1901-1914: Brothers John and Horace Dodge, talented machinists and ambitious businessmen, rose from humble beginnings to become giants in the early American automobile industry. In 1901, after several years of building bicycles and piecework components for the budding auto industry, the brothers founded a machine shop in Detroit and began producing transmissions for the Olds Motor Works. Within a year, they agreed to build engines for Henry Ford, stopped building components for Olds, and accepted Ford's offer of 10 percent of his company's stock.
Success came quickly. The Dodges built all of the mechanical components for Ford's early cars, and their firm soon became the largest automotive parts company in the world. But they sparred with Ford over finances and ended the relationship in frustration after 12 tumultuous years.
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