Fargo

== Fargo ==

fargo was formed in 1913 as the Fargo Motor Car Company. they produced a line of trucks from 1913 till 1922

In 1928 Chrysler created the Fargo Motor Corporation to build and sell commercial trucks.

Fargo began producing two full lines of commercial vehicles. The lighter vehicle, called the "Packet," was based on the Plymouth Model Q. The larger "Clipper" came on the Chrysler 65 chassis. Both used a mixture of Plymouth, DeSoto, and Chrysler parts. In 1930, the Plymouth four cylinder engine of the Packet was replaced by the DeSoto six, and a one-tone "Freighter" line was also introduced. They used parts from a variety of Chrysler Corporation vehicles, such as a Plymouth four cylinder engine and, later, a DeSoto six. Eventually, Fargo had a wide range of vehicles, including dump trucks.

With the purchase of Dodge, Chrysler not only grew several times its size, but it now had three truck lines: Fargo, Dodge Brothers (light trucks), and Graham Brothers Trucks, medium and heavy duty lines exclusively built and marketed by Dodge Brothers since 1921.

The Grahm Brothers resigned their positions in the Dodge company before it was sold, and were preparing to build their own cars. so dropping there line of trucks would have been a given. they rebadged the Graham brothers line as Dodge brothers trucks. and sold them as well as the smaller fargo line.

they stoped fargo's in the U.S.A. in 1930. however many Dodge trucks sold internationally where labeled as Fargo trucks. From 1933 to 1935, 3,500 1.5-ton Fargo trucks were made in Detroit for export. All Fargo's sold in Canada where made in Canada.

Fargo and DeSoto trucks continued to be produced in many parts of the world at least through 1978. The Fargo "E" VIN code disappeared in 1987 to make way for the new Eagle brand; but Fargo and DeSoto trucks are still made, in Turkey, with no apparent relationship to Chrysler or Dodge trucks.