Engine and transmission suppliers to Ransom Eli Olds and then Henry Ford, the Dodge brothers - John and Horace - diversified into automobile manufacture in 1914.

Featuring a 35hp four-cylinder engine, welded all-steel body and 12-volt electrical system, the first Dodge was a robust, 'right-first-time' design that changed little, apart from a couple of extensions in wheelbase length, over the course of the succeeding ten years.

Dodge was second only to Ford in the USA in 1920, but in that year both brothers died and the firm went into decline, falling to 13th place in the US industry rankings by 1928 when it was acquired by Walter P Chrysler.

By that time Dodge was offering its first six-cylinder car, and the last examples of the 'Fastest Four in America' would be built for the 1927/28 model year.

These were the Series 128 and 129, the latter distinguishable by virtue of its four-wheel hydraulic brakes.

This rare, right-hand drive Dodge 'Fast Four' was exported to the UK in chassis...