The "Dodge Brothers" TV commercial.

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The "Dodge Brothers" TV commercial.

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No doubt most of you have seen the cutsie Dodge brothers commercial in which the brothers race Dodges of many different vintages. The real truth, according to Wikipedia, is the brothers formed the Dodge Brothers Company in 1914 and
both brothers died unexpectedly in 1920. After their deaths the company was sold and re-sold several times and eventually wound up with the Chrysler Corp.
Only in Hollywood would the commercial have any semblance of reality. :)
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Re: The "Dodge Brothers" TV commercial.

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I think it's a great commercial as far as commercials go. I just wish they had given a nod to Dodges influence in the military and maybe showed a WC or an M37 heck I'd be happy with a M880 even.
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Re: The "Dodge Brothers" TV commercial.

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Re-reading my post, it shoud have said: Only in Hollywood the commercial would
have NO sense of reality.

K8icu... you're right. The fact that Dodge produced hundreds of thousands of vehicles for the
military is not included. But then this commercial was all about the brothers racing each other.
Something military vehicles are not known for.

That being said, I do enjoy watching the commercial over and over. Anything that touts the
DBC and its legacy is a plus.

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