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Gray-Dort Motors was a Canadian 
Image of some Gray-Dort automobiles
Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of Canada Cars of Canada Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1885 Defunct companies of Ontario History of manufacturing in Ontario 1923 disestablishments in Ontario 1900s cars 1910s cars 1920s cars Canadian companies established in 1855 {{Vintage-auto-stub
automobile
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manufacturing company in Chatham, Ontario, which operated from 1915 to 1925.
Formation
Gray-Dort Motors started as the carriage works of William Gray & Sons Company Ltd., founded in 1855 by William Gray. In the mid-1900s, William's father and president of the company, Robert Gray, began to build car bodies for the Ford factory in Walkerville, Ontario, until 1912. In 1915, Robert Gray obtained the Canadian rights to manufacture the Dort automobile from manufacturerJosiah Dallas Dort
Josiah Dallas Dort (February 27, 1861 – May 17, 1925) was an American engineer and automobile pioneer of the United States automobile industry. He was born in Inkster, Michigan on February 27, 1861. His father was a well-to-do country squire an ...
, in Flint, Michigan
Flint is the largest city and seat of Genesee County, Michigan, United States. Located along the Flint River, northwest of Detroit, it is a principal city within the region known as Mid Michigan. At the 2020 census, Flint had a population of 8 ...
. Later that year, Gray-Dort Motors Ltd. was formed. Gray-Dort produced two models in its first year of operation: the Model 4 roadster and the Model 5 touring car.
Throughout its lifetime, Gray-Dort manufactured around 26,000 automobiles. During this period, they also produced bodies for the locally built Chatham
Chatham may refer to:
Places and jurisdictions Canada
* Chatham Islands (British Columbia)
* Chatham Sound, British Columbia
* Chatham, New Brunswick, a former town, now a neighbourhood of Miramichi
* Chatham (electoral district), New Brunswic ...
automobiles. Three body styles were offered: the tourer, coupe and the sedan.
Dissolution
In 1923, after several years of successful but stressful business, Josiah Dallas Dort left the business. A few months later, Dort died during a golf session. As the company's easy access to U.S. mechanical parts abruptly came to a close, Gray-Dort Motors began to lose money. They scrambled to find another U.S.-based partner to no avail. The last few years of the business were spent liquidating assets.See also
*Dort Motor Car Company
The Dort Motor Car Company of Flint, Michigan, built automobiles from 1915 to 1924.
In 1886, William Crapo "Billy" Durant and Josiah Dallas ("Dallas") Dort, as equal partners, established the Flint Road-Cart Company, later named the Durant- ...
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Image of some Gray-Dort automobiles
Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of Canada Cars of Canada Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1885 Defunct companies of Ontario History of manufacturing in Ontario 1923 disestablishments in Ontario 1900s cars 1910s cars 1920s cars Canadian companies established in 1855 {{Vintage-auto-stub