The first Dodge shipped by Harry New when he became the company's director of distribution, 1919.
Automobile Reference Domestic Cars, Makes A-Z
Item Info
Item No: arcd03716
Title: The first Dodge shipped by Harry New when he became the company's director of distribution, 1919.
Media Type:
Photographic Prints
Source: Automobile Reference Collection
Notes:
The first Dodge shipped by Harry New when he became the company’s director of distribution, in 1919, was the “highboy” sedan shown at the right, then costing, at the factory, $2150. The buyer, Henry Shamp of Jackson, Michigan, after driving the car a quarter million miles, traded it is on a new Dodge. The dealer of whom Shamp bought the new car donated the old one to the transportation exhibit of the Dodge Division of Chrysler Corporation.
Creation Year: ca. 1936
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- Pan and Zoom
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