Bohman & Schwartz

Bohman & Schwartz was an American automobile coachbuilding company based in Pasadena, California. It was formed by former employees of the Walter M. Murphy Company after that Pasadena coachbuilder ceased operations. The firm therefore belonged to the specialized custom-body sector of the American automobile industry, in which independent coachbuilders designed and constructed distinctive bodies for clients or for automobile manufacturers rather than producing complete cars in high-volume assembly plants. The available reference material identifies the company primarily through this connection with Walter M. Murphy and does not provide enough documented information to establish its founding date, ownership structure, management, production volume, customer roster, individual automobiles, or closing date. Bohman & Schwartz is consequently best understood as a historically documented American coachbuilder whose significance lies in its continuity with Pasadena's custom-car and custom-body tradition. Its surviving profile is limited, and additional archival or automotive-history sources would be required to develop a fuller account of its operations and designs.

Bohman & Schwartz was an automobile coachbuilder in Pasadena, California. The company emerged after the collapse of the Walter M. Murphy Company, a prominent Pasadena coachbuilding firm, and was established by some of Murphy's former employees. This origin placed Bohman & Schwartz within a network of skilled body designers, craftsmen, and production workers associated with the Southern California custom-body trade. Like other coachbuilders of the period, it operated in a part of the automobile industry that emphasized individually styled bodies and specialized construction rather than standardized mass production. The available reference material does not identify the precise year in which Bohman & Schwartz began business, its founders by name, its corporate ownership, the number of bodies it produced, or the date on which it ceased operations. It also does not document specific models, commissions, advertising campaigns, executive appointments, lawsuits, acquisitions, or other major corporate events. The company is therefore recorded chiefly for its formation from former Walter M. Murphy employees and its location in Pasadena. Further research in period newspapers, trade directories, automobile registries, coachbuilding archives, and surviving vehicle documentation would be necessary to establish a more detailed chronology and to attribute particular designs or commissions to the firm.

• Formation after the Walter M. Murphy Company

  [1]Bohman & Schwartzen.wikipedia.org

  Bohman & Schwartz was established in Pasadena by some former employees of the Walter M. Murphy Company after Murphy's business collapsed.

A specialist American coachbuilder serving the custom-bodied automobile market.

• Automotive coachbuilding

  Custom automobile bodies

  Bohman & Schwartz's documented business was automobile coachbuilding: the design and construction of custom bodies for motor vehicles. The available sources do not identify particular body styles, chassis supplied by customers, production quantities, or named commissions.

1. 1Bohman & Schwartzen.wikipedia.org
2. 2Bohman & Schwartzcoachbuilt.com