And as already mentioned, it was while working in hydraulic repair shops that my eyes were really opened. Because it was there that I was able to see for myself the costly mistakes and omissions being made by hundreds of hydraulic equipment owners. Anyway, the end result of this labor is:...
Financing was secured to construct a prototype and Gar Wood's Detroit shops were selected to construct it. Stout applied for a domestic patent on the bus body's construction on August 19, 1936, and on June 7, 1938 was awarded US Patent No. 2119655 which he assigned to Gar Wood Industries...