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| − | Plastyle Company, Inc. was a boat building firm located at 2809 South 11th Street Road, Niles, Berrien County, Michigan, in 1958. | + | |
| + | Plastyle Company, Inc. was a boat building firm located at 2809 South 11th Street Road, Niles, Berrien County, Michigan, in 1958. The company got its start in South Bend, Indiana building fiberglass burial vaults in 1956 and appears to have moved to Niles, Michigan by 1957 (see newspaper articles below). | ||
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| − | Their boats consisted of a series called the 400 Line, and in the line was a 12' Fisherman utility model and in 1958 or 1959 a runabout.Sources: Michigan Manufacturer and Financial Record. | + | Their boats consisted of a series called the 400 Line, and in the line was a 12' Fisherman utility model and in 1958 or 1959 a runabout. Sources: Michigan Manufacturer and Financial Record. |
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The Directory of Michigan Manufacturers, 1959 (Detroit, MI: Manufacturer Publishing Co., 1958.) p. 402--classified products section. The Boating Industry, Vol. 21, No. 6, August 10, 1958. p. 250. | The Directory of Michigan Manufacturers, 1959 (Detroit, MI: Manufacturer Publishing Co., 1958.) p. 402--classified products section. The Boating Industry, Vol. 21, No. 6, August 10, 1958. p. 250. | ||
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<b>Note, this section began as Mystery #104</b> Below is the boat that sat unidentified for 4 years in our mystery section. | <b>Note, this section began as Mystery #104</b> Below is the boat that sat unidentified for 4 years in our mystery section. | ||
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'''1958 Info''' | '''1958 Info''' | ||
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File:Opener.jpg | Original Mystery boat 104 | File:Opener.jpg | Original Mystery boat 104 | ||
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File:Plastyleb58001.jpg | 1958 Image | File:Plastyleb58001.jpg | 1958 Image | ||
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'''1959 Info''' | '''1959 Info''' | ||
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File:Plastyleb59001.jpg | 1959 Image | File:Plastyleb59001.jpg | 1959 Image | ||
| + | File:Plastylebb001.jpg |1959 The 400 Line models | ||
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| − | + | File:Plastylearticle001.jpg|May 7, 1956 article | |
| − | < | + | File:Plastylearticle002.jpg|Dec. 30, 1957 article |
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Revision as of 16:55, 28 May 2010
Plastyle Company, Inc. was a boat building firm located at 2809 South 11th Street Road, Niles, Berrien County, Michigan, in 1958. The company got its start in South Bend, Indiana building fiberglass burial vaults in 1956 and appears to have moved to Niles, Michigan by 1957 (see newspaper articles below).
Their boats consisted of a series called the 400 Line, and in the line was a 12' Fisherman utility model and in 1958 or 1959 a runabout. Sources: Michigan Manufacturer and Financial Record.
The Directory of Michigan Manufacturers, 1959 (Detroit, MI: Manufacturer Publishing Co., 1958.) p. 402--classified products section. The Boating Industry, Vol. 21, No. 6, August 10, 1958. p. 250.
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Note, this section began as Mystery #104 Below is the boat that sat unidentified for 4 years in our mystery section.
1958 Info
Original Mystery boat 104
1958 Info
1958 Image
1959 Info
1959 Image
1959 The 400 Line models
Misc Info
May 7, 1956 article
Dec. 30, 1957 article
