Karl Koefoed Body Co. - Koefoed Body Mfg. - 1910s-1970s - San Francisco, California


 

Antique Express Body recovered from Salvage Yard with brass tag, reads:

KARL KOEFOED BODY CO.
DESIGNERS & BUILDERS
SAN FRANCISCO
NO.796

note: 796 is stamped into plate
In center of plate is an oval shaped logo stylized KKB.

Koefoed Body Manufacturing was a San Francisco-based truck body builder/installer that survived at least into the mid 1970s.

 

   

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