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3 hours ago, 30DodgePanel said:
Devils advocate here...
Is it a Touring or a Phaeton? Looking at The Dodge Story and comparing it to the cars on page 67, it looks like it's a Phaeton.
If it's a Phaeton then there can't be but 1,000 or less of them produced.
If that's the case, then why not just hunt for a original late 20s panel body or complete a Phaeton project with what you have? I think the group would still learn just as much while respecting the heritage and history you'll be salvaging. After all, isn't that what we are trying to save as being members of the "club"?
Awesome project, and I commend you guys for taking this on.
Good luck and enjoy!The other body is in a bit worse shape so it will probably be the one we sacrifice. Trying to find a panel body here would be very hard. The back section has to be built to health standards on the inside. So while it will look old outside the inside will have to be to what the health department standards are for serving a bbq and coffee.
I have built many food trucks for Melbourne so the inside will be done by myself. This is the other body
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Our club is going to build a coffee van / bbq van. For our rally’s and events we have.
Jude and I picked up the 29 DA dodge today from South Australia. We got 2 cars,3 engines 10 wire wheels, heaps of guards, 2 radiators one brand new core. And a heap of other bits and pieces. The body is in excellent shape with almost no rust.
The wheels are also in great shape and we have the drums to suit them.
Axles. 
wire wheels 
1 of 3 engines. 
tourer body complete with windshield bonnet and engine curtains. 
end result will hopefully be something like this.
Im hoping to create a bit of interest with club members to get on board and give a hand with the build. Basically anyone that wants to learn a thing or 2 and be part of it all.
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Side curtains are finished. They fit much nicer this time round.
We found when driving with them on the bottom use to blow up and let cold air in so this time I have put a piece of stainless steel inside the canvas on the bottom edge.
this is the piece slid in with a slight curve on it. 
Some pics also for the screw police as one of them was here the other day ready to arrest me. (Rich) not mentioning names.
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Interesting pic my wife found. I’m sure there’s a dodge in the somewhere.
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My new tops all finished and I’m as happy as the Matilda’s. That’s our Aussie girls soccer team.
Still have the side curtains to do yet.
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A phone call to our friendly upholsterer was very helpful this morning. He gave me some great pointers about fitting the top sides. Being a bit of a tight ass with material I would have cut it the wrong way without him telling me different. I had to cut the sides off the length of the roll and not across the roll.
The back , sides and valance panel are all finished. Pretty pleased with the outcome so far.
I have sewn the top together and fitted the sides. 
These pics show how much you have to pull the cloth around from the centre to the rear hood bow. It takes a bit of stretching so that’s what the lines are for, so as I’m sewing it I make sure those lines match up. 
After the top is sewn I fitted it with a couple of temporary staples to get some tension on it to mark out the sides. 
This part was quite challenging for me getting that top seam double hemmed over to make it waterproof.
After tensioning it out it looks like it will sit reasonably ok.
I should have the top finished tomorrow and then just the side curtains at some stage.-
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The rear corner fitted neatly
I have cut the opposite side just need to fit and cut it. This material is a lot nicer to use than the marine canopy material. 
This side is the bit I struggle with trying to get it to sit tight along the side. Because of the higher bow in the middle it tends to want to pucker in the centre. I’ve just sewn this bit up as a practice run.
Im going to call our upholstery friend tomorrow and see if I can get some pointers.-
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I’m slowly learning with sewing upholstery that drawing lines and making patterns is extremely helpful.
cut out for the side window. I’ve used 2 pieces of material and put the clear between them. 
Drawing the lines for the return hems has really helped me keep them nice and straight. 
Doing the double rolled hem I use hemming tape to hold it down on one fold. It makes it so much easier for me to line it all up.
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Made some progress on the hood today between birthday lunch. Not mine but my daughter.
Got the rear window panel in and the rear corner panel cut and fitted but still sewing that up.
Also got the side cushion sections made. Not sure if that’s what they are called. 
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2 minutes ago, nearchoclatetown said:
Matt, in the US people build roofs like that for their patio, they are called a pergola. No covering just a frame. They are the hot lick.
