Just noticed an odd exception to an often stated trivium. I’ve written it many times, and others including Chrysler itself have said it.
Chrysler products have always had hydraulic brakes.
There were some exceptions in the first few years. Walter Chrysler started his company in ’24 by taking over Maxwell and Chalmers. In ’24 and ’25 he produced only one model under his own name, a big six originally designed for Willys. This new car had four-wheel hydraulics. The company continued making and selling unchanged Maxwells with two-wheel mechanical brakes. In ’26 he rebranded the Maxwell as a junior Chrysler, which still had the Maxwell’s two-wheel mechanical brakes. Then in ’28 the Maxwell was gone, replaced by the newly designed Plymouth and DeSoto with hydraulics. Also in ’28 he took over Dodge and briefly sold unchanged Dodges with mechanical brakes. By ’29 it appears that all four brands had hydraulics.
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