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Chrysler Corporation
Chrysler, Imperial, Desoto
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From 1915 to 1940
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A Brief History of the Chrysler Corporation
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His name was Walter P
Chrysler and he formed one of the worlds largest automobile manufacturing
companies.
1920 was a year for Walter P. Chrysler to remember.
He was born in Wamego, KS on April 2 1875. The other people involved in The Chrysler Corporation were John Francis Dodge and his brother Horace Elgin. In 1892: Walter P. Chrysler was working as a mechanic in a railroad roundhouse in Ellis, KS. While working there he learned how to make his own tools. In 1901 the Dodge brothers move to Detroit, MI and open a shop on Beaubien Street making bicycles and parts for the auto industry and in 1902 got a contract to build 3,000 transmissions for Olds Motor Works. At the same time Walter P. Chrysler accepts job as manager of the Colorado and Southern shops in Trinidad, CO. In 1903 Dodge brothers equip their plant to build engines for Ford in return for 10% interest in Ford Motor Company. Cancel contract with Olds Motor Works. By 1907 Walter P. Chrysler has become superintendent of the shops of the Chicago & Great Western Railroad at Oelwein, IA In 1908 Walter P. Chrysler attended the Chicago Auto Show and purchases a Locomobile. By 1910 the Dodge brothers business had increased enough so that they had to build a new plant in Hamtramck, MI In 1912 Charles W. Nash, president of Buick Motor Company, hired Walter P. Chrysler, as works manager. In July 17 Dodge Brothers Inc. was formed and begin working on bringing out the Dodge Brothers car. By November 14, the First Dodge Brothers car rolls off the line. When asked why the Dodge Brothers wanted to build their own car, John Dodge replied, "Just think of all the Ford owners who will someday want an automobile." In the same year Ford started to build it's own engines. In 1916 Charles W. Nash resigns as president of Buick Motor Company and General Motors Company and is succeeded as president of Buick Motor Company by Walter P. Chrysler. In 1919 Henry Ford purchased the stock of minority stockholders of Ford Motor Company, including the holdings of John and Horace Dodge. They suddenly became $19,000,000 richer. That same year Walter P. Chrysler resigned as president of the Buick Motor Company and vice-president of General Motors Corporation. He hired Zeder-Skelton-Breer Engineering Co. to design a new car to be produced in the Elizabeth, NJ, plant of the Willys Corporation. That car was the first Chrysler. Willys-Overland is having financial problems and in order to raise cash to cover debts, the Willys-Overland plant in Elizabeth, NJ is put on the auction block. It, and the prototype Chrysler (considered by the Chrysler group later as the model A), is auctioned off. William C. Durant used the plant for production of his low-priced Star car while the Chrysler is used as a basis for his Flint line. The Zeder-Skelton-Breer Engineering Co. worked for a time for Durant Motors Inc. transforming the Chrysler car into the Flint. In 1921 bankers approach Walter P. Chrysler to save Maxwell and Chalmers. The Maxwell Reorganization Committee is forced to put the company on the auction block and a new Maxwell Motor Corporation is incorporated in West Virginia, and Walter P. Chrysler becomes chairman of the board. At the same time the Dodge Brothers and Graham Brothers sign an agreement whereby Graham Brothers will use Dodge Brothers engines and sell their trucks through Dodge Brothers dealers. Fred M. Zeder, Owen R. Skelton, and Carl Breer head a team to design a new car, the soon-to-be Chrysler Model B. The car is introduced to the public at the 1923 New York Auto Show. The year 1923 saw a few more things starting to come together. The 1924 Chalmers is introduced in the fall of 1923, with 4-wheel hydraulic brakes, a test bed for the brakes on the new Chrysler. Chalmers ceases production and is replaced by the Chrysler and the Dodge Brothers introduced an all-steel sedan body. The banking firm, Dillon, Read & Co. purchased Dodge Brothers Inc. from the widows of the Dodge brothers. On June 26’ 1925 after two years of stock acquisition by Walter Chrysler and Harry Bronner, the Chrysler Corporation is incorporated in Delaware and takes over the Maxwell Motor Corporation and ends production of the Maxwell in May. Walter P. Chrysler is president and chairman of the board. In May 1928 May - The Plymouth Motor Corporation and the DeSoto Motor Corporation are formed. Walter P. Chrysler is president of Plymouth Motor Corporation and Joseph E. Fields is president of DeSoto Motor Corporation. On July 31 1928 Chrysler purchases Dodge Brothers Inc., manufacturers of Dodge Brothers cars and trucks, and Graham Brothers trucks. Main plants and forge facilities in Hamtramck, MI. Walter P. Chrysler became president of Dodge Brothers. In September of the same year The Fargo Motor Corporation was formed again with Walter P. Chrysler as president. In 1930 Graham Brothers Truck and Dodge Brothers Truck become Dodge Truck and the Dodge Brothers car becomes Dodge. 1934 saw the introduction of Airflows, the DeSoto Six, Chrysler Eight, Chrysler Imperial Eight, Chrysler Custom Imperial Eight. 1935 saw Chrysler set up different divisions. Plymouth Motor Corporation became Plymouth Division, Dodge Brothers Corporation became Dodge Division, DeSoto Motor Corporation became DeSoto Division and Chrysler Motor Corporation became Chrysler Sales Division. That was the beginning of what we now know as the Chrysler Corporation. For a more detailed history please visit |
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| Carl-Gustaf Törnfeldt who lives in Stenungsund
Sweden is a man who is a huge fan of Plymouth all his live and at 86 he
