The company endured by diversifying into products like soft drinks and automobile bodies.

The company produced its first automobile body in 1905 and a dedicated department for this activity was formed in 1912.

Typical applications include automobile bodies, electrical panels, shipbuilding and building construction.

After the war, limited by the Versailles Treaty, it produced only automobile bodies.

That first year the firm employed eighteen and built 50 automobile bodies.

The company, founded in 1876, survived Prohibition by moving into widely diverse products like soft drinks and automobile bodies.

It saved wear and tear on the automobile body and its parts.

This is the case in automobile bodies, where additional rust proofing paint will be applied.

Leggett designed and built automobile bodies for car manufacturers.

They had also begun producing their own automobile bodies.