[1925 Dodge Brothers Touring--found.]

Mike, That is good to know about the Ilco #997DB blank. That may help me soon since I really need to get this key copied,in case I lose it!---Pete.

[1934 Dodge DR Model 4-door]

Hey cadaber, I'm sorry I'm not a big help here, but I do remember many years ago, I had the displeasure of taking those metal covers off a '37 Plymouth. It was a frustrating, knuckle-busting job, I heaved them out when I finally got them off in pieces.I felt that they would be unnecessary to go back on, since I was not worried about getting some road dust on the springs in the limited driving I would do. If you feel you need leaf spring covers, maybe the leather ones they sell these days, if you can't save your old ones. ---Pete.

[1925 Dodge Brothers Touring--found.]

I wonder how many different keys went to the transmissions back then. I suppose there were as many as there were "door" keys for closed cars?

[1925 Dodge Brothers Touring--found.]

Hi Brian, This is a working key for the Dodge Brothers 1925 transmission lock. When key is inserted into lock cylinder, it will turn it counter clockwise from the 2 o'clock position, back towards the 10 o'clock position, having made sure the shifter is in neutral. 10 o'clock position being in the "locked" mode. The key also has the word "security" engraved on it. I couldn't imagine locking the transmission and then losing the key. I highly doubt ONSTAR would help.---Pete.

[1925 Dodge Brothers Touring--found.]

Forgot to mention, those "big wind wings" are definitely aftermarket doo-doo. They are made of clear PLASTIC! They will have to go, but not right away. I have driven open cars before and let me say, you've got to hold onto your hat in cars without any "wings", but in the hot summer, with this split windshield opened all the way up, what difference does it really make?? Just hope a big 'ole June bug doesn't find it's way into this driver's face.

[1925 Dodge Brothers Touring--found.]

Hello all! Thanks for the encouraging words, Yes, I plan to "conserve" what I've got here. I'm keeping it as original as possible. A lot of good old fashioned elbow grease to clean bright work and paint. I won't try starting her up 'till I drop the pan to eyeball the bottom end first. I'm sure the pan needs a cleaning out anyway. I've gone from ZERO compression to decent compression on engine in two days by using Marvel Oil. Had a few stuck valves and probably the rings too. The original crank was under the front seat, thank God. I also plan to pull radiator, back flush block and rad. core, since I'm finding TONS of mice droppings and half chewed acorns EVERYWHERE. I hooked up my trickle charger yesterday to the battery cables---got to remember this baby is 12 volts, pos. ground. ALL the lights worked, including the stop lamp and high and low beam headlights! Even the "Northeast" horn worked and sounded great. A real strong AHHOOOGA. I've been looking at the transmission lock cylinder for a week now, thinking-where am I ever going to find a "Yale" key for this?? Well, just tonight, I was removing the rear view mirror since the glass is cracked and when I flipped it over, low and behold! there was the key, stuffed in the back of the mirror bracket! It looked like it was put there in 1944 by the dust and tarnish on it. Now if I can only find the man's lucky twenty dollar gold piece...Hmmm.

[1925 Dodge Brothers Touring--found.]

Hello all! My name is Pete K., I just found your Dodge forum a few days ago. It seems like a GREAT place to be. Here's the story--- Last week, I just happened to be scouring my local "for sale" ad's and surprisingly, saw that a man was selling "An old Dodge", only 4 miles away. I just had to call and go check it out. As I approached the man's garages, I couldn't believe all the old car parts, everywhere! In the center of garage was a 1925 Dodge Touring car, which I couldn't tell if it was all original or a very old restoration. It hadn't been run in ages. Covered with dirt and dust--I was in Heaven! It looked as if one could pop in a battery and drive it out, if you could see through the dirt on the windshield. Well, before long, He gave me "the price" of his father's Dodge--I almost fell over. I'm thinking, "that's only ONE year's worth of property tax here in town". How could I not blurt out--SOLD! He smiled and said he really liked me since I was the only guy to show up that didn't "low-ball" his price. Then went on to say that all the parts go with the car. I had NO idea he meant ALL the parts! There is about 10 tons of car parts, Many Dodge Brothers,"22-'26?, '31 & '32 Pontiac, Studebaker, some Model A Ford... Since then, I've made 9 trips with my pick up to his property and MANY more to come. There is everything from body parts to engines, rear ends, front ends, big disc wheels, round gas tanks, Clum ignitions, steering boxes, axles, drums, radiators, steering wheels---well, everything. I had no idea my afternoon would turn up all of this. I'm so proud of my "new" Dodge. I plan to keep it as original as possible. I have a lot of questions for all you guys!!! Your kind help is very much appreciated. To top it off, my wife though I was going downtown to get a new lawnmower spark plug. BOY- was she surprised.

[1926 Wiper Motor Info Needed!]

Hello Bill, I just measured the distance between the threaded holes on the "ears". It is exactly 4- 3/4"! (I measured it three times). I wish I knew what was really on the Dodge in '25. If you notice, there is a drilled hole in my windshield frame just to the left of the mounting screw as seen from the outside picture I posted above. I suspect maybe a longer, cylindrical type motor? there is a hose going down post, through firewall and to a fitting on my vacuum tank. I have MUCH to learn about the Dodge car. I'll post some "barn find" info later. Bill, there is no other stampings, or numbers on the body of the wiper motor. Only the large brass name tag.----Pete.

[1930 Buick tandem wiper pictures]

Dear sir, I hope I can help out a bit here, I owned a series 40, 4-door many years ago, and it had a very old, possibly an original tandem wiper on it. As my memory holds, it had a triangular little plate that screwed onto outer header, under visor on passenger side, of course, and that plate, about 1-1/4" at top, tapered down to a rounded point with a screw hole there at bottom, which was even with the bottom of the header panel, ( three screws total, in each corner of the plate), and it had a "stud" that was flush riveted near center of the plate that held the passenger side wiper arm. The stud looked like a cut-off end of a vac. wiper shaft, being about 3/4" long. The unit was linked from the wiper motor arm with a light-weight "U" channel arm made from thin sheet metal, about 20 inches long. this arm was about 1/4" wide and hooked up to the wiper arms with small cotter pins, utilizing the arm ends having a tab with the little hole for the pins. The whole idea is to have a very light-weight link bar, but strong. When you turned on wiper, it would push and pull the arm on passenger side. Clear as mud??? Call me at home if you want, (978)-777-7213. E.S.T.

[1930 Buick crossbar with Buick emblem]

This may not be of much help, but I seem to remember a man by the name of Don Sommer was reproducing those a long time ago out of brass, then plating them. They were NICE. He may have been involved with repro Packard items mostly, along with spot lights (C.M. Hall as I recall). If you can latch onto one of those, I think it would be a benefit, since the originals were pot-metal, NO guaranteeing a "whole one" will stay "whole" too long. Best of luck!---Pete.