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Updated: The Graham-Paige automobile was introduced in 1927 by the three Graham brothers, Joseph, Robert, and Ray. Their first involvement with motor vehicles was building truck bodies and conversion kits that would turn a Model “T” Ford into a truck in the late teens. In the early twenties, the brothers designed and began to manufacture…
The forth update to the showroom and gas station, during the mid-thirties In Part I of the Reed Brothers Dodge story, we covered the changes the Rockville, Maryland dealer had gone through from its start in 1915 to 1930. To bring things up-to-date with the manufacturer, the Dodge Brothers name was changed in 1930 to Dodge, and…
The Rockville Garage at Veirs Mill Road and Rockville Pike in 1915 This is the first part of a series covering Reed Brothers Dodge, which was located in Rockville, Maryland. It became a franchised agency in 1915, shortly after the Dodge Brothers started producing their own car, late in 1914 after years of producing components and…
They’re light trucks, of course, but in these early days, the mechanical specifications of Dodge’s “commercial car” were practically identical to those of their passenger cars. Between 1916 and 1918, the Dodge Brothers didn’t assemble complete commercial vehicles, but offered a cowl and chassis to customers who had to source a body elsewhere. Production of…
A new crankshaft emerges from a huge drop forge at the start of the production process. Many of you know by now that the Dodge Brothers established a solid reputation for high quality manufacturing as a major supplier of engines to the Ford Motor Company. They were so well regarded that when they decided to…
During the oil boom in the early days of the last century, many of the roads in Texas were a bit on the primitive side, to put it mildly. Photos we have seen from that era, like the 1917 image of a Reo light truck seen below (via Clive Baker), show roads that are just…
Almeda, Texas is located approximately 200 miles southwest of Houston and back when the photo was taken of this service station, the town contained only about 100 people. The scene looks as though it includes everything needed for a perfect Norman Rockwell painting showing small town life. Four large visible pumps dispensing That Good Gulf Gasoline can be seen…
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