Dodgenz
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Yes, it's a difficult one - the Topolino doors open the other way....and I've been looking though various shapes and years and can't quite work it out. It sort of has a '36 style to it, but the doors are more square than most 36 stuff, although UK stuff is a little more upright at the front...but the roof is higher - i'll keep looking!
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This has been for sale on and off for a couple of years or so...so I apologise if it's been posted before. Not really my cup of tea, but an interesting combination of vehicles! Anyone able to work out what the rest of the car is?- or what the original actually was, given that he has posted the number now (I don't remember seeing it before).
Kiwis are pretty good at keeping things going one way or another, so chopping things up and welding things up is not uncommon- you've gotta admire it for that even if it is a bit mutated! The best bit has to be the carpet on the doors I feel.
http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/specialist-cars/other/auction-637099449.htm
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I've seen quite a few things for sale from this seller, the prices usually are fairly gold plated - which makes it hard for any of us in NZ to afford them.
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Thanks Keiser. I don't have anything that goes that big so will make one - have a friend with a plasma cutter and a steady hand, so will try him.
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Hi Jason, Yes this is a metal storage trunk. If you can post a picture or two that would be great. I have a rack, which is probably not a genuine one, but I'd still be interested in getting this trunk if it's correct. This is the nut or cap...
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Just a quick one re the hub nut - I need to make up a spanner to remove the hub nut on my DA, does anyone know what size this should be as I don't have a vernier to hand? The other query is tricky one, someone has a storage trunk for sale (that goes on the luggage rack at the back) and I was trying to check out if it was the right one for a 28-29 car....BUT of course doing a google search on 'Dodge trunk' only brings me up info on the "boot" of the vehicle!! So, my friends over the ditch, what should I call this item? And does anyone have any pictures of a Dodge storage 'trunk'?
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Looks great - I have small children, so should be able to steal some playdough and will rob some lead from a local church roof ;)and we're in business! I was going to ask what muriatic acid was, but my friendly google tells me it is hydrochloric acid which is easy enough to get from a builders store. Thanks very much for the info and pics!
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I'd be keen to see some photos of your process, as I too have a pretty leaky radiator. I'm not quite sure how this is done, I assume you are blocking the front of the rad up, then laying it face down you pour the lead in the back - do you just pour it into one or two honeycomb tubes (ie the damaged ones) or it is a more general pour? I'm just wondering how much of the airflow you end up having to block?
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I have used Andy Bernbaum Auto Parts in the USA. Home | Andy Bernbaum Auto Parts for Chrysler's cars from 30's to 70's - but not sure if it is easy to send things to Russia. I imagine it is easier these days. Good luck with your car!
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Yes, no one has ever mentioned them before that I've spoken to either. So much for being "factory fitted" then!
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You're a good man! Thanks for those. Would be nice to get an overdrive...do they come up now and again?
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Thanks very much - will have a look.
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Wondered if I'd missed something! Will have a look, thanks Jason.
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Fantastic photos! I missed this when it first came up. Somewhere I have a workshop manual with some good pictures and comments - will see what I can find.
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Does anyone have anymore information on this? (More from the UK site, but a US car). What makes it different to a DA and capable of 100mph! Sounds impressive, but would probably be rather scary I feel. Dodge Fast Six sedan--favored by US Police For Sale (1929) on Car And Classic UK [C353256]
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Huh. Gone already. Did anyone manage to copy the pictures of this - I'd like see them if it possible to post them.
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An wonderful discovery! I have to join the others in saying I hope you keep it as is. Clean it, preserve it, repair if necessary, but try not to replace where you can avoid it. To me half the fun in having these machines is to feel the driving experience as it would have been when they built. Yes it may be a bit slow and possibly uncomfortable, but most of us are not driving them as every day cars - they are our little time machines to transport us back to when life was a little simpler (although not necessarily easier!).
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Hi Jean,
Just a quick follow up to Jason's comment on locks - I had the original locks on one of my Dodges opened by a locksmith and he made new keys for them very quickly and cheaply, a lot cheaper than new locks and of course I got to keep the original ones.
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Hi Taylormade,
I can't offer you any parts or proabably any advice, but I AM looking forward to your spiritually upliftling restoration thread! (My Mum was shot at by the Luftwaffe on her way home from school once - don't think it was snowing though...)
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Tristan, I started on a Daimler when I was in my teens, thinking I wouldn't be able to get insurance to drive it due to my age... I got it on the road last year and it's just about done. That was nearly thirty years ago. I tend to agree with others, if you can drive it, keep it going and find out as much info as you can. If you can repair it a bit at a time and put the bits back on it will keep the car whole and also your enthusiasm. A shed load of bits is very daunting. Obviously this is not always practical, so label and take heaps of photos (good ol' digital cameras!)...and think how long your label or marking might last. (I did mine with pieces of paper and sellotape- didn't really do the job!). Don't trust your memory - things may come along and mean you have to put a stop on things for a while..it could be some time before you get back to it! I now have little books I keep in cars just so i know when I last ran them (all very anal I know!) - but i can write down issues etc. and at least I know where I was when I next go back there. Good luck - you'll be right mate!
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Yes they do - more than once for most people if the statistics are to be believed, so business could well boom for you Ray!
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Hi Jean,
Yes, your car looks great. I'd agree with Richard. I think most RHD drive cars came from Australia where they were assembled from what I think was called CKD (completely knocked down) kits sent from the USA. I think a few were assembled in NZ also. I assume you don't have much history on your car?
The Australian contingent may be able to give more idea as to how many were built there...anyone??
Cheers Andrew
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Hi Richard,
I've an Aussie assembled '36 D2 in storage in the UK. It's been off the road for a few years, but runs ok although suffers from the regular Dodge seized brake cylinders, which I try to loosen off every time I get back to run it (which obviously isn't often enough!). I've only got the one
photo at the moment which I've posted before. I'm not sure how many others are around in the UK, I saw a coupe for sale a few years ago which was very tidy. -
I think you might be right about the export thing - my white one has the same wheels on it, including the spare. Also if I'd thought about it a bit more I could could have answered the hubcap question myself as the locking one on the spare has the raised lugs (assuming it's correct, but I imagine it is), but it didn't come with any other caps.
There is a bloke in NZ here I know who makes reproduction hubcaps, I can try to find out if he does the truck ones.
'29 Dodge and Plymouth radiator the same??
in Dodge & Dodge Brothers
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Could anyone tell me if a the 1929 Plymouth has the same radiator (or at least the core) as a '29 Dodge? I can possibly get a Plymouth one, but need it to fit properly, but could swap the top and bottom tanks if they are different.
Thanks.