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that showed all the Ford pickup trucks from the first one to the present day. I thought , what a nice idea. I thought that I might try something similar with some of the car pictures I have collected. I have been collecting pictures of Studebakers, Packards, Nash, Hudson and Jeeps and many more for some time now and I first wrote a web page on the Studebaker. Then one on Jeeps and Packard followed. Since then I have many page on old cars and pickuptrucks. These pictures came for a number of sources including web pages of the manufacture, news groups and my own. Since most of these pictures came from news groups there may be a chance that your car is shown here. I would like to invite any one
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The Chrysler Corporation
1960 to 1964
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.
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.
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. 1920 was a year for Walter P. Chrysler to remember. 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. 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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| 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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| This picture was submitted by Radley D. Hirsch and was shown
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400hp motor and Pont-a-Mousson 4-speed transmission package |
400hp motor and Pont-a-Mousson 4-speed transmission package |
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| This car is owned by Gary Runkel, Canton, MI | This car is owned by Gary Runkel, Canton, MI |
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Flying Mile Al Eckstrand Driving with Bill France Jr Whiter |
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| This car is owned by Evan Atkinson.
Evan had the following to say about his car. "Originally from Alameda, CA this Valiant was used regularly from 1960-1969 until the water pump broke. Unable to find a correct replacement part at the time, the then-owners parked it in their front yard, where it sat and deterioriated for nearly 34 years before being restored to it's present condition. It is the top-of-the-line, 6 passenger V200 model with optional power steering which only 8% of all 1960 Valiants had. It has 68K original miles on the odometer." |
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next to where he worked. It had been there for 16 years. However the owner
was unwilling to sell the car at that time. Ronald kept checking every
month and was told if they sold it he would be given first chance to buy
it. Recently they decided to sell the car. The car is all original except
for the brakes and tires. It has 49,000 KM on it.
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This picture was submitted by Eric
Gorden and was taken
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| This car is owned by Anthony Boccaccio, Inverness, FL | This car is owned by Anthony Boccaccio, Inverness, FL |
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6.8 sec in a quarter mile. The car has a factory 413 super red ram with ram tubes 475 hp |
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413 Short Ram 2 Door Sedan Drag Race Car Stamford Brothers Dodge |
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| These pictures were submitted by Thomas
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1956 to 1963
One man's "My
Big Thrill" of winning adrive in a TURBO Car.
If you want to know what it was like chech this site
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