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My understanding as a point of comparison was that the Minerva 6 liter engine would consume approx 1 gallon of oil every 800 miles.
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There were many specials or hot rods that had tremendous workmanship put in to them. It is possible that the builder intended it to be an LSR and we won't know that until you are able to come up with some history. If it ever made any runs then I'm sure you will be able to find that. I'm skeptical because of the powerplant. The Pierce was a very high quality car, but that flathead straight 8, even with all the speed modifications would have a hard time pushing that car over 110, 115 mph. That would be with a axle ratio well higher than stock. Did the seller give you any information at all? Given that this has been up for a few days and no period pictures have surfaced I think you will need to go backwards from the seller. There is someone local to that car that knows part of the story or all of the story.
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Are you asking about the bumperettes? I was say decorative.
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Very cool!
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I know nothing about Zephyrs so I'm sure you would like my opinion. 1. Cool - yes. 2. Desirability - depends. 3. Restoration difficulty - looking at the photos -> great. There is no such thing as an easy restoration. The car is very cool, but the V12 is not exactly a powerhouse and 4 door sedans - even cool ones - are not the easiest resale. You could get the car for free and be underwater very quickly. That is my uneducated opinion.
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The Ressurection of Daphne - a 1932 DL
alsancle replied to Taylormade's topic in Dodge & Dodge Brothers
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Cool picture!
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There is a red one that pops up for sale in the far east every few years. Perhaps the same one?
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Smart strategy. There are more unfinished restorations than finished ones.
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I think anyone buying any collectible of value should have an expert helping them. Ed, your friend is lucky to have found you. I wonder how someone on the outside can figure out who you an trust and who you can't? I think many of these assembled cars did not start out with the builders trying to pass them off as something other than what they are. But, it only takes one owner in the chain to forget to mention some details and the car takes on a new story. Sometimes this is just innocent oversight and sometimes not. I love telling this story from around 1985. I was walking around a mid size show in Massachusetts with a friend who worked as a restorer. He and I had both worked for Ted Billings when Ted was building his run of Model J Toursters. I was just a teenager so my contributions were very limited (polishing and pushing) but my friend had done serious work on the cars. We come around the corner and there was one of Ted's Toursters parked in the row. Out of the 10 or so cars Ted built the first ones used fairly complete sedans (what a sin that would be today) and the last ones were assembled from an engine and a bunch of castings. This particular car happened to be one of the later ones. I walked up to the owner and introduced myself and complimented him on his car. I then introduced my friend and told the owner that he was instrumental in the building of his car. He had a really puzzled look on his face and asked what I meant. I had assumed he knew he had one of Ted's replica Derham Toursters (I was a lot younger then) so I just matter of factly recounted the work building the car. He abruptly turned away from me in a really really bad mood. I heard through the grapevine that the car was sold not too long after that.
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From the album: Other Makes
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From the album: Other Makes