Dodgy6
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That is GORGEOUS! I want it.
Isn't it just!!! See original post Keiser - I found another pic of the bed.
How much do you want it? Sold for AU$24 500.
I'd like mine to grow up that purdy one day.
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A pic showing an "original" tailgate.
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I can't remember what year this one is.
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1927 - I don't really like this resto
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1926 "feral"
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Another 1925
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1925 DB Buckboard
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1924 Buckboard - originally a tourer. This one was found and a dry creekbed and considered unrestorable. The Buckboard conversion was done at the time of restoration so I guess the rear of the tourer was beyond saving.
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1922 DB Buckboard
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I found these pics in an old Auction PDF flyer. Wish I could have been there! The vehicle is described as "1929 Dodge Brothers tow utility, 3 speed crane."
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This one is a 1929 Chrysler but I put it in because I think it is beautiful:
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I just thought I'd share What pics I've come across so far while researching my vehicle. I'm nor sure if they come under the tilte of trucks or cars seeing as they are converted from cars, but they have beds or trays on the back so I thought I might post them up in here.
Wiki - "A buckboard is a four-wheeled wagon of simple construction meant to be drawn by a horse or other large animal.<SUP id=cite_ref-0 class=reference>"</SUP>
The term "buckboard" is used for these vehicles in Australia, (I'm not sure about the states), and pre-dates factory built utilities or "utes" as they are known coloquially. It goes back to horse drawn vehicle days and I know with my original bed the construction used definately smacks of carriage design. It was cross-over technology I suppose.
The work done on my 1929 vehicle, despite its poor current state, seems very professionally done. I've seen other very similar examples and the hardware that they have utilised, so I am summising that by this time in Australia, there may have been companies that specialised in the customisation of vehicles.
This first pic is the vehicle use by Outback pioneering Presbyterian minister John Flynn who also set up the Flying Doctor service in Australia.
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Satellite navigation - ideal if you don't know how to read a map!
I much prefer the "poor man's" sat nav - a good old map. Besides, I hate being told what to do!
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... so you are prob. safe to paint it as you feel it was painted when the body was made.
...and what if I feel it was originally painted with flames up the sides and an indecent woman wrapped in a large snake on the hood?
Fenders were always black enamel.I will go with black but I have seen other colours used. Are they non original paint schemes or are there exceptions do you know?
If you like blue and would like me to see what was offered in a Blue ( if anything ) than I can do soI would like to stay true to what she has on her now. I am still not totally sure whether it is a blue, or a green, or both used. When I remove the cowl, I'll get it in the sunlight and will know better. Family staying for the weekend so no work done on the old girl for a few days. I'll check back with you on this.
Thanks. Ross.
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Quote 1930:
"And Id be more than happy to help with that, the dash would have been the body color, no two tone ( on the dash panel itself ) as this picture suggests on an original Detroit built DA.
I do not recognize this picture, I do not know where you found it but would be interested in seeing more of the car.
We would however need your serial number of the car, if we had that than you could contact Chrysler Historical for your build card and on that card will be you paint code which I can interpret for you.
If no serial number is available and no build card than we can do our best to find a color that would best suit what you would like to see on your DA from an original DA colorlist if that is the route you would like to pursue.
See the post Chrysler Historical for another example of a build card, these are what your DA would have been originally documented with"<!-- google_ad_section_end -->
I found where that interior pic is from. A thread about interior finishes: http://forums.aaca.org/f143/dodge-da-293952.html
My serial number is still elusive....If there was a way to match my engine number with a frame number.... Engine number is the only number I have at this point.
Unless my build card, (which I hope to obtain someday), says otherwise, I restore my colour to what flecks are left on the body now - the mid blue colour. So that is definatley the route I would like to pursue. The green on the dash may need further investigation in better natural light, but at this point I'm thinking it is original or original enough to warrant keeping.
If you, (or anyone) have original colour info for DA's that would be a great help. I'd be interested to know about fender colouring as a rule too.
Thanks.
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Jason I would be very interested in original DA colours.
The remaining oxidised paint on the cowl and a few other spots, of which there is precious little, rubs back to a mid blue colour, (I'm no artist). There appears to be a different mid to dark green colour used on the dash. Would it be normal to have a different dash colour?
