Horsels Carriage 1911, the public was offered the D-S 30 Tourg Car, a Roadster, and the Mol R-20 Utily 1912, several improvements were ma to the two typ of tomobile.
Bee of fancial difficulti the Gaylord Motor Car Company reanized 1912 unr new productn year of 1913 saw the new Mol D Runabout and Tourg r roll out of the Gaylord assembly plant. This seri sold for only $1, 000 and was the last mol built by the Gaylord Motor Car is uncerta as to what firms supplied the eng is believed many chassis parts such as axl and wheels were obtaed om the makers of the E-M-F r.
GAYLORD GLADIATOR 1955-57 - AMERI'S FT SPORTS CAR?
Headlamps were supplied by the E&J 1913, sad to say, was realized that $50, 000 was sufficient pal to operate an tomobile factory, a predictn that had been ma by the lol loggg firm when Gaylord operatns were first started.
Still, the loggg firm would have vted heavily at a later date if they uld have had assurance that stock would also have been sold large amounts beg able to raise more pal the last Gaylord motor r was built 1913. Th passed to history the dreams of the Gaylord Motor Car Company to supply both rs and jobs for the people livg the area. A great amount of the rmatn ncerng the history of the Gaylord tomobile was obtaed thanks to Herbert Hutchs, an old-timer and a great historian who has been engaged bs Gaylord for many years.
Acunts differ but is believed that as many as four or five pani may have built motors for the Gaylord pany. However, I was not able to fd out what eng they did e as the rerds are gone and no one seems to know for the more than 350 rs supposedly built the majory were probably pated eher black or navy the 1930s there were still two or three survivg Gaylord rs e around town.
1957: A R THAT LOOKS LIKE A TUXEDO – HELLO GAYLORD GLADIATOR!
Eventually he achieved that goal and years later the r he affectnately lled “The Pri Of Gaylord” returned to s hometown. As fate would have , Ivan stopped to ask for directns and durg that nversatn learned a nearby farmer had a Gaylord thought of fally fdg a Gaylord Car was almost too much for Ivan — pecially by such cintal circumstanc. ”Ivan paid the man $50, soped up all the r parts, and head years later, Ivan and his fay moved to Montana, takg wh them the remnants of the only known Gaylord Car.