Harry P.

Excerpted from "Dodge Bros. Motor Car Company Plant (Dodge Main) Historical American Engineering Record, US Dept. of the Interior Page 3: History of the Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Hamtramck, Michigan, 1910-1980 by Charles Hyde, Wayne State University "John F. and Horace E. Dodge, sons of a Niles, Michigan machinist, moved to Detroit at the turn of the (20th) century, briefly produced transmissions for R.E. Olds, and beginning in 1903, became the major supplier of drive trains to the Ford Motor Company." And from dodgemotorcar.com/history: On February 23, 1903 the Dodge brothers formally agreed to supply Henry Ford with 650 chassis (including engines, transmissions, and axles) for $250 each, thus beginning a profitable, but stormy relationship between the two firms. This contract kept the 150 men at the Hastings Street plant fully occupied and the Dodges began working exclusively for Ford, who built a plant on Mack Avenue to assemble (Ford) cars from parts made elsewhere, the entire operation dependent upon extensive credit from his (parts) suppliers. In return for an investment of $10,000 ($7,000 in materials and a $3,000 bank note), the Dodge brothers accepted 100 shares (one-tenth of the total) in the Ford Motor Company, newly-incorporated on June 16, 1903. Dodge delivered the first shipment of chassis to Ford's Mack Avenue plant in July via horse-drawn hayracks and the Ford Motor Company assembled its first cars. During these early years. Henry Ford often complained that the Dodge workers turned out shoddy products because they were paid by the piece. Despite these problems, he ordered another 755 Dodge engines for delivery in January through May 1904, and insisted on the right to order 500 more by early April. By the spring of 1905, when Ford had moved into his new Piquette Avenue plant. Dodge Brothers supplied 400 "rigs" (engines and transmissions) a month. Dodge continued as the major supplier, but by late 1905 Ford was already taking steps to produce his own engines and transmissions for the low-priced Model N. So I guess the fact that early Fords were "Dodges in diguise" isn't an urban legend after all.

Good eye. Those are the two most obvious mistakes, at least that's what jumped out at me right off the bat.

Here it is compared to a Motormax diecast. I know I'm comparing a model to a model, but the angle of the diecast is the closest I could find to the angle of the model. The windshields look very different. Make of it what you will. Maybe they're both wrong... but obviously they can't both be right!

I think the topic title was meant as a joke...

Paper magazine: Create the magazine digitally... send digital files to printer... create paper version by laying ink on paper sheets... cut the paper sheets to size... collate, fold, and staple the pages together... address each magazine... sort them into bundles by zip code... transfer them to the post office... post office transports them to sorting centers... then to local post office... then each is hand delivered to each subscriber's address. Digital magazine: Create magazine digitally. Send magazine electronically to subscriber.

I'm with you on digital. If it was up to me we'd have had a digital version long ago... if for no other reason than to get a lot more overseas subscribers. We have only a handful because an overseas subscription is so expensive. Digital would solve that immediately. The ironic thing is that the magazine is created in digital form.... that's how it exists until it's converted to paper form. So the reality is, we already have a digital version. It's just not sold that way, and I don't know why.

My take on it is that if you post your work on a public forum, it's fair game for the public to comment on it. Just remember, though, that there are certain people who literally can't handle the slightest critique or comment unless it's a pat on the back. Most people are fine with others making suggestions and such... but there's always that small bunch that cannot take any criticism of any kind, ever. But that's not on you... that's on them.

Do you know what a bagging machine costs???

Remember, it's not a wax. It's clear acrylic.

Highway Star... Woman From Tokyo... Burn... Kentucky Woman... Space Truckin'...

Shay... maybe a bit of detail on exactly how you got that very realistic look on the weathering?

Details, please...

Alexander Graham Bell and his best buddy, circa late 1800s: So Alex... you've invented this so-called "telephone" and you just called your assistant Watson in the next room? And you say that one day we will be able to use this "telephone" and actually talk to someone on the other side of the world? HA! Al. Dude. Seriously. It'll never happen! You're talking nonsense! Pie in the sky! Lay off the whiskey, my friend. This "telephone" of yours may be an interesting experiment... but surely it can't possibly develop into anything more.

Isn't he already about a hundred?

Believe me, as 3-D printers continue to advance in resolution capability and decrease in price, it will create a HUGE market for 3-D printable files of all sorts of things, including model cars. I have absolutely no doubt that one day very soon, owning a 3-D printer will be as common as owning a microwave oven, and there will be thousands of 3-D printable files available everywhere. It's inevitable. The technology exists. You can't put toothpaste back into the tube. It's like telling Edison, ok, big deal, so you've invented the light bulb. But it's not as if we'll ever be able to buy them everywhere and use them to light our homes! That's just crazy talk!

Holy krap, Tulio! Fantastic! Beautiful model in every way.The paint job is absolutely flawless!

Peter, as usual from you, a stellar effort. The radio antenna is a very nice touch.

I found this rather hilarious video today. Deep Purple doing their big hit "Hush" on the old "Playboy After Dark" TV show in 1968. Hef in his tux with his pipe, and the chicks milling around... it's so lame that it's funny. The sound mix is terrible... all you hear is the vocal and the drums, you can hardly hear the keyboards at all (which of course was the "trademark" of Deep Purple's sound, and a big part of "Hush"). Anyway... pretty funny... pretty lame... but a great song by a great band.

