Old Crabby

That's a steel bodied sedan,no wood except for the top. A very easy car to restore,parts are cheap and plentiful.Looks to be in good shape as well. Anyone who rods that sweet old car ought to have their knuckles rubbed in manure!!!

An old friend of mine who once had a museum of antique cars used to say that if there are very few examples of a particular make that have survived, there is generally a very good reason for their disappearance.

OK June, here's my email address, kindly contact me so we can discuss your interesting old Buickcranleto555@yahoo.com

Please post a phone # or an email address.

Are you serius Mike, $1,000 for the cobra, with it's screen? I know someone might want it. This "DUNCE" as you so aptly refer to me also knows where there is a 1905 Premier steering column with the planetary box,but I'm probably too stupid to call the owner and ask how much they want for it. Oh well, better go in the garage and look at my nickel Atwood Castles before I pass out from the mental strain.

Aircraft, of course, '40's to '60's my guess.

Or the bakelite timer Austie gave me that I mistakenly left in the trunk years ago. the K-Y you reference was needed for lubing the top bows as they are too small to fold around the seat without assistance.

Gee, What happened to the spotlight, self generating headlight, testophone horn and acetylene generator that were on the car when you got it?

The old books such as Dyke's Page's and others suggest a mixture of linseed oil, turpentine and lampblack. No need to aim at perfection, a spraycan will do nicely.

Somewhere I have loads of info on these cars. 1926 was also a pivotal year when Dodge switched over to a 6 volt 2 unit system and a standard SAE shift pattern,but this did not happen all at once. I once had a '26 steel A sedan with 6 volt system AND the earlier shift pattern. The most underpriced and overlooked american cars of real durable quality, not really startling performers but balancing the engine, milling the head and lightening the flywheel slightly can give you much better acceleration AND very little vibration.

Since I've somehow managed to dodge the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune and parry life's keen-edged poinards with relative equanimity I suppose that entitles me to the appelation Dodger.....if that makes any sense

Hey Wally, could you possibly post a pic of your Dodge? '27 was an odd year with a model switchover and some interesting factory options plus 3 "trim lines" Standard, Special and Deluxe. Be interesting to determine which one yours is.

Anytime jal, I love old Dodges.

I tried to go down on Georgia once, she almost scratched my eyes out.....

Exactly, why any careful glance at the pics on ebay will show that it has the original carb, doesn't have a brazed rocker arm and has the timer cover, totally different car.....

No Bob, That's Kenniff's old car, got a V.W. gastank under the seat, some new floorboards and a Bendix carb.

I'm unfamiliar with sunny Florida, are there any deserts there?

Is that the red Franklin belonged to Art Kenniff here on the island?

Based upon the serial# you have a second series 124 which began with #A875380 so you do have a "fast Four" same 212 displacement but with 5 main bearings instead of 3, thereby allowing faster engine speeds without the torsional deformation characteristic of the earlier 4. A really solid, dependable car, I've always picked up old Dodges as "knock around" cars for that very reason. Parts are available and cheap.

I couldn't open it either. Did you keep it covered while it was in the desert? Go ahead, post your price, what've you got to lose?

Stuff and nonsense. I've installed overdrives in cars as far apart as a 1912 Rambler, '19 Cole 8, Lincoln L, '28 Essex{a mistake} '32 Nash {what a difference} and a couple of foreign sportscars with no ill effect. Of course driveshaft and/or torque tube alignment is beyond dispute,as well as precise balancing of all ancillary components,the nash with it's fabric U joints was quite a challenge. I've seen conversions done well and done poorly with no understanding of the forces and mathematics involved yet none of the aforementioned cars ever exhibited any rear main wear at all, and these cars had the hell driven out of them.

Fascinating pics, I particularly liked the one of the grease pit and lube station. Is that your grandfather next to the Stevens-Duryea? did he own it?

All this talk of marriage under assault? I personally think very highly of marriage, I'm on my 3rd. It's the only funeral where one gets to see and smell their own flowers. Wifeswapping? what possible reason on earth would make me desire another neurotic dowdy demanding that I clean the bowl after use,and shut the lid!!!

I am begging of your pardon sahib, I forgot you do not like curry in your crullers.........

Romar, In Pennsylvania, Gene Sanson in N.J. Antique Auto Parts Cellar in Mass, Couple other places as well. I'll see if I can dig up their phone#'s for ya, post 'em later. Here's Sanson's # 973-478-8958, goldmine of info on 4 cyl, Dodge Brothers cars. I lost my Romar catalogue, lots of nice quality repro parts, hope they are still in business.