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  1. Late '22 and '23 were the same. '24 was all new chassis and body etc. Early '22 was like earlier cars. Remember, I do have '23 screenside w/s posts and cowl and parts of w/s frame
  2. The car IS a 1927 124 Model Touring. The engine is the "so called" fast four (but Dodge never called them that, only advertising them as the Fastest Four in America.) Those engines were in the last 90 days or so of the 1927 production and then the engine only was used in the new for 1928 128/129 Model 4cyl cars. Car was completely changed for '28. different fenders, chassis, body, 4 wheel brakes etc. Similar to the Standard 6 cars but with a 4 cyl.
  3. Front fenders are Model A, Rears are something else. Rear wheels are correct DB. Lots of things not original, like fender mount spare. Splash aprons are wrong too, as are headlights and bar.
  4. Alan, as I remember it, the bulge in the lower part of the stanchion is shaped different for one thing. Curve of the cowl is a little different too.
  5. I have five '27's. Two of them are licensed and running 124 roadsters.
  6. Jan, I believe the '23 had just a tail light, no brake light. Just a simple round lens. '24 got the oval light with brake light as a 1 year only item, then '25 got the type B round tail/brake light.
  7. Larry B you do not have a fast four engine. From what I see your carb mounts to the block on the left side of the engine. Distributor on the right driven by a shaft along with water pump? Not a fast four. Fast four has an intake and exhaust manifold and carb on the right side of engine and the distributor goes down through the head like a Model A Ford. Minibago's pic is of a fast four.
  8. Those are for closed cars or trucks, not roadsters. Roadster frames are round tube.
  9. Biggest problem with the 3 main engine is the starter/generator drive chain. That's what lets go at high speed and destroys engines. That's the big advantage of the 1926 B 3 main 6 volt separate starter and generator and then of course the C and D engines with 5 mains and the so called fast four engines (also D).
  10. I took .125 off the head and block combined, mostly off the head, on my 1922 DB Screenside. That doesn't really raise the compression much but every little bit helps. Kinda like trimming an 1/8" off the top of a 5 gallon bucket! I did in fact have it going 62.7 mph by GPS so it doesn't run too bad. Everything else is stock.
  11. I have Egge pistons, stainless valves, and new valve springs in my '22 DB Screenside. .125 shaved off the head and block, everything else stock. 62.7 mph by GPS!
  12. I had a terrible worn out '24 or '25 roadster that the engine had worn out .100 over pistons in it. The back half of the body was about the only thing I could salvage off that one and I am not very pick at all! The block had multiple welds on it over an inch wide.
  13. Your early '27 would have threads in the crank hole. They are just worn away. That is actually the front engine mount. Get another from any of the previous years that has good threads and replace it. It will also need a proper threaded plug, available from any DB vendor.
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