Word: chrysler
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Clarence Dillon and Walter Percy Chrysler were eating lunch at a Manhattan club, some four miles from Wall Street, May made fair weather outdoors. Mr. Dillon had just returned from one of his frequent idlings in Europe (this was three weeks ago) and looked almost robust...
Walter Percy Chrysler, sitting opposite Mr. Dillon at that mid-Manhattan luncheon, seemed a mighty smith. But when he spoke, his words were as precise, his phrases as concise as Mr. Dillon's suaver ones...
They talked about motor cars. Mr. Chrysler spoke of his four models-the four cylinder Chrysler "52" selling at $670 f. o. b. Detroit, and of his three sixes, the "62" in the $1,000 class, the "72" at $1.545 & up, the Imperial "80" at $3,000 and up. He mentioned the new six, to be called the "De Soto," to be made by a separate corporation; and to be sold for $900. He referred to Dodge Bros., which Mr. Dillon controls; to its "Standard Six" at $875, its "Victory Six" at $1,045 and its "Senior...
Postprandially the two men decided that Dodge Bros, and Chrysler Corp. might in some fashion consolidate to the benefit of their stockholders, employes, dealers, customers...