Neat car, neat story

[Bodacious]

Does anyone here perchance own this? What a wonderful and pristine car. Of all places, this was posted on a Corvette forum that I frequent. I know of course that it'll be more fully appreciated here. I hope