58L-Y8 1,547 Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 (edited) For Sale: 1946 Dodge Business Coupe, 1 Owner - $12,500 - Castle Rock, CO https://denver.craigslist.org/cto/d/castle-rock-owner-1946-dodge-business/7232200175.html This is a 1 owner restored 1946 Dodge Business Man's Coupe. This car is mostly original with only restored upholstery and a re-paint. This car is a very rare example of how the business man traveled in the post WWII era. The original owner of this vehicle was a railroad bridge inspector who has passed away at the age of 93. This car was his pride and joy. The original jack and a copy of the original title is included with the car. The original flat 6 motor is freshly re-built by Hi-Pro Motors in Denver, CO. This car also features the Dodge Fluid Drive technology which is the precursor to the automatic transmission. I have an appraisal "for insurance" of $70,000 which is what it would cost to find and restore a car to this condition with the low miles. This car has 21,307 original miles. Looking for the next owner who will love this car the way "Bud" did. Contact: no phone listed. Copy and paste in your email: a8314a289e2d3e3b8e947176c7a2f56c@sale.craigslist.org I have no personal interest or stake in the eventual sale of this 1946 Dodge Business Coupe. Edited November 21, 2020 by 58L-Y8 SOLD (see edit history) 2 Link to post Share on other sites
alsancle 4,701 Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 Nice! 2 Link to post Share on other sites
neil morse 1,568 Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 Very nice! This seems like a screaming deal considering the fresh, professional rebuild of the engine, nice correct interior, etc. I'm suspicious of the claim of 21,000 "original" miles given the wear on the pedal pads and the parking brake handle. I suspect it's 121,000 well cared-for miles, but I would still be sorely tempted if I were in the market for another collector car. 5 Link to post Share on other sites
Carolina Chevrolet 46 Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 Agreed, no doubt it's got 121,000 miles. I've got a '47 that I hope eventually looks as good as this one. Link to post Share on other sites
alsancle 4,701 Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 If I was driving this car in HS instead of a 49 2 door special deluxe I would still have it. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
plymouthcranbrook 869 Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 With that type of odometer it could have any amount of miles on it. Easy to adjust. Nice car though for sure. Link to post Share on other sites
neil morse 1,568 Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 49 minutes ago, plymouthcranbrook said: With that type of odometer it could have any amount of miles on it. Easy to adjust. Nice car though for sure. Just curious -- what is it about this type of odometer that makes it easy to adjust? Link to post Share on other sites
58L-Y8 1,547 Posted November 20, 2020 Author Share Posted November 20, 2020 Definitely likely to be 120,000 miles, being a railroad bridge inspector in the mountain west, the fellow had long distances to drive to reach the locations of the bridges the way things are spread out there. More than once that long trunk probably became a place to camp for the night. Link to post Share on other sites
plymouthcranbrook 869 Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 22 hours ago, neil morse said: Just curious -- what is it about this type of odometer that makes it easy to adjust? Get a speedo cable and a rotary drill. Clamp the cable in the drill and then insert into the speedo head. Turn on the drill and come back and check until it is where you want it to be. Turn it off and reconnect the real cable. Also of course easy back in old times to just replace the speedometer with one with less miles on it. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Fossil 449 Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 (edited) The guys I've seen do it had a small bag with some tools that looked like dental picks. They weren't under the dash very long and you had a low mileage car. Edited November 21, 2020 by Fossil (see edit history) 1 Link to post Share on other sites
alsancle 4,701 Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 You could never trust an odometer pre car fax. I don't know if it matters that much with this car. It looks really nice. Would anyone rather have the miles real but the condition less? Link to post Share on other sites
alsancle 4,701 Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Btw, I didn't investigate what they meant by "one owner" but I assume "one family owned" would be more appropriate. My dad is 95 and I can tell you he wasn't old enough to be buying any new cars in 1941. Link to post Share on other sites
Doug 845 15 Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 I was just informed by the owner the car is sold. Link to post Share on other sites
plymouthcranbrook 869 Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 19 hours ago, Fossil said: The guys I've seen do it had a small bag with some tools that looked like dental picks. They weren't under the dash very long and you had a low mileage car. Those were the professionals Link to post Share on other sites
Fossil 449 Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 22 minutes ago, plymouthcranbrook said: Those were the professionals Yes it was their day job. At the time I don't think it was illegal but was definitely looked down on. I don't know if digital odometers can be altered or not. Got away from car dealerships back in the 70's. Link to post Share on other sites
plymouthcranbrook 869 Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 (edited) I had a friend who worked in a dealership near his home(still in business) when he was in high school and one of his jobs was to use a machine doing what I described for super high milage cars that otherwise looked ok. This was in the early 60’s. He said that he just went forward on the milage till it rolled around to where his boss wanted it. Edited November 22, 2020 by plymouthcranbrook (see edit history) Link to post Share on other sites
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