Briggs & Murray bodies

[Hicktick]

I was doing some reading on bodies and it confused me more . From what I read just who designed the new Ford .Did Briggs design the bodies and after approval from Ford , get the contracts to make them ???

I didn't realize they stamped the bodies and painted , and trimmed them .
I assumed Ford designed and the bodies were built to their blueprints .

This is what I read and its hard for me to follow , the way its written .

http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/b/briggs/briggs.htm