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For sure join the Dodge Brothers Club. Post an ad and I am sure you will find a few things. And you can network with a few members who may have what you need. Maybe put together a list and post it on here as well

Kelly, are you looking for parts for a 1/2 ton KC or one ton KCL. And if it is a 35 KC is it a 1st series or second series. Your avatar looks to be a one ton 1st series. And I concur the DB Club members is a good source for parts and leads to parts.

Coincidentally I had a set of the same headlights on one of my 35 DB pickups. And I have seen them on one other DB truck as well. They have a park light and lens on the top outer rim. And that park light could serve as a signal light as well if one wanted to do so. If anyone knows what they are off and what year that would be interesting to know. They may have been after market back in the day as the larger stock lights and lenses were and are hard to find. great headlights for a hot rod with the park / signal light on the bucket.

One of my favourite Islands is Kauai "The Garden Island". A very verdant Island very lush and tropical with great beaches and super locals friendly and welcoming. Nice museum with a lots of interesting history of the Hawaiian Islands and the people and culture. And lots of choices through VRBO for places to stay throughout the Island ie; Lihue, Wailua and the best beach on the Island Waimea. A rental car is a must to see the island. A nice drive is to take Waimea Canyon Drive and get up on the mountain to Kōkeʻe State Park. And a cool little spot for lunch on the way to Waimea is Hanapepe and also any needed car repairs at Berts. Beautiful views and pristine volcanic terrain. Lots of short flights to tour the island and get a birds eye view. Of course there is nothing like the smell of the salt air and tropical flowers in the morning. And in the afternoon a little nitro and burning rubber. Check out Kauai Raceway Park which is an NHRA sanctioned track. Just a really great group of people and a lot of nice cars. They are very passionate about their park and the sport. An excellent eclectic tropical vacation Island with some serious car stuff to balance the day. Mahalo Nui Loa

I asked him if he had any room on the price and he offered it to me for $6,800.00 with $1,800.00 down. He also refused to reveal the location as I told him I want to have someone go ever and check it out. I wonder if anyone did step up and actually paid a deposit. We have his cell number and IP address. Which is probably a burner phone (which can be tracked) and the email address is probably from a "internet cafe".

Just checked Barn Finds out. Now the potential scam meter is at 100%. So here is the contact information for everyone to make a note of as I would imagine he has other listings. The guy representing the car is "Bobby" Tel: 458-281-8288 email taetae77154@gmail.com We should have a "confirmed" scam contact directory on AACA to refer to and cross reference these guys.

Buyer Beware Followed up on the ad. I got an email address, OR telephone number and a name. Had a brief conversation with the "nephew". Interesting voice on the other end that was the first red flag. My accepted offer was much lower than the price posted here. 99.9% sure it is a scam. You just never know though. I have done crazier deals that actually worked out buying vehicles sight unseen throughout the world. Sold lots of vehicles and got paid and shipped them to Auz, EU and USA with no issues. The only time I can say I got ripped off was a dealer out of Mesquite TX. Otherwise the car guy world is pretty honest. But you really have to do some sleuthing on cars that are offered below market. If an administrator wants the contact information and details message me. Standing by for the next too good to be true ad. Ha Ha

Hi Scott, thanks for this detailed information. That is a great library of information resource you have. I think we are narrowing the search to having some dates and time frames. I will review in detail. Brian

I have gone through all of my brochures, dealer books, owners manuals and brochure photos and here are dates relative to the 1st and 2nd series. 1st Series First owners manual and literature dated January 3, 1935. Interesting in cab photo there is a grab handle on the left hand pillar which I had not noticed previously. Also mentioned is a large notebook pocket on the RH side kick panel for note books etc. which is interesting. Schematics and measurements given for truck with drawing showing no doors. 2nd Series First owners manual and literature dated May 1935 that shows the KC with standard doors. It has the same diagram of the truck but schematic with measurements laid out a bit different from 1st series but provides a photo of the 2nd series. The next owners manual with more detail and mention of solid steel cab is dated August 1935. And they mention the glove box but not the RH side pouch or the grab handle. All of the brochures that I have acquired show the KC 2nd series commercial express with standard doors and solid roof. So if I could speculate I would say the 1st series ended before or at the end of May 1935. Everything else for literature going forward reads as the 2nd series. My truck is number 8,072,268 with sequential builds to 8,072,550 units ending October 1935. My build date was October 29, 1935. So this truck is a late build. It has several special options that I have not seen on another 1st or 2nd series ie: dual side mount spares, dual windshield wipers, chrome grill etc. Some options are not quite clear. This truck was a special order by the US Government direct from Detroit and possibly through a Detroit dealer to USG. I have tried to search historical government records and photos to see what I could find with some interesting photos of an agent which looks like a 34 DB. As Brad and others have said the information on production and build numbers of the 1st and 2nd series and specific dates is probably going to be a bit of a challenge to determine. The more i read these documents through the more interesting option items I see and other comments. If anyone does have the number info that would be great. I would even be happy to see someone give an opinion on possible production numbers of both the 1st and 2nd series. I think the dates above give some indication of timing. Narrowing the search....

I will see what I can come up with to add to the discussion.

Scott thanks for your detailed response and information. That is a good lead of what you have determined in stating "8048701, which I believe is the serial number break between the First and Second Series KC models in 1935" and "What is clear is that by the June 1935 date, the Second Series was being produced". I have done a soft reach out to the DBC and will maybe contact the store and see if I can get a reference to one of the "knowledge keepers". I will got through some old issues of the DB magazine and the roster and see what I can find as well. And for sure your knowledge and experience in this is remarkable. I think through a collaborative effort from anyone who has one of these truck or is knowledgeable or has literature etc. we may be able to get more insight to the start and finish dates of the 35 1st and 2nd series and other information. I may reach out to the Chrysler museum and see if they have any literature. One would think that there must be some advertising literature of dealer information / literature that would give some hint to production and change over in 1935. The doors and roof is somewhat of a radical change and one think at some point Dodge / Chrysler would have sent out something like " we are proud to announce the all new 2nd series for 1935" or something like that. I do have black and white very detailed sketch / design team sketch from the Chrysler library that actually shows the 1935 Second Series with the artist putting in writing under the sketch 2nd Series. So in my thinking this was an artists conception and drawing from the design department. I will try to chase that down a bit more. I also have several pieces of advertising brochures and original glove box manuals for the 35 2nd series which i will check the copyright on to see if there are any dates. I will keep everyone here up to speed with whatever I find that is "new and succinct". The search continues....

Thanks Nearchoclatetown I will follow up with Matt at the AACA library.

That Hathi Trust Library is an amazing resource of info. A person could go blind searching. Got some info on production. T137 gives me some info on potential production dates for 1st and 2nd series. Based on that I would say the 1st series was January to February (25,625 unites) and 2nd series February to October (23, 849 units) My SN is towards the last of production with about 290 left to build as production stopped in October end I would think. My truck was built on October 29, 1935 and had several special options on the build card. The search continues.

Also thanks Nearchoclateto for your suggestions.

30 Dodge thanks for providing this info. I will get into it and see what I can find.