Graham Automobile - Extinct Autos
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Prior to 1927 the three Graham brothers Ray , Robert , and Joseph , owned a very successful , glass bottle manufacturing company as well as other business interests . Their first automotive venture was the manufacture of kits to convert Model T Ford cars , into trucks . Next the Graham brothers began building their own trucks , but using engines and powertrains made by various other auto makers , until they made a deal to use Dodge engines and Powertrains . In this deal their trucks were sold at Dodge dealers . In 1925 Dodge bought the Graham Brothers Truck company , and the brothers were also hired as executives of Dodge . In 1927 the Graham brothers decided to get back into the automobile manufacturing again .
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In 1927 , the Graham brothers bought the Paige-Detroit Motor Company and began making Graham-Paige Automobiles . Graham-Paige offered a supercharged 8 cylinder engine in 1934 . A 6 cylinder supercharged engine replaced the 8 cylinder engine in 1936 . The Graham-Paige Company was assumed by the Kaiser-Frazer company in 1947 . Kaiser-Frazer became part of American Motors and later American Motors became part of Chrysler Corporation .
Paige-Detroit began making automobiles in 1908 with a 3 cylinder 2 cycle engine . In 1910 they went to a 4 cylinder 4 cycle engine . The name was changed to Paige in 1911 . As explained above Paige was bought by the Graham Brothers in 1927 .
