Dodge Brothers history: Helped Henry Ford get started.

[toolmanmike]

This is a lengthy read but very interesting. Ford may not be around today if not for Dodge!

http://www.allpar.com/corporate/bios/dodge-brothers.html

 

[67Dart273]

THAT is very interesting. Frankly in some ways, I don't have a lot of respect for Henry Ford, who was very hard on people including his own family. I'm sure he's a huge part of the reason that Edsel died very young.

 

[Hyper_pak]

I heard Henry Ford asked Horace Dodge to fix an assembly line. Horace gave Henry a bill for $5500 for the service. Ford was furious. Horace said 500 to fix the problem, 5000 for the brains to know what to fix!

 

[Frankie]

Ford, the Dodge Brothers, Walter P... These guys all knew each other and work with each other. They were all pioneers in the same game.

btw... being in business then meant you were a hard nose. There are stories, good an bad, about all the auto industry tycoons. Being a nice guy wasn't an option if you planned to be a success. As to who was a butthead depends on who's bio you're reading and who wrote it. ;)

 

[fstfish66]

henery had the idea, but not the know how,, the dodge brothers made the assembly line work,,,,the dodge brothers also invented hyd brakes,,, they delivered the first car with hyd brakes in 1932 to henrys door step with a note attached,,,some day people will want a car that stops( ITS STIL IN THE HENRY FORD MUSUEM),,, dodge,plymouth,desoto chrysler were firsts in many automotive ideas,, deisgns and first to production with many things,,,the problem is the world is a walmart/chevy world.. people want cheap not good,,,,so mopar never really got there due,,,,mopar first altenator,,mopar designed what we call unibody,,,mopar first with electronic ignition in a production car,,, mopar first 1970-74 with plastic molded injected door panels,,, sales were slow the general public didnt like the 70- ?? with plastic door panels,,,now a days thats mostly all cars are plastic injected interior parts,,,dodge first hyd brakes,,, chrysler,,,first retractable hard top roof 1941....if the world got there head out of there,,,,,,???? they woudl figure out chevy invented NOTHING,, they claim to have the small wonder of the world with there small block 265 motor 1955,,,, dodge had the poly/hemi 1953 chrysler poly v8 i believe 1951....Im sure the list goes on,,,,,,,:violent1:

 

[chryslerfat]

henery had the idea, but not the know how,, the dodge brothers made the assembly line work,,,,the dodge brothers also invented hyd brakes,,, they delivered the first car with hyd brakes in 1932 to henrys door step with a note attached,,,some day people will want a car that stops( ITS STIL IN THE HENRY FORD MUSUEM),,, dodge,plymouth,desoto chrysler were firsts in many automotive ideas,, deisgns and first to production with many things,,,the problem is the world is a walmart/chevy world.. people want cheap not good,,,,so mopar never really got there due,,,,mopar first altenator,,mopar designed what we call unibody,,,mopar first with electronic ignition in a production car,,, mopar first 1970-74 with plastic molded injected door panels,,, sales were slow the general public didnt like the 70- ?? with plastic door panels,,,now a days thats mostly all cars are plastic injected interior parts,,,dodge first hyd brakes,,, chrysler,,,first retractable hard top roof 1941....if the world got there head out of there,,,,,,???? they woudl figure out chevy invented NOTHING,, they claim to have the small wonder of the world with there small block 265 motor 1955,,,, dodge had the poly/hemi 1953 chrysler poly v8 i believe 1951....Im sure the list goes on,,,,,,,:violent1:

That is why I like Oliver farm equipment. Many first`s just like Ma Mopar but raped by investors.

 

[cjh]

THAT is very interesting. Frankly in some ways, I don't have a lot of respect for Henry Ford, who was very hard on people including his own family. I'm sure he's a huge part of the reason that Edsel died very young.

Edsel died from a disease that is preventable today....IIRC.

 

[fstfish66]

i didnt know edsel died young ,,but a lot of people in those days did,,,,

 

[cjh]

A few years ago, I read a book about Henry Ford and the Ford company...it's called Wheels For The World.......very, very good reading.
It talks about Alfred Sloan, Walter Chrysler, the Dodge Brothers, Holley, Henry Leland, and others.
IIRC, it is said that HF only ever cried twice in his life....When his best mate, T. Edison, and his only son, Edsel, died.