Guest Posted August 13, 2002 Share Posted August 13, 2002 So, what do you think of my new find? I found it in Tombstone AZ, (Yes, that Tombstone) just off the main drag. It appears to have been there a REALLY long time. <P>So what is it? Is it restorable? what's it worth? Is it a "classic" or am I "Full" of it? <P><BR> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ex98thdrill Posted August 13, 2002 Share Posted August 13, 2002 No offense, but I've junked better cars than that. I'd leave it there, but there are people who have restored vehicles that were as bad or worse than than and to those that have, god bless you. If you decide to tackle that, more power to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted August 13, 2002 Share Posted August 13, 2002 Looks like a desert flower box to me Peter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynaflash8 Posted August 13, 2002 Share Posted August 13, 2002 A Model T Touring Desert Flower Box. Pretty neat idea. I once thought about putting an old 39 Buick out at the end of our quarter mile lane here with dimly lit headlights at night and a lighted welcome sign to "Buickland" But after I found out that destroying a rural mail box is the most desirable form of entertainment here, I decided it would only be a short time until the car was trashed <BR>So, I forgot the idea and reinforced the mail box Now everybody knows why we have so many Post Office boxes here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 13, 2002 Share Posted August 13, 2002 Looks like an easy restoration. Go for it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 13, 2002 Share Posted August 13, 2002 That desert flower ain't no model T, note the high crowned fenders like a Dodge, also the three-quarter elliptic spring sticking out of the rear and the cast spare tire brackets, looks like 1914to 1920 vintage.<BR>Sure looks good where it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ply33 Posted August 13, 2002 Share Posted August 13, 2002 Based on the leaves on the ocotillo (sp?) it looks like there has been some recent rain there. Good thing with the severly dry year that Southern Arizona has had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 13, 2002 Share Posted August 13, 2002 COME ON guy's- That ain't no CLASSIC.<P>There were very few of what we call "CLASSICS" built...I'm talking about the best of the best, something only the elite CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY would be seen in. <P>"Look" closely at the "photos" in the "posting". Do you see anything that even FAINTLY resembles a "CLASSIC"? Do you see a MASSIVE "over-engineered" V12 engine or even a WOODEN MOCKUP of one? Do you see rows upon rows of incredibly expensive and complex INSTRUMENTS that only a RICH PERSON could understand? DO YOU SEE great BIG tires to go like HELL with? DO YOU SEE twisted and crumpled bits of COMMON MAN cars underneath this SO_CALLED "CLASSIC"?<P>I didn't "think" so.<P>Hey, don't blame me. Lighten up. I'm OUTA HERE. <P>"LaSalle Lover" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted August 13, 2002 Share Posted August 13, 2002 Looks like a Dodge that may be leftover from the General Pershing/Pancho Villa days. Nice patina, I wouldn't touch a thing, there are far to many over restored cars out there today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronbarn Posted August 13, 2002 Share Posted August 13, 2002 10 point deduction for non-factory floral augmentation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 13, 2002 Share Posted August 13, 2002 to LaSalle lover: in your own words: 'this is a hobby, not a relgion' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnMyer Posted August 13, 2002 Share Posted August 13, 2002 Having lived in Tombstone, AZ back in 1954, I think Peter has been out visiting Boothill Cementery when he found this one! Let it rest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 13, 2002 Share Posted August 13, 2002 I have two problems with calling that mess a "classic". These days, the car car buffs have VERY clear ideas as to the requirmenets to call a car a "classic".<P>FIRST, Peter failed to say whether he wanted to SELL it.<P>SECOND....it does not have a tree growing thru the floor-boards.<P>Since neither of the above modern requirements were met...I conclude it most certainly is NOT a "classic"<P>Pete Hartmann<BR>Big Springs, AZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 13, 2002 Share Posted August 13, 2002 That is a "classic" late 1922 Dodge Brothers. And for the record, there is no such thing as a "1914" Dodge. Our 1915 Dodge Brothers really did look that bad before we started, and I'm taking it on its first tour next month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 13, 2002 Share Posted August 13, 2002 Hey John Myer. How did we miss that on our last visit to Tombstone, when the four of us were looking all over town trying to find your 1954 apartment? ~ hvs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest De Soto Frank Posted August 13, 2002 Share Posted August 13, 2002 Isn't this what they refer to as "choice, unrestored" on E-bay?<P> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynaflash8 Posted August 13, 2002 Share Posted August 13, 2002 I might have found this one too. I went to work for a guy who promised me trips to Ft. Huachucha (we called it (lovingly) Ft. Hoocheecoochee). You have to drive right through Tombstone to get there. But although he sent me all over the world over the next 19 years, he never sent me to the Fort. My boss always had some crazy idea that six trips to Honolulu took the place of the Fort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 13, 2002 Share Posted August 13, 2002 Restore it or rod it! Just don't let it rot away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 13, 2002 Share Posted August 13, 2002 Earl ~ Why in the name of Allah would anyone WANT to go to Fort Huachucha? ~ hvs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest daddio Posted August 14, 2002 Share Posted August 14, 2002 You'd do a lot better to start with this one <A HREF="http://www.classicstreet.com/1917_dodge_brothers_touring_car.htm" TARGET=_blank>http://www.classicstreet.com/1917_dodge_brothers_touring_car.htm</A> <BR>Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketraider Posted August 14, 2002 Share Posted August 14, 2002 Around here they take old tractor tires, paint 'em white, set 'em at the end of the driveway and plant flowers in 'em. Sometimes they'll even turn the tires inside out, cut crowns in 'em and have a REALLY tacky flowerbox, even including obligatory pink flamingos. Southern culture, on the skids... Erskine Caldwell, eat yer heart out. Come on back home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restorer32 Posted August 14, 2002 Share Posted August 14, 2002 With the cost of restoration beings so high I'm thinking of doing the same thing with my '32 Packard...might be the best way to sell it actually....hmmmmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 18, 2002 Share Posted August 18, 2002 HPOF candidate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
critterpainter Posted August 18, 2002 Share Posted August 18, 2002 You guys are missing somthing here.<BR> That dodge is equipped vith a very early and extremly rare (and in mint condition to boot) anti-theft system <BR> While the car may need minor work, the anti-theft system appears to be still armed and functional <BR> Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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