So has anyone ever heard of Brewster as a car brand/manufacturer?

I was talking to my friend's uncle at Thanksgiving dinner and he was telling me about one of the cars he has, a 1934 Brewster Town Car. Seems to have only been built between '34-'35 and had Ford mechanicals beneath a custom coach built body...which was produced in Long Island City.

It looks like this:

I've seen them show up at the various shows I've attended over the years.

I've seen numerous pics over the years, tho my source says only about 300 were built.

Brewster was originally a full manufacturer '15-'25 (where production was again but about 300 units), tho those cars looked unrelated to the '34-36s. The 2nd gen, if you will, was a coachbuilt car, as they used (primarily) lengthened Ford chassis' & engines, tho some Brewster bodies were also on Buick & Olds chassis. As such, the '2nd gen' Brewsters are not a 'make', but akin to LeBaron, Fleetwood, Bohman & Schwarz, etc. Most of the times I see '34-36s, they are called 'Brewster-Fords'.

I've been lukewarm on these all along. I don't dislike them, but they are a bit overwraught for some.

I've seen a few as well. They're.....distinctive. At a show I was judging this year, someone had one of the early Brewsters that Balthazar mentioned, which was the first I had seen in person. I've seen a few of the Ford models over the years...even met a guy who owns TWO. People just didn't want a luxury car based on Ford parts.