Hupmobile & Graham
The Hupp Motor Co was founded in 1909 by brothers Robert and Louis Hupp. Hupmobiles XXX sold well and expanded their manufacturing capacity. By the late sales started on their downward decline. In.1934 they introduced the radical Loewy designed Aerodynamic By 1936 their finances were in poor shape. They sold off some of their manufacturing plants and suspended production for 1937 & 38. This left them with few dealers. In 1939 they entered into a joint venture with Graham-Paige.
Paige Automobile company was formed in 1906 They produced the Paige Automobile. From 1923 to 1926 they also produced the Less expensive companion car Jewett .
The Graham Manufacturing Co. began in 1919 by the three Graham Bros. as a supplier to the automobile industry. Later they started building trucks using Dodge engines They sold their truck business to Dodge in 1925. In 1927 they purchased Page Automobile Co. and sold automobiles as Graham-Paiges and as Grahams after 1930. The Depression also took its tool on Graham-Paige sales. And by 1939 they lacked the funds to re-tool.
Joint venture
Hupmobile acquired the body tolling for the Gordon Buehrig-designed Cord 810/812
Lacking adequate production facilities, Hupmobile worked out a deal with the ailing Graham-Paige Motor Co. to share the Cord dies. Hupmobile and Graham would both sell similar models, which would all be built at Graham-Paige's facilities. While each marque's product used its own power train, the Graham edition, called the Hollywood, otherwise differed from the Hupmobile Skylark in only a few minor details. Orders poured in, however, manufacturing difficulties caused months of delay before deliveries began, and most of the orders were canceled.. Automobile production was stopped in September 1940. Graham-Paige continued with military contracts.
Post war
Auto production resumed in 1946 with the 1947 Frazer for The Kaiser-Frazer Corp. There were plans to introduce a new Graham, but they never materialized. In 1947 Graham-Paige sold their automotive assets to Kaiser-Frazer Corp. Graham-Paige continued on in the real estate business and by 1962 controlled Madison Square Gardens.
Here are some 1/43 models
1937 Cord 812 sedan from American Excellence (NEO)
1937 Graham sedan from Brooklin
1939 Graham “Sharknose” coupe from Brooklin
1940 Graham Hollywood convertible. from Brooklin
1940 Hupmobile Skylark sedan from Brooklin
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