Hayes
Founded in 1904 by H. Jay Hayes.
Hector Jay Hayes was born in 1869. Hector disliked his Christian name, preferring the more businesslike H. Jay Hayes.
Based on the order, capital was obtained from a Detroit resident named Mr. Wilson, and in 1903 the Wilson-Hayes Mfg. Co. leased a downtown Detroit factory at 750 Bellevue Ave to fulfill the contract with Oldsmobile.
In 1904 Hayes started another firm called the Hayes Manufacturing Co. Hayes Mfg. Co. was a pioneer in stamped sheet-metal fenders, and would eventually go on to produce hoods, cowls, tool boxes and complete bodies in two separate metro-Detroit factories.
Hayes is sometimes credited with the introduction of the crowned fender to the United States, which first appeared on some Hayes-built Ford Model T fenders.
Things were going well for Mr. Hayes as another Hayes-controlled firm, the Hayes-Ionia Co., was formed in 1909 in Hayes’ hometown of Ionia, Michigan to produce automobile bodies and sheet-metal parts and sub-assemblies.
In 1915 Hayes presented a talk to the annual conference of the Society of Automobile Engineers and announced that the following week, he would commence the manufacture of a new Vehicle called the Ruler Frameless which would feature a unitized body and chassis.
The low-slung Ruler actually appeared at the end of 1916, and was built by the Ruler Motor Car Co. of Aurora, Illinois. The 1917 model year touring and roadster were priced at a very affordable $595 and included a semi-monocoque construction.
Plans called for 3,000 examples, but unfortunately, the Ruler Motor Car Co, of Aurora, Illinois was out of business by the end of 1917 after producing only a handful of the unique automobiles.
On July 22, 1924, the directors of the Hayes Manufacturing Co. voted to dissolve the Detroit-based company because of a falling off of the sheet metal business.
(source: Coachbuilt) ©2004 Mark Theobald - All rights reserved.
Hector Jay Hayes was born in 1869. Hector disliked his Christian name, preferring the more businesslike H. Jay Hayes.
1910 Hayes logo.
Hayes realized that Detroit was becoming the center of the nation’s
auto industry, and on speculation built an all-metal replica of the
curved-dash Oldsmobile to show to Ransom E. Olds. Olds liked what he
saw, but didn’t feel that the a metal body was necessary, however he
admired the effort put forth by Hayes and offered him a contract to
build metal fenders for the car.Based on the order, capital was obtained from a Detroit resident named Mr. Wilson, and in 1903 the Wilson-Hayes Mfg. Co. leased a downtown Detroit factory at 750 Bellevue Ave to fulfill the contract with Oldsmobile.
In 1904 Hayes started another firm called the Hayes Manufacturing Co. Hayes Mfg. Co. was a pioneer in stamped sheet-metal fenders, and would eventually go on to produce hoods, cowls, tool boxes and complete bodies in two separate metro-Detroit factories.
Hayes is sometimes credited with the introduction of the crowned fender to the United States, which first appeared on some Hayes-built Ford Model T fenders.
Things were going well for Mr. Hayes as another Hayes-controlled firm, the Hayes-Ionia Co., was formed in 1909 in Hayes’ hometown of Ionia, Michigan to produce automobile bodies and sheet-metal parts and sub-assemblies.
In 1915 Hayes presented a talk to the annual conference of the Society of Automobile Engineers and announced that the following week, he would commence the manufacture of a new Vehicle called the Ruler Frameless which would feature a unitized body and chassis.
The low-slung Ruler actually appeared at the end of 1916, and was built by the Ruler Motor Car Co. of Aurora, Illinois. The 1917 model year touring and roadster were priced at a very affordable $595 and included a semi-monocoque construction.
Plans called for 3,000 examples, but unfortunately, the Ruler Motor Car Co, of Aurora, Illinois was out of business by the end of 1917 after producing only a handful of the unique automobiles.
On July 22, 1924, the directors of the Hayes Manufacturing Co. voted to dissolve the Detroit-based company because of a falling off of the sheet metal business.
(source: Coachbuilt) ©2004 Mark Theobald - All rights reserved.
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