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The following are pictures of Plymouth's he has owned and the 1948 Plymouth was imported from the US one year ago. The pictures were submitted by his granddaughter, Gabriella Törnfeldt |
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| Carl-Gustaf and his first Plymouth |
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| This Plymouth was his his all-time favourite. This picture was taken around 1948 |
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| This picture was taken this year (2012) at the very same place as picture of the 1947 Plymouth. It is exactly 64 years between when picture two and three were taken. |
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| This picture was taken in the late 1940's and shows the Stenungsunds
taxi company when it only had a few cars in service (the ones in the picture,
are shown outside the building where Stenungsund Taxi was stationed). The
second car from the right belonged to
Carl-Gustaf Törnfeldt. Some of the other cars belonged to his father. |
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| One of my visitors, Jim Pickard owned a car like this when it was new in April of 1951 in Philadelphia and traded it in November of the same year. He thought because of the model it might have survived. If anyone has any information on this or a car like would you please contact me at |
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| The 1928 Chrysler
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and the 1926 Imperial is owned by Rob Burchill, Jefferson This car is unrestored. |
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| This picture was submitted by Gene Angeledes from
California
The picture was taken in Nashua, New Hampshire in 1931. That is Gene in the car at age 5. |
This picture was submitted by Steven Greentree,
Australia.
It as taken at a hotrod show in Port Fairy Victoria, Australia |
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| This car is owned by Steen Jorgensen from Denmark | |
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| The above 1933 Chrysler is owned
by Tor Olsen of
New London County CT Tor also owns a 1940 Packard Coupe which os shown on the Packard Page |
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| These pictures were submitted by Paul Black, Tampa, FL | |
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| This picture was submitted by John Barnes who owned this car in 1990 | |
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To view more Chrysler Airflow cars click on the car above |
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| This car is owned by Frank Schroeder, Dubuque, Iowa |
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| This car is for sale and is located in the
Annopolis Vally of Nova Scotia Canada The picture was submitted by Dave Thompson |
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| This picture was taken in 1950 and was owned by Fred Tarsa and a buddy. They went halfs on the car and paid $65 for it while he was stationed with the army at Ft Lewis Washington. They used it to tour the State. The mountains were tough on the brakes and every 50 miles I would crawl underneath and tighten the cables . No mishaps and afterwards we cleaned it up and sold it for $!00. We privates got $94. a month then. | |
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1937 Chrysler Royal and Imperial. Click on any of these images for a larger view in a new window. |
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Michael Litvack, Montreal PQ |
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This car was sold in the US as a Plymouth |
This car was sold in the US as a Plymouth |
| This car is owned by Costers Burno of Belgium | |
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The following information on this
car was submitted by
Jim Benjaminson of North Dakota Membership Secretary Plymouth Owners Club, Inc. This 1938 Chrysler Wimbledon is actually a Plymouth 7-passenger sedan, this car was final assembled in the Kew Works in London, England. The cars were sold in the U.K. as "Chrysler" models, although they were in fact really Plymouth's. This particular car at one time belonged to the late Keith Moon, renowned drummer for the rock group The Who. Later it was used in the filming of the movie "Lassiter" starring Tom Selleck. During the course of filming, the car was involved in an accident, badly damaging the front sheet metal. |
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| Superman driving is driving the car and Lois Lane is the
passenger
It was taken from a 1950 Superman serial "Atom Man versus Superman" The picture was submitted by John Barnes |
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| This picture was submitted by Igor Yashchenko from Russia | |
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Jim Benjaminson of North Dakota Membership Secretary Plymouth Owners Club, Inc. |
This car is owned by Jim Benjaminson of North Dakota Membership Secretary Plymouth Owners Club, Inc. |
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| This car is owned by Delmer Watson of Ohio
He had the following to say about this car. "I had this car in Dallas in 1952, did serve real well. The picture was taken at 3309 Lovefield Dr. as of now that piece of real estate makes up part of the north end of Lovefield's runway. Yep I was there in '99, Lovefield sure grew. I took A&E mechanics at Dallas Areo there. I can remember of no trouble with it, well maybe one,in the summer of '52 ,me, my ex, her girl friend and a montana guy drove to Rockwall, Texas for her girfriend and the fellow from Montana to get married, about 40 miles I think. There were 4 of us in that coupe, and none of us was no where near small." |
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| This picture was submitted by Paul Black, Tampa, FL
It was taken at Plant City, FL, Feb 2008 |
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