The American Automobile Industry in World War Two
An American Auto Industry Heritage Tribute by David D Jackson

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 Automobile and Body Manufacturers:  American Bantam Car Company   Briggs Manufacturing Company   Checker Car Company   Chrysler Corporation   Crosley Corporation   Ford Motor Car Company   General Motors Corporation   Graham-Paige Motors Corporation   Hudson Motor Car Company   Murray Corporation of America   Nash-Kelvinator   Packard Motor Car Company      Studebaker    Willys-Overland Motors

General Motors Divisions:  AC Spark Plug   Aeroproducts   Allison   Brown-Lipe-Chapin   Buick   Cadillac   Chevrolet   Cleveland Diesel   Delco Appliance   Delco Products   Delco Radio   Delco-Remy   Detroit Diesel   Detroit Transmission   Electro-Motive   Fisher Body   Frigidaire   GM Proving Grounds   GM of Canada   GMC   GMI   Guide Lamp   Harrison Radiator   Hyatt Bearings   Inland   Moraine Products   New Departure   Oldsmobile   Packard Electric   Pontiac   Saginaw Malleable Iron   Saginaw Steering Gear   Southern California Division   Rochester Products   Ternstedt Manufacturing Division   United Motors Service   Vauxhall Motors

 Indiana Companies:  Bailey Products Corporation   Chrysler Kokomo Plant   Continental Steel Corporation  Converto Manufacturing    Cummins Engine Company   Diamond Chain and Manufacturing Company   Delta Electric Company   Durham Manufacturing Company   Farnsworth Television and Radio Corporation   General Electric Kokomo Plant   Haynes Stellite Company   Hercules Body Company   Horton Manufacturing Company   Howe Fire Apparatus   International Machine Tool Company   J.D. Adams Company   Kokomo Spring Company   Magnavox   Muncie Gear Works   Pierce Governor Company   Portland Forge and Foundry   Reliance Manufacturing Company-Kokomo Plant   Reliance Manufacturing Company-Washington Plant   Republic Aviation Corporation - Indiana Division   Ross Gear and Tool Company   S.F. Bowser & Co.   Sherrill Research Corporation   Tokheim Oil Tank and Pump Company   Warner Gear   Wayne Pump Company   Wayne Works

Commercial Truck and Fire Apparatus Manufacturers:  American LaFrance   Autocar   Biederman Motors Corporation   Brockway Motor Company   Detroit General   Diamond T   Duplex Truck Company   Federal Motor Truck   Four Wheel Drive Auto Company(FWD)   International Harvester   John Bean   Mack Truck   Marmon-Herrington Company   Michigan Power Shovel Company   Oshkosh Motor Truck Corporation   Pacific Car and Foundry   "Quick-Way" Truck Shovel Company  Reo Motor Car Company  Seagrave Fire Apparatus   Sterling Motor Truck Company    Ward LaFrance Truck Corporation   White Motor Company

Aviation Companies:  Abrams Instrument Corporation    Frankfort Sailplane Company   Hughes Aircraft Company   Kellett Aviation Corporation   Laister-Kauffman Aircraft Corporation   Naval Aircraft Factory   P-V Engineering Forum, Inc.    Rudolf Wurlitzer Company-DeKalb Division  Schweizer Aircraft Corporation   Sikorsky Division of United Aircraft Corporation   St. Louis Aircraft Corporation   Timm Aircraft Corporation

