General Information

Serial #

18216

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Unknown

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

494.0 cm

Width

166.0 cm

Height

161.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

720.0

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Motorized Ground Transportation

Category

Automotive vehicles

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Gray Dort

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Chatham

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Gray-Dort Motors Ltd. was founded in 1915 following an agreement between the Dort Motor Car Co. of Flint, Michigan and the William Gray-Sons-Campbell, Limited firm, from Chatham, Ontario, at the request of the Canadian company. Both were originating from the carriage industry and were important manufacturers in their respective countries. The Gray Carriage company was first a blacksmith shop founded in 1853 by William Gray which eventually became a carriage manufacturer. In the early days of the automobile in Canada, Gray Carriage used to do bodies for other car manufacturers in Canada like Ford of Canada of Walkerville, Still Motor Car Co. of Toronto, and Chatham Motor Car Co. The Gray-Dort car was popular in Canada, even more so than the Dort car in USA. It was particularly popular in Canada West. The company closed in 1925 shortly after the American Dort firm closed its doors. Despite the fact that by 1923, 60% of Gray-Dort cars were made in Canada, the firm could not survive to the lost of its American partner mainly because of fears they could not do it. The car bodies, the rear springs, rear axles, bent wood products, lamps, transmission, radiator, all those were made in Canada.

Function

Owner driven passenger vehicle for general transportation.

Technical

Changes in 1921 for Gray-Dort cars was in terms of styling. The angular Rolls-Royce style front replaced the traditional Gray-Dort rounded radiator shell. Gray-Dort cars were known for their reliability, economy and ease of repair, fast starting in winter

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

N/A

Missing

From CA of 02/07/2000 by Kevin Machan: Undetermined - Unknown.

Finish

Unknown

Decoration

N/A