--Six full magazines per year. Each issue includes Flea Market, "Q&A" (a question and answer department in which you can post specific questions or discuss problems you are having), several feature articles, letters to the editor, and general hobby or club news. Every few years the "Directory of Vendors" is updated and published in the magazine, listing suppliers and services recommended by members.
--Roster listing members by name and by year of vehicle owned. The latter is useful in contacting owners of cars like yours. Roster also lists members by location, useful when you travel. Roster is updated and sent to all current members free of charge every two or three years. New members get the latest roster upon joining (until the supply runs out).
--Technical advisors for your vehicle (with a few exceptions)
--Website
--Annual meet. A chance to meet with others and to see cars similar to yours. Share solutions and discuss problems you have.
--Help in locating parts: Flea Market ads in the magazine and on website, access to vendors specializing in DB/GB parts, access to individuals who are reproducing needed parts or offering specialized services.
--Club store with discounts for members
--Hershey Annual dinner, club Flea Market tent at Hershey
--Regions. While we only have a few, you can form one in your area with guidance from the club directors
--Archives. The club is building up a substantial collection of manuals, technical literature, and other information. We hope to begin offering these materials on CD-ROM sometime soon.

Our annual meet schedules include driving tours, each to an historic site or other interesting destination. Often we'll enjoy a meal there along with a tour of the site, and then drive back. Nothing's more impressive than to see a string of your most favorite vehicles winding its way through the countryside on a pleasant summer's day. You do not need to bring a car or truck to the meet. Those coming without old cars almost always find rides in someone else's car or truck. You also do not need to drive a car brought to the meet on the tours if you choose not to. All care is taken to ensure that the routes and associated traffic will accommodate the oldest of vehicles with ease. "Trouble trailers" are always available for those unlikely problem events. We pride our meets on being "family oriented." Children and other family members who may not care for a full week of automotive involvement always find much else of interest at our meets. Our tours take us to local attractions that are bound to be fun for the whole family. Most meet planners also include some alternative tours that are distinctly not auto related for those who need a diversion. These may be bus rides to nearby shopping malls, antique malls, and so forth. At most meets, one morning is devoted to "technical sessions" at which experts are recruited to present valuable restoration or maintenance information. The swap meet and "car show" near the end of the meet is open to the public. The meets end with a final banquet at which awards are presented. There's usually entertainment and fun for all at these banquets. Many members include the Dodge Brothers Club Annual Meet as a regular part of their summer vacation. Friendships are made across the continent and, in fact, across oceans, at our meets. These meets provide an inexpensive way to see new parts of the country, enjoy some family time together, while sharing in the old-car hobby as a family. Meet organizers strive to find unique and reasonably priced venues for these events. Prices are low because the Dodge Brothers Club does not rely on the annual meets to make money. Meet organizers usually provide for near-by camping and RV facilities for those who prefer this option. Plenty of safe parking is available at or near the meet site for car-haulers, trailers, tow vehicles, and modern cars. Antique vehicles are parked safely near the guest rooms. Most all venues have ADA handicap accessibility although those with special needs ought to contact the hotel facility to ensure all is satisfactory. A hospitality room, message board, and all the usual niceties are provided. Most meet accommodations are provided at a special club rate for the duration of the meet. Some may extend these rates for those wishing to come early or stay late to further enjoy the location. Attendees are required to make two separate arrangements. The meet registration fee is paid to the meet organizers. The accommodations are reserved directly with the facility or campsite. Meet locations alternate yearly to be east and west of the Mississippi river.

