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

Overview      Lansing Michigan in World War Two   The U.S. Auto Industry at the Normandy Invasion, June 6, 1944    The U.S. Auto Industry and the B-29 Bomber   U.S. Auto Industry Army-Navy "E" Award Winners   The Complete listing of All Army-Navy "E" Award Winners   Sherman Tanks of the American Auto Industry   Tank Destroyers of the American Auto Industry    M26 Pershing Tanks of the American Auto Industry   M36 Tank Destroyers of the American Auto Industry   Serial Numbers for WWII Tanks built by the American Auto Industry   Surviving LCVP Landing Craft    WWII Landing Craft Hull Numbers   Airborne Extra-Light Jeep Photos  The American Auto Industry vs. the German V-1 in WWII   American Auto Industry-Built Anti-Aircraft Guns in WWII   VT Proximity Manufacturers of WWII   World War One Era Motor Vehicles   National Museum of Military Vehicles  
Revisions   Links

 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   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   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   B.F. Goodrich   Baker War Industries   Baldwin Locomotive Works   Blood Brothers Machine Company   Boyertown Auto Body Works   Briggs & Stratton   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   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   Hill Diesel Company   Holland Hitch Company   Homelite Company   Horace E. Dodge Boat and Plane Corporation   Huffman Manufacturing   Indian Motorcycle   Ingersoll Steel and Disk   John Deere   Johnson Automatics Manufacturing Company   Kimberly-Clark   Kohler Company   Kold-Hold Company   Landers, Frary & Clark  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   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   Youngstown Steel Door Company  
   

M24 Chaffee Light Tank World War Two Production Statistics

This page update 3-22-2018.


M24 serial number 965 came off the Cadillac assembly line in November 1944.  Today it is owned by the Virginia Museum of Military Vehicles.  Author's photo added 11-15-2017.


This Massey-Harris built M24 Chaffee is on display at the Memorial Park at Fort Polk, LA.  It is serial number 3494 and was built in February 1945.  Author's photo added 3-22-2018.

 Cadillac Division of GM and Massey Harris M24 Production Statistics
Courtesy of Joe DeMarco

Serial numbers Manufacturer Date Monthly Production USA Registration Numbers Purchase Order
1 Cadillac 4-1944 1 30112594 T-11120
2 - 25   5-1944 24 30112595 - 30112618  
26 - 75   6-1944 50 30112619 – 30112668  
76 - 17   7-1944 100 30112669 – 30112768  
176 - 375   8-1944 200 30112769 – 30112968  
376 – 587   9-1944 212 30112969 – 30113180  
588 – 864   10-1944 277 30113181 – 30113457  
865 – 1000   11-1944 136 30113458 – 30113593  
           
1001 – 1010 Massey-Harris 7-1944 10 30119020 – 30119029 T-12367
1011 – 1026   8-1944 16 30112030 – 30119045  
1027 – 1060   9-1944 34 30119046 – 30119079  
1061 – 1100   10-1944 40 30119080 – 30119119  
1101 – 1140   11-1944 40 30119120 – 30119159  
1141 – 1190   12-1944 50 30119160 – 30119209  
1191 – 1250   1-1945 60 30119210 – 30119269  
           
1251 – 1491 Cadillac 11-1944 241 30119270 – 30119510  T-12368
1492 – 1800   12-1944 309 30119511 – 30119819  
1801 – 1990   12-1944 190 30120329 – 30120518 T-13780-1
1991 – 2190   1-1945 200 30120519 – 30120718  
2191 – 2490   2-1945 300 30120719 – 30121018  
2491 – 2840   3-1945 350 30121019 – 30121368  
2841 – 3045   4-1945 205 30121369 – 30121573  
3046 – 3348   5-1945 303 30121574 – 30121876  
           
3349 – 3413 Massey-Harris 1-1945 65 30121877 – 30121941 T-13781-1
3414 – 3568   2-1945 155 30121942 – 30122096  
3569 – 3708   3-1945 140 30122097 – 30122236  
           
3709 – 3755 Cadillac 5-1945 47 30137268 – 30137314  T-13780-2
3756 – 4035   6-1945 280 30137315 – 30137594  
4036 – 4121   7-1945 86 30137595 – 30137680  
4122 – 4202   8-1945 81 30137681 – 30137761  
Total Cadillac M24s 3,592    
           
5452 – 5503 Massey-Harris 3-1945 52 30139011 – 30139062 T-13781-2
5504 – 5641   4-1945 138 30139063 – 30139200  
5642 – 5831   5-1945 190 30139201 – 30139390  
5832 – 5866   6-1945 35 30139391 – 30139425  
5867 – 5910   6-1945 44 30142464 – 30142507 T-13781-3
5911 – 5950   7-1945 40 30142508 – 30142547  
5951 – 5980   8-1945 30 30142548 – 30142577  
Total Massey-Harris M24 1,139    
 Grand Total M24 4,731    

 

 

 

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