I found this pic, (can't remember where, or whose car this is, but it is on this forum I think). My colour scheme may be very similar if not identical.<!-- google_ad_section_end -->
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You have a fun vehicle to work with, very little rules to follow since the rules were already broken long ago and to change that now would be just as bad as rodding it in my opinion
Yes exactly. The real "value" in my vehicle lies in the story it tells. Not how it rolled out of the factory as a tourer, but how it spent most of its life as a working vehicle.
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This e-bay car is a parts car now at best, chances are no-one is going to take on this big of a job. Take years to put this thing back together and then some.
I don't want a parts car because a parts car would be better than my car. It would get very confusing as to which one to restore....:confused:
But yes, the seller of this car is clearly missing a chromisome....:mad:
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29 was a steel line, no hiding it behind copper plating
Oh well, steel it will be then.
Is it 5/16" OD?
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Great story and lucky for you all close to home!
Now play the lottery while on this lucky streak!
Hmmmmm......the jackpot is $50 million this week too....
Close to home, yes. I live in a rural area and the biggest city around here is 3 hours away. Until today I thought it was just me and my DA v's the world. (apart from the internet of course, bless its cotton sock's
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Today I had 3 chance encounters.
First, my missus rings me up when I'm at work, (she was at mothers group), and says that one of her friends hubby is going to the local Historical Vehicle Club meeting tonight. I didn't even know there was one. I'm like "bingo!", I'll have some of that action thank you very much! Turns out "hubby" is a Chrysler man though and through and owns a 1965 Dodge ute. So I organised to go along to the meeting.
Second, I'm driving back to work after lunch and just around the corner from me I spot a yellow vintage coupe sitting in the drive of a house. So I popped in and stuck my head around the shed door and was blown away. There was 1/2 a dozen vintage vehicle in various states of restoration inside! Met the owner, and he's a really nice old guy, retired, (mostly), who has restored hundreds of vehicles in his time. A great source of info right on my doorstep and also a member of the Historic Vehicle Club. I'll have some of that action too thank you!
Third, I went along to the meeting armed with a pic of my rusty old truck and the bloke sitting next to me says, "I reckon I know where there is an engine and gearbox for that". I'll definately be having some of that action!
A great day.
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Dodgey,
Here are some pic's of T.J.Richards we are considering selling.
If Only I had the cash....
I don't really even have the cash to get stuck into mine at the moment. So far the cost has been a lot of internet bandwidth and one can of WD40!!!! (The vehicle came "free" with the property.)
Great pics though. Closest thing I've seen to my truck. I now know what the extra holes in the fuel tank cover are for and I'm glad to see you have the same cowl vent as me. I'm really struggling to visualise how the wooden body frame fits together. Any pics you could provide of the interior would be gold to me. Especially where the seat meets the "B" Pillar. Speaking of "B" pillars I notice yours is wide like mine and not narrow like all the other 4 door DA pics I've seen so far. I have another thread going where I am trying to address this fact but no love back yet so far.
Thanks again, Ross.
P.S. IOU works just fine for me.....
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I have not heared of the Hustler but I am very familiar with the Humber Super Snipe - lovely car. A bit off topic but you may remember The Hillman Hunter - it won the London to Sydney Marathon.
Ray.
I do remember. IIRC a kid I went to schoolwith's mother had one. Body styling....maybe not the prettiest car ever made!
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You have prob. noticed your cowl isnt quite the same as Budd Bodied DA either, looks to me like your B-pillars and rear cab are just another mod. that someone has made to make something else work.
Look at some of the posts on Aust. history and you will see the kind of stuff you guys were doing over there to convert these cars into what you refer to as a ute.
Yup, but that someone has to have been bloody good! This is no backyard "cut and shut" job. It might be hard to see from the pics and the current condition of the truck but there is some good craftsmanship going on here. I have seen other very similar styles of TJ Richards bodied "utes" using the same "MO" so it makes me wonder.
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The Ultimate Thread about "Buckboards"
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Here's mine as she sat in the paddock. 1929 DA now safely tucked in my shed and in need of resurection not restoration!