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The Rapid Motor Vehicle Company was founded in 1902 in Pontiac, Michigan, by brothers Max (1874-1946) and Morris Grabowsky, whose earlier venture, Grabowsky Motor Company, had been founded in Detroit in 1900. [2] They went on to build one-ton trucks and were the beginning of GMC Truck division after they were acquired by General Motors in 1909. [3]
Roots to the GMC brand can be traced to 1900, when the "Grabowsky Motor Company" was established [2] by brothers Max (1874-1946) and Morris Grabowsky, [2] in Detroit, and renamed Rapid Motor Vehicle Company in 1902 when the brothers moved operations to Pontiac, Michigan.
Founded in 1900 as the Grabowsky Motor Company, renamed the Rapid Motor Vehicle Company in 1902. Rapid was acquired in 1909 by General Motors, which merged it with the Reliance Motor Car Company in 1911 to form the General Motors Truck Company (GMTC). In 1912 the two brands were replaced with the GMC brand. Stellantis: Chrysler
By TIM SPELL Cars & Trucks When mechanics Max and Morris Grabowsky sold their first truck in 1902, Henry Ford had yet to impact automotive history and the gas-powered truck's chief competitor was a wagon hitched to a mule team. The Grabowsky Motor Vehicle Co. sold its initial "Rapid" model to the American Garment Cleaning Co. of Detroit -- the first "Motor City" business to operate a truck ...
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In 1902, the Rapid Motor Vehicle Company was founded by Max Grabowsky and Morris Grabowsky who built one-ton carrying capacity trucks in Pontiac, Michigan. In 1913, the Galion Allsteel Body Company , an early developer of the pickup and dump truck , built and installed hauling boxes on slightly modified Ford Model T chassis, [ 9 ] and from 1917 ...
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