Duncan & Fraser

Duncan & Fraser Limited was a vehicle manufacturing company founded in 1865 in Adelaide, South Australia that built horse-drawn carriages and horse trams, and subsequently bodies for trains, electric trams and motor cars, becoming one of the largest carriage building companies in Australia.

Duncan & Fraser Limited
FoundedJanuary 1865
FounderJames Duncan
James Fraser
DefunctAugust 1927
Headquarters
Adelaide
ProductsHorse-drawn carriages and tram bodies
Railway carriages
Electric tram bodies
Motor vehicle bodies

In 1919 the company decided to abandon coachbuilding and confine itself to automotive manufacture; by 1927 the construction of Ford Model T motor car bodies had become the company's principal activity and the company was operating automotive distributorships and dealerships. However, the succeeding Ford Model A required an all-steel body, which Ford's US headquarters decided would be made in Canada and assembled in Ford's own factory in Geelong. Since most of the company's income had consequently ceased, the shareholders voted in August 1927 to close the company.

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