{"id":2422,"date":"2022-06-08T23:35:54","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T21:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.busclassic.org\/?p=2422"},"modified":"2025-06-18T20:13:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T18:13:13","slug":"graham-brothers-dodge-db","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.busclassic.org\/oc\/veiculs\/graham-brothers-dodge-db\/","title":{"rendered":"04. Graham Brothers Dodge DB"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Donades de refer\u00e9ncia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Xass\u00eds<\/strong>: Graham Brothers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Motor<\/strong>: Dodge DB Victory Six de 58 CV<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Carrosseria<\/strong>: Sol\u00e0 (Sabadell)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Posada en servici<\/strong>: 1928<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Calca<\/strong>: non n'a<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Places<\/strong>: 18 + conductor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Matricula<\/strong>: B-33628<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ressenha istorica<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Graham Brothers\/Dodge: un h\u00edbrid entre cami\u00f3 i autob\u00fas amb una vida singular<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Durant cinc anys, <strong>Graham Brothers<\/strong> va produir <strong>camions per a Dodge Brothers<\/strong>, fins que aquesta darrera va acabar <strong>absorbint la companyia<\/strong>. Per aquest motiu, el vehicle que es presenta <strong>podia sortir de f\u00e0brica sota una marca o l\u2019altra<\/strong>, tot i compartir estructura i caracter\u00edstiques. El <strong>xass\u00eds estava destinat a cami\u00f3 petit amb caixa incorporada<\/strong>, i en aquest cas va ser <strong>carrossat als tallers del carrosser Sol\u00e0<\/strong>, que a m\u00e9s era <strong>accionista de la companyia d\u2019Autobusos La Transversal de Sabadell<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amb la <strong>venda de l\u2019empresa<\/strong>, el vehicle va passar a <strong>mans de Jaume Dom\u00e8nech Bros<\/strong>, tamb\u00e9 conegut com <strong>l\u2019Esportiva Sabadellenca<\/strong>. Al llarg de la seva vida activa, el vehicle va <strong>alternar serveis d\u2019autob\u00fas urb\u00e0 i d\u2019autocar<\/strong>, gr\u00e0cies a una <strong>bancada de seients desmuntable<\/strong> que es podia <strong>col\u00b7locar sobre la plataforma<\/strong> i a una <strong>porta posterior tamb\u00e9 desmuntable<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Durant la <strong>Guerra Civil<\/strong>, el vehicle va ser <strong>municipalitzat i mobilitzat<\/strong>, i <strong>disposava de salvoconducte per viatjar fins a la frontera<\/strong>, fet que indica la seva rellev\u00e0ncia operativa en un context tan complex. Acabada la guerra, va poder ser <strong>recuperat i torn\u00e0 al servei urb\u00e0<\/strong>, canviant de mans cada cop que ho feia la <strong>concessi\u00f3 de la l\u00ednia Transversal<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>L\u2019any <strong>1950<\/strong>, la l\u00ednia pass\u00e0 a <strong>Miquel Mart\u00ed Adell<\/strong>, que era en aquell moment el <strong>concessionari \u00fanic del transport urb\u00e0 de Sabadell<\/strong>. La <strong>inadaptaci\u00f3 del vehicle a les noves condicions del servei<\/strong> va provocar que fos apartat&#8230; i aix\u00f2, paradoxalment, <strong>en va salvar la superviv\u00e8ncia<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>La seva <strong>restauraci\u00f3 ha estat un proc\u00e9s llarg<\/strong>, que ha <strong>ocupat els darrers deu anys<\/strong>, amb treballs <strong>repartits entre els tallers propis del Grup Sarbus, tallers externs i l\u2019associaci\u00f3 ARCA<\/strong>, dedicada a la <strong>preservaci\u00f3 i conservaci\u00f3 d\u2019autobusos hist\u00f2rics<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fotografies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.busclassic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/05-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"Graham Brothers\" class=\"wp-image-3572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.busclassic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/05-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.busclassic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/05-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.busclassic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/05-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.busclassic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/05-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.busclassic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/05-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.busclassic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/05-920x613.jpeg 920w, https:\/\/www.busclassic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/05-230x153.jpeg 230w, https:\/\/www.busclassic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/05-350x233.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/www.busclassic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/05-480x320.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/www.busclassic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/05-272x182.jpeg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El Graham Brothers Dodge DB de 1928, mig autob\u00fas mig cami\u00f3, va servir a Sabadell durant d\u00e8cades. Restaurat per ARCA i Sarbus, \u00e9s avui un testimoni \u00fanic del transport urb\u00e0 i de guerra.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3572,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[95,96,51],"class_list":["post-2422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vehicles","tag-graham","tag-sabadell","tag-sarbus"],"mb":[],"mfb_rest_fields":["title"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.busclassic.org\/oc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.busclassic.org\/oc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.busclassic.org\/oc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.busclassic.org\/oc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.busclassic.org\/oc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2422"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.busclassic.org\/oc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5443,"href":"https:\/\/www.busclassic.org\/oc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2422\/revisions\/5443"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.busclassic.org\/oc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.busclassic.org\/oc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.busclassic.org\/oc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.busclassic.org\/oc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}