Description
This right hand drive Dodge standard six Tourer has just had £11, 000 spent on a professional engine rebuild including new white metal bearings.
A complete clutch overhaul .
Also new kingpins and track rod ends.
The hood and Tonneau are also as new. All invoices with history file
Much other work with rewound starter motor and Dynamo.
New radiator core,
It was imported from Australia in 2010 and owned by an engineer who oversaw the work. All duties paid.
These cars were favored by the Australians due to their excellent reliability and powerful engines. The Tourer body is factory original.
The car is very original and hardly any rust.
Being 1928 it is a proper vintage car and as such eligable for many VSCC events.
She starts up straight away and drives well with powerful brakes.
I have the front bumper however it is not fitted at present.
The wooden spoked wheels are in good sound condition and interesting features like the wooden steering wheel and folding windscreen.
I have also a large 1920s folding luggage rack and very large trunk from a 1928 Cadillac which can go with the car.
I am only selling the Dodge as I have accumulated too many cars and have some unfinished projects and in my seventies so not as much go in me.
I am very happy to assist any buyer with transport arrangements if required or overseas.
Please do call me to discuss if you are interested because I am very much a vintage enthusiast.
The Dodge would be ideal for VSCC events being a true vintage car and also Weddings and film work.
It has a very nice patina not being restored as such.
I have a large history file with technical information and V5C registration document.
It is Mot and Tax exempt and low insurance with RH.
Viewers very welcome in my garage.
My son is looking for an Austin Seven so a part exchange could be possible.
John HibbertThis was the first mass produced car in America to have all steel construction .
The original Tourer body being built by Dodge in their Australian factory is very rare.
The performance and brakes were better than most competitors.
3. 4 Litre straight six engine and three speed gearbox. 60 MPH
The wooden spoke wheels were standard.
It was very popular in Australia where it was supplied new.
Now 97 years old and soon to be 100.
Dodge cars are mentioned in John Steinback's The Grapes of Wrath
as the preferred vehicle for people who made the exodus west to California during the 1930's depression.
