Dodge D100 Wagon - US panel van with extra utility value
Summary
An American a little outside the norm? How about a panel van, the type of American delivery van based on the extremely popular pick-ups? They were always exotic in Europe, but those looking for space, style and a certain exclusivity will find classics with practical benefits, such as the Dodge D100 Wagon from 1966.
This article contains the following chapters
- Dodge by Chrysler
- Town Panel or Town Wagon?
- Sublime view
- Sufficient power, but without servo
- Load volume
Estimated reading time: 7min
Preview (beginning of the article)
The commercial vehicle division of Dodge has its roots in the activities of the three brothers Joseph B., Robert C., and Ray A. Graham, who switched from the manufacture of glasses to the production of trucks with engines from various manufacturers after the First World War. One of their suppliers was the Dodge Brothers, who in turn had started producing parts for the burgeoning automobile industry in 1900 and began offering passenger cars under their own name in 1914. After the death of the two Dodge brothers in 1920, their car factory was owned by the "Dillon, Read and Co" bank, which in turn made the Graham brothers an offer in 1925 to place their flourishing commercial vehicle business directly with Dodge - with them as directors. They agreed, but quickly became dissatisfied with the way these investors were doing business. Knowing that the bankers intended to resell Dodge, the Graham brothers started their own business with the purchase of the Paige-Detroit Motor Company - also with passenger cars. Their launch of the Graham-Paige brand in 1928 was the largest new entry of a manufacturer into the automotive world to date, with over 77,000 cars sold in the first year of production, but that's another story.
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