Graham Brothers Truck Stake Body Vehicles

Category:

Truck Stake Body

Prototype Manufacturer:

Graham Brothers

Name:

1-1/2-ton

Prototype Year/Era:

1926

Manufacturer:

Hartoy

Product Type:

Die-cast

Finish:

painted & lettered

Notes:

Part of their "Winn-Dixie" series (#1 of 9). This was the first car of this Hartoy series. The model was actually manufactured by Lledo. The Table Supply stores were a chain of stores in southern Florida. In 1939 they become a majority shareholder of Winn & Lovett stores, and renamed the Table Supply stores to that same name in 1944. In 1955 they acquired the Dixie Home Stores, and renamed the company Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. The 1926 Graham Brothers truck was actually made and sold by the Dodge Brothers, as the Graham Brothers company was bought by the Dodge Brothers in 1925/26.