At the Fall 1996 Board of Directors meeting, the directors agreed that hot rodding was not acceptable. In subsequent magazine articles soliciting member opinions, it was further determined that a vehicle became a "hot rod," "street rod," or excessively modified when the costs to reverse the alterations would exceed the market value of the restored vehicle. Hot rodding is discouraged by the Dodge Brothers Club. Regarding modifications less than "hot rod," while the club encourages authentic restorations when ever practical, we realize that people's needs, budgets, and expectations are different. We encourage people to try to perform modifications so they can be reversed by the next owner of the vehicle. Save all the original parts and keep careful notes of the work done. Most modifications are to improve speed, performance, and handling of the vehicle. Before doing this, be sure you have exhausted all means of improving the original engine, driveline, and equipment. Carburetor and distributor rebuilding, tune up, and timing often will add horsepower to an old engine. So will engine rebuilding. Make sure you are using the correct carburetor and distributor and that the coil, switch, points, cap, rotor, plugs and wiring are in new condition. Replace shackle bolts, king pins, refurbish leaf springs, u-joints.

Unfortunately, John and Horace Dodge died before they publically told anyone how they arrived at this symbol. If any family members knew the reasons behind this, nothing was ever revealed or discovered. Apparently no one thought to ask them!
Among the possibilities:
1. These are two interlocking Greek letter "deltas" or "D s" for the two D odge brothers
2. A midieval symbol of mysticism and the joining of mind and body, also possibly the joining of two brothers, who were known to be personally very close, in this business venture.
3. An abstraction of the square and compass of the Freemasons.
4. Nothing more or less than a badge with six pointed star similar to those used for law-enforcement officer's badges, some outlined with triangles. Sheriff, Marshall, and police badges frequently were and are six pointed stars. The old-west Dodge City badge had six points. Horace Dodge was said to enjoy accompanying local law-enforcement officers on their runs.
5. There are other instances of a company 'logo" selected for no particular deep meaning other than that it suited the fancy of those who selected it. The Chevrolet "bowtie" is a classic example, as it was copied from the wall paper of a hotel room.
6. At the time the emblem was selected (most likely 1912-1914) it's likely that the Dodge brothers were unaware of its use in Judiasm. In fact, at this time, that symbol was not used universally in this context.
Rumors that are wrong include:
1. They chose the "Star of David" as a Jewish symbol to anger Henry Ford.
Fact: The brothers were actually friends with Ford at the time the time the emblem was selected. They were business partners with Ford and even were guests at Edsel Ford's wedding.
2. They chose the "Star of David" as a Jewish symbol to appease Jewish bankers who financed the business.
Fact: There were no outside investors.
3. The Dodge Brothers were Jewish
Fact: They were not.

Officially, Chrysler changed the name from "Dodge Brothers" to "Dodge" in 1930. In actuality "Dodge Brothers" still appeared for several more years, slowly fading from use and memory during the 1930s. By 1938 "Brothers" was pretty well gone from all mention, including most company stantionery. It does survive surprisingly late however, as we have found Detroit phone-book references to "Dodge Brothers" into the 1950s. The founders of the Dodge Brothers Club selected 1938 to be our cut off point for car inclusion because this seems to be a reasonable date to assign to the demise of the term. (Ref: Chrysler, The Life and Times of an Automotive Genius, p 387-388)

Walter P Chrysler bought Dodge Brothers at 5:00 p.m. on July 31,1928. It was purchased from Clarence Dillon of Dillon, Read, the investment bankers who pretty well drove the company into financial trouble, milking it for profits. Model production already in progress at this time included the Senior Six, 140/141 Standard Six, 130/131 Victory Six, and 128/129 (also called the Fast Four), and Graham Brothers trucks. At that time Chrysler also was just introducing the first-ever Plymouth, with DeSoto and Fargo trucks not far behind. Aside from immediately replacing all former Dodge management, Chrysler made very few changes in the existing vehicle line-up at Dodge Brothers for the rest of the calendar year. One change, as reported in some histories, almost immediately Chrysler stopped all further production of the Dodge Brothers four-cylinder cars--the end of that era--probably because these would compete directly with the new Plymouth fours. He also, at the end of 1928, terminated the use of the name "Graham Brothers" on all publicity for the truck line. All trucks became Dodge Brothers, although you can find reference to GB on ID plates for several years into the 1930s. (Ref: Chrysler, The Life and Times of an Automotive Genius, p 385, )