During the 2022 Antique Automobile Club of America (AACA) Eastern Fall Nationals in Hershey, Pa., I came across the featured 1919 Dodge Bros. truck with a Graham Bros. 1-1/2-ton Truck-Builder conversion and its caretaker, Doug Walters. As I walked around the stunning blue truck and studied its many unique details, my curiosity was piqued when the emblem attached to the radiator grille identified the truck as a Dodge Brothers model, but in a twist, there was a Graham Bros. Truck-Builder nameplate on the wooden header above the truck’s windshield. Yet attached to the passenger side floorboard was the builder’s plate with the serial number verifying Dodge Brothers as the manufacturer. Walters explained this truck was a joint effort between Dodge Brothers and Graham Bros. Each had made a mark in industry with their respective products, and upon combining their efforts, they produced this truck in 1919.
The Dodge Brothers
John Dodge and his younger brother, Horace Dodge, established the Dodge Brothers Co. in 1900 to manufacture parts for the expanding automobile industry. In particular, the company provided parts for the Olds Motor Works (led by Ransom Eli Olds) and the Ford Motor Co. As part of its arrangement to build engines for
