Plastyle

Plastyle Company, Inc. was a boat building firm located at 2809 South 11th Street Road, Niles, Berrien County, Michigan, in 1958. The company got its start in South Bend, Indiana building fiberglass burial vaults in 1956 and appears to have moved to Niles, Michigan by 1957 (see newspaper articles below).

Their boats consisted of a series called the 400 Line, and in the line was a 12' Fisherman utility model and in 1958 or 1959 a runabout. Sources: Michigan Manufacturer and Financial Record.

The Directory of Michigan Manufacturers, 1959 (Detroit, MI: Manufacturer Publishing Co., 1958.) p. 402--classified products section. The Boating Industry, Vol. 21, No. 6, August 10, 1958. p. 250.

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1958 Info