Sure is, license or not!

According to information I found, Dodge supplied the complete engine, transmission, axles, and chassis to Ford. That is pretty much a Dodge with "Ford" sheetmetal. Maybe my sources are wrong? From allpar.com: The Dodge family moved to Detroit, Michigan, in 1886. One of the sons, Horace, was a gifted mechanic. Another son, John, was a skilled financier. In 1887, Horace created a dirt-proof ball bearing at his home workbench. John procured financial backing for a company to manufacture the first Dodge vehicle, a bicycle featuring the ball bearing. The bicycle was manufactured under the Evans & Dodge name in Windsor, Ontario, where they moved in 1899. Windsor is just across the river and U.S.-Canada border from Detroit. The bicycle was manufactured in a building leased from their former employer, the Canadian Typothetac Company. Modest profits from this venture allowed them to open a machine shop in 1901. Ransom Eli Olds, father of the Oldsmobile, wanted the best machinists to manufacture his car parts so in 1902 he contracted with the Dodge Brothers to make transmissions for his curved-dash Oldsmobile. The Dodge Brothers had a small staff, but kept up with demand once production was under way and later expanded to meet higher demand. During the time that the Dodge Brothers were perfecting their machining skills and contracting with companies to make parts for them, Henry Ford was trying to develop a successful car and car company. After meeting Henry Ford, the Dodge Brothers were intrigued by his car and its engine. They were so impressed by Ford and his proposition that they risked their business future on a contract with him. Under the terms of the contract with Ford, Dodge would receive all of Ford’s assets if Ford went bankrupt, as he had before in other ventures. The reason this was included in the contract was because Ford needed money to launch his car, money that he didn’t have. The Dodges agreed to give Ford the $7,000 worth of automobile parts and $3,000 in cash that he needed in return for a ten-percent stake in Ford Motor Company. The brothers didn’t know this, but they would eventually make millions of dollars from that initial investment. Dodge manufactured every part of the Ford car except for the buckboard wooden seats and the rubber tires. Dr. E. Pfennig bought the first Ford for $850. At the time of the sale, Ford only had left $223.65 in his bank account, and was almost bankrupt. However, cash flow went only one direction after that first sale, and that direction was up. Dodge received $10,000 in stock dividends the first year. Ford stock would eventually pay out millions more to them, but for the time being the Dodge Brothers profited handsomely twice: once by selling Ford the parts he needed to manufacture his car, and again by owning stock in his prospering company. In 1914 Henry Ford finished his River Rouge manufacturing plant in Detroit. Its completion meant that he didn’t need Dodge to manufacture parts for his cars any more. Ford offered to lease the Dodges’ plant and run it himself, but the Dodge Brothers had other ideas. By excluding Dodge, Henry Ford would only make his competition even tougher. The Dodge Brothers knew all of the Model T’s weaknesses, so they set out to build their own car to compete with it. Dodge suggested several improvements to the Model T along the way, but Ford refused. The Dodge car, which they’d build in their own factory, would include all of these improvements. They would also use their profit from their dealings with Ford as well as dividends of the Ford stock they still owned to bankroll the new company . In 1913, Dodge announced they’d stop building Ford cars and would design, build, and sell their own car, and on July 15, 1914, the Dodge Brothers made their last Ford part. The Dodge Brothers name was synonymous with quality, and the announcement that they would build their car was as important and as great as the announcement of the Comstock Lode. The Michigan Manufacturer and Financial Record claimed in August 1914 that “the Dodge Brothers are the two best mechanics in Michigan,” and that, “to a great extent, the splendid work of the Dodge Brothers [and] their quality production, has been the silent compelling factor behind the record-breaking sales of Ford.” Ford was not happy that the dividends he paid to Dodge were being used to bankroll his competition. In 1916 he announced that he would stop paying dividends to all shareholders. This hurt Henry Ford the most because he owned 51% of the stock in his company, but it hurt Dodge nonetheless because Dodge counted on the money to finance their company. The Dodge Brothers sued and got an appropriate $19 million in back dividends. In a scheme to buy his stock back and avoid paying future dividends to the Dodges, Ford announced in December 1918 that he was retiring from Ford and turning over control to his son, Edsel. He then left for an extended vacation. On March 5, 1919, the Los Angeles Examiner broke a story that Ford was organizing another company to build a cheaper, mass-produced car on a great scale that would sell for $250. If this was true, it would put the Dodge brothers out of business. Soon after, “the Dodge Brothers and other minority shareholders found themselves mysteriously approached in the following weeks by would-be Ford share purchasers,” Robert Lacey wrote. The Dodges saw through Ford’s plan, but decided to sell their stock anyway. Bidding on each of the 2,000 shares the Dodges owned started at $7,500. Dodge persisted and received $12,500 per share. As they suspected, Ford’s announcement of a new company was false after all. The Dodges received $25 million from the sale of their Ford stock and about $10 million from dividends Ford paid them from 1903 to 1909. This all came from their initial investment of $10,000 in parts and cash.

I love it! The high today was 70. Perfect!

I haven't heard that, but I do think that Dodge supplied Ford with engines and chassis early on, and even owned a piece of the Ford company. Early Fords were actually Dodges in disguise!

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Very nicely done!