Rogillio Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Got me to thinking...My 1926 Dodge Brothers Coupe - 35 Hp2015 Dodge Charger -707 HpI guess Dodge has indeed learned a few thing over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken_Lincoln Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Yes a great ad ... You do learn a lot in a hundred years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dbnz Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Yes the 100 year ads have been great. I found it a bit strange that the original DB badge/ logo was omitted from all the official merchandise and advertising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwollam Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 That home made DB brass radiator cap looked a little strange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dbnz Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Yes and they have the badge at 21 sec as a one off colour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAH Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Guys, I wonder who and where this commercial was shot? That questionable radiator badge was never a factory release but I do seem to recall that pattern in picture form somewhere. First of all those triangles should not be the same color, second the Red DB in the center, and finally the surrounding words in Blue. The whole thing looks like CGA artwork. Since this is/was a Chrysler corp. commercial it would be presumed there would be corporate permission to use the proper badge? So the question remains why the illogical obfuscation of technical facts? Are we not caretakers of the past for future generations? Just asking. Rodger "Dodger" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nearchoclatetown Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 For the 100th anniversary I would think they could have used a proper 1914. Of all the commercials they've shown I don't think any of the cars have been '14's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dbnz Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 (edited) I suspect the cars, at least in advert where various cars have the brothers racing they may be a part of the Chrylser museum collection as there was an official display that seemed to have these cars in it. Edited February 8, 2015 by dbnz (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeDD670 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 http://www.allpar.com/corporate/bios/dodge-brothers.html Says a lot about Dodge and Ford Glad they Separated! Long Live Dodge! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil 32DL6 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 http://www.allpar.com/corporate/bios/dodge-brothers.htmlI do believe they got this part of their history backwards, though:"John was the quieter of the two and the better machinist. Horace was the leader and financier, making sure the no one took advantage of the pair."From what I've read, John was anything but quiet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylormade Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 This commercial brought back memories of one of "the" stories in my family's history. I also posted this on my restoration thread.My great-grandfather, Charles Carolin, was a self-made man who came to Detroit from Windsor, Canada in the late nineteenth century. He became a prominent and very successful businessman in the then burgeoning Motor City, and owned one of the largest foundry and metal working plants in the city. He's the rather imposing gentleman in the center of this family portrait taken around 1908. That's my grandmother in the lower left, his favorite whom he always called Baby. Charles was a rich, stubborn, no nonsense guy. I'm sure he'd be an avid watcher of Bill O'Reilly if he was alive today. He was most upset when local ordinances forced him to give up his horses, and he absolutely refused to buy one of the newfangled automobiles, preferring to walk to work. One day a gentleman arrived at the foundry with a proposition: if my great-grandfather would mass produce certain parts for his new enterprise, he would offer Charles ten percent of his company. My great-grandfather viewed this offer with much skepticism - this skinny entrepreneur was making his third or forth try at starting a (gasp) automobile company; he had no money, thus the ten percent offer; his credit was not just bad - it was terrible, and it's said that Charles Carolin did not particularly care for the looks of this eager young man. Charles turned down the offer - cash only was the only way he would deal.Thus the young man, whom I'm sure you've guessed by now was Henry Ford, eventually went to the Dodge Brothers for his parts and my great-grandfather gave up what would have been a massive family fortune. True story, but since the Dodge brothers designed many of Ford's parts and loaned him money to get things rolling, I doubt that any relationship between Charles and Henry would have been productive. In fact, I believe it would have led to another failure for Ford and much satisfaction for Charles Carolin.Later, Charles - who was also a ardent pacifist - refused to manufacture munitions for the government during World War One. There went another couple of hundred-millions. It's the reason I'm trying to figure out how I'm going to afford the chrome plating on my 32 DL rather than bidding on a Duesenberg at the latest Scottsdale auction. Thanks Grandpa Carolin! 1932 Dodge DL Sedan Edit Post Reply Reply With Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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