Other World War Two Manufacturers:  Air King Products   Allis-Chalmers   American Car and Foundry   American Locomotive   American Stove Company   Annapolis Yacht Yard   Andover Motors Company   Badger Meter Manufacturing Company   B.F. Goodrich   Baker War Industries   Baldwin Locomotive Works   Blood Brothers Machine Company   Boyertown Auto Body Works   Briggs & Stratton   Burke Electric Company   Caterpillar   Cheney Bigelow Wire Works   Centrifugal Fusing   Chris-Craft   Clark Equipment Company   Cleaver-Brooks Company   Cleveland Tractor Company   Continental Motors   Cushman Motor Works   Crocker-Wheeler   Dail Steel Products   Detroit Wax Paper Company   Detrola   Engineering & Research Corporation   Farrand Optical Company   Federal Telephone and Radio Corp.   Firestone Tire and Rubber Company   Fruehauf Trailer Company   Fuller Manufacturing   Galvin Manufacturing   Gemmer Manufacturing Company   General Railway Signal Company   Gerstenslager Company   Gibson Guitar   Gibson Refrigerator Company   Goodyear   Hall-Scott   Hanson Clutch and Machinery Company   Harley-Davidson   Harris-Seybold-Potter   Herreshoff Manufacturing Company   Higgins Industries    Highway Trailer Corporation  Hill Diesel Company   Holland Hitch Company   Homelite Company   Horace E. Dodge Boat and Plane Corporation   Huffman Manufacturing   Indian Motorcycle   Ingersoll Steel and Disk   Iron Fireman Manufacturing Company   John Deere   Johnson Automatics Manufacturing Company   Kimberly-Clark   Kohler Company   Kold-Hold Company   Landers, Frary & Clark   Le Roi Company  Lima Locomotive Works   Lundberg Screw Products   MacKenzie Muffler Company   Massey-Harris   Matthews Company   McCord Radiator & Mfg. Company   Metal Mouldings Corporation   Miller Printing Machinery Company   Morse Instrument Company   Motor Products Corporation   Motor Wheel Corporation   National Cash Resgister Company   Novo Engine Company   O'Keefe & Merritt Company   Olofsson Tool and Die Company   Oneida Ltd   Otis Elevator   Owens Yacht   Pressed Steel Car Company   Pressed Steel Tank Company   Queen City Manufacturing Company   R.G. LeTourneau   Richardson Boat Company   R.L. Drake Company   St. Clair Rubber Company   Samson United Corporation   Shakespeare Company   Sight Feed Generator Company   Simplex Manufacturing Company   Steel Products Engineering Company   St. Louis Car Company   Twin Disc Company   Victor Adding Machine Company   Vilter Manufacturing Company   Wells-Gardner   W.L. Maxson Corporation   W.W. Boes Company   Westfield Manufacturing Company   York-Hoover Body Company   York-Shipley, Inc.   Youngstown Steel Door Company  
   

M10, M10A1, M36, M36B1 and M36B2 Tank Destroyer World War Two Serial Numbers, Registration Numbers and Monthly Production Statistics

This page updated 11-20-2019.


This Fisher Body built M10 of the Virginia Museum of Military Vehicles basks in the late afternoon September sun.  It is serial number 1712 and was built in April 1943.  Author's photo.

Fisher Body Grand Blanc Tank Arsenal M10 and M10A1 Production Statistics
Data courtesy of Pierre-Olivier Buan.
Date Fisher Body Grand Blanc Tank Arsenal M10 Monthly Production Serial Numbers Registration numbers Production Order Fisher Body Grand Blanc Tank Arsenal M10A1 Monthly Production Serial Numbers Registration numbers Production Order
9-42 105 1-105 4040705-4040809 T-3931        
10-42 170 106-275 4040810-4040979          
11-42 137 276-412 4040980-4041116          
12-42 199 413-611 4041117-4041315          
1-43 276 612-887 4041316-4041591          
2-43 340 888-1227 4041592-4041931          
3-43 330 1228-1557 4041932-4042261          
4-43 243 1558-1800 4042262-4042504          
 
4-43 185 2839-3023 4081054-4081238 T-4249        
5-43 416 3024-3439 4081239-4081654          
6-43 400 3440-3839 4081655-4082054          
7.43 199 3840-4038 4082055-4082253          
 
7-43 203 5991-6193 40110110-40110312 T-6917        
8-43 465 6194-6658 40110313-40110777          
9-43 449 6659-7107 40110778-40111226          
          Fisher Body Grand Blanc Tank Arsenal M10A1 Monthly Production Serial Numbers Registration Numbers Production Order
9-43 49 7108-7156 40111504-40111552   5 7984-7988 40112380-40112384 T-9390
10-43 350 7157-7506 40111553-40111902   150 7989-8138 40112385-40112534  
11-43 237 7507-7743 40111903-40112139   220 8139-8358 40112535-40112754  
12-43 240 7744-7983 40112140-40112379          
Total 4,993      

375

      
          Fisher Body Grand Blanc M10A1 without turrets for conversion to M36 Serial Numbers Registration numbers Production Order
 1-44         300 8359-8658 40112755-40113054 T-9390
Total         300      


 This M36 was originally built by Ford as an M10A1 with Serial Number 2274 in April 1943 as shown in the table below.  Author's photo.

Ford M10A1 Production Statistics
Data courtesy of Pierre-Olivier Buan.
Date Ford Highland Park Monthly  M10A1 Production Serial Numbers Registration Numbers Production Order
10-42 3 1801-1803 4046509-4046511 T-3983
11-42 18 1804-1821 4046512-4046529  
12-42 7 1822-1828 4046530-4046536  
1-43 56 1829-1884 4046537-4046592  
2-43 116 1885-2000 4046593-4046708  
3-43 150 2001-2150 4046709-4046858  
4-43 133 2151-2283 4046859-4046991  
5-43 123 2284-2406 4046992-4047114  
6-43 133 2407-2539 4047115-4047247  
7.43 124 2540-2663 4047248-4047371  
8-43 131 2664-2794 4047372-4047502  
9-43 44 2795-2838 4047503-4047546  
Total 1,308      


This M36 was converted from the original Ford built M10A1 with Serial Number 1888 by Alco in December 1944 and given M36 Serial Number 1498.  Author's photo.


This Fisher Body Tank Arsenal M36 is Serial Number 117.  It was converted by Fisher from the 300 M10A1s that were built without turrets.  They were M10A1 Serial numbers 8359-8658.  Author's photo.

M36/M36B1/M36B2 Serial Numbers by Rebuilder
The M36s were converted from Ford and Fisher Body built M10A1s.
The M36B1s were converted from Fisher Body built M4A3 hulls.
The M36B2s were converted from Fisher Body built M10s.
Data courtesy of Pierre-Olivier Buan.
Fisher Body Grand Blanc Tank Arsenal - M36s converted from the Fisher Body built M10A1s built without turrets Serial Numbers 8359-8658.
Date Monthly Conversions Serial Number Registration Numbers Production Order
4-44 25 1-25 40177329-40177353 T-11764-3
5-44 100 26-125 40177354-40177453  
6-44 115 126-240 40177454-40177568  
7-44 60 241-300 40177569-40177628  
Total 300      
Massey-Harris -  M36s converted from the Fisher Body built M10A1 Serial Numbers 7984-8359 and Ford built M10A1 Serial Numbers 1801-2838.
6-44 5 301-305 40177629-40177633 T-12352
7-44 95 306-400 40177634-40177728  
8-44 100 401-500 40177729-40177828  
10-44 35 501-535 40190023-40190057  
11-44 65 536-600 40190058-40190122  
Total 300      

Fisher Body Grand Blanc Tank Arsenal - M36B1s converted from Fisher Tank Arsenal M4A3 hulls.
10-44 50 601-650 40190900-40190949 T-11764-3
11-44 93 651-743 40190950-40191042  
12-44 44 744-787 40191043-40191086  
Total 187      
Massey-Harris - M36s converted from the Fisher Body built M10A1 Serial Numbers 7984-8359 and Ford built M10A1 Serial Numbers 1801-2838.
11-44 25 788-812 40191087-40191111 T-12352-4
12-44 175 813-987 40191112-40191286  
Total 200      
Total Massey-Harris 500      
Alco - M36s converted from the Fisher Body built M10A1 Serial Numbers 7984-8359 and Ford built M10A1 Serial Numbers 1801-2838.
10-44 40 988-1027 40191287-40191326 T-15931-1
11-44 200 1028-1227 40191327-40191526  
12-44 173 1228-1400 40191527-40191699  
Total

413

      
Alco - M36B2s converted from Fisher Body built M10 Serial Numbers 1-1800, 2839-4038. 5991-7983.
5-45 50 1401-1450 ? T-19593
6-45 187 1451-1637 ?  
7-45 200 1638-1837 ?  
8-45 235 1838-2072 ?  
Total

672

      
Montreal Locomotive - M36s converted from the Fisher Body built M10A1 Serial Numbers 7984-8359 and Ford built M10A1 Serial Numbers 1801-2838.
5-45 10 2073-2082 ? T-19592
6-45 75 2083-2157 ?  
7-45 115 2158-2272 ?  
Total 200      

Montreal Locomotive -  M36B2s converted from Fisher Body built M10 Serial Numbers 1-1800, 2839-4038. 5991-7983.
8-45 52 2273-2324 ? T-19592
Total 52      
Total Montreal Locomotive 252      
Grand Total M36 Series 2,324      

 

 

 

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