I’ve never really understood why they do that. Be like having just hood bows on a roadster, pretty useless. 😂
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New hood bows are fitted.
Now the second attempt at making the hood.
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I’m going to have a couple of days off and try and re do my top.
Im using better material this time, Hartz convertible top material.
I used a marine type material on my first attempt and it’s very ordinary.
so hopefully this time it will come up a bit nicer.
made new hood bows and have covered them. 
The old top that’s coming off.
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Sounds more like a fuel vaporising issue.
Not ruling out the coil could be breaking down under hot conditions though also. -
We tried fitting the top windshield in on grants 24 Ute. I would say it’s almost impossible trying to hold and then line up all the ball bearings. We tried it for about 6 seconds and looked at each other and said Nuh!! Pull the posts out and put it on a nice flat bench it will be much quicker and easier that way.
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8 hours ago, MikeC5 said:
Did you also have a new eccentric bushing made for the steering box? That's the one used for adjustment of worm-sector mesh. It would be an expensive one to reproduce and this is where oil leaks on mine.
It seemed to be still ok Mike. I agree it wouldn’t be cheap or easy to reproduce.
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I’ll be getting back onto the chassis next week and hopefully get it painted in satin black.
I received the magneto back yesterday after having it completely rebuilt.
New bearings, rewound and re magnetised.
The engine is also underway with its rebuild.
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12 minutes ago, Minibago said:
How to make your lawn look good.
I would let dodge’s park on the lawn.
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8 hours ago, nearchoclatetown said:
That's easy. Move the fence over and let the cows mow your lawn. That way you get to shoot one for crop damage. You get to enjoy killing something and have some steaks to boot.
I left the gate open to the veggie garden once and I was the one that nearly got shot. We only have 3 cows so there wasn’t too much damage. They are not allowed on my lawn.
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Hahahaha that would cut into my lawn mowing time Doug and nothing is allowed to do that.
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Very sad to see but we are all getting older and the younger generation has no interest in working hard for a decent dollar. It seems they want to work less for more dollars. So it’s very hard to pass on any old trade to younger people. Glenn and Rosemary are such lovely people to deal with.
They sold me the dies and plans for the luggage rack for peanuts when you look at the quality of what Glenn had made.
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Thanks for the history guys keep it coming. 👍
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They would be a bit tricky wouldn’t they.
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Hey Nige are the retainer springs available at all.
11 minutes ago, Minibago said:Available from Myers Early Dodge Parts.
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Welcome to the forum.
All I will add is it’s a beautiful looking car, I love it and just enjoy it.-
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Axles. 
wire wheels 
1 of 3 engines. 
tourer body complete with windshield bonnet and engine curtains. 
end result will hopefully be something like this. 
this is the piece slid in with a slight curve on it. 
Some pics also for the screw police as one of them was here the other day ready to arrest me. (Rich) not mentioning names.
I have sewn the top together and fitted the sides. 
These pics show how much you have to pull the cloth around from the centre to the rear hood bow. It takes a bit of stretching so that’s what the lines are for, so as I’m sewing it I make sure those lines match up. 
After the top is sewn I fitted it with a couple of temporary staples to get some tension on it to mark out the sides. 
This part was quite challenging for me getting that top seam double hemmed over to make it waterproof. 
I have cut the opposite side just need to fit and cut it. This material is a lot nicer to use than the marine canopy material. 
cut out for the side window. I’ve used 2 pieces of material and put the clear between them. 
Drawing the lines for the return hems has really helped me keep them nice and straight. 
Doing the double rolled hem I use hemming tape to hold it down on one fold. It makes it so much easier for me to line it all up.
Also got the side cushion sections made. Not sure if that’s what they are called. 
made new hood bows and have covered them. 
The old top that’s coming off.
compression for 4 cylinder db
in Dodge & Dodge Brothers
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You can buy adapters to take normal size plugs. Best to use one of them.
You’ve found a post when Doug was a young man well done. 😂