Models
Model |
Configuration |
Years |
# Produced |
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Graham-Bradley 32 H.P. | 1938 |
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Model 104 | 1939-1941 |
The Graham-Bradley 32 HP tractor emerged in 1938. The Graham-Paige people were building cars at this time and used their own six-cylinder engine. Graham Paige offered the Model 104 in 1939, a standard tread version of the 32 HP model. Both tractors featured Delco-Remy electrical systems and Schebler carburetors. Graham-Bradley tractors had an exceptionally wide range of speeds from 2 to 20 MPH. As a special inducement, the Graham automobile was optionally available with a Graham-Bradley tractor franchise and vice versa. the 1941 Tractor Field book lists these models as being no longer in production. In 1945, ads appeared announcing a new line of Graham tractors that were to be produced in 1946. However, Graham-Paige became involved in the new Kaiser-Frazier Corp and tractor production was shelved for good in the rush to get the new Kaiser and Frazier automobiles onto the market.
Brothers Joseph B, Robert C., and Ray A. Graham bought out the failing Paige-Detroit Motor Car Company and founded the Graham-Paige Motors Corporation in 1927. Grappling with the effects of the Great Depression, Graham-Paige launched their first agricultural venture with the introduction of the Graham-Bradley tractor in 1937. 237 Graham-Bradley tractors were manufactured in 1937 with their first release in 1938. In 1940, the last general-purpose tractor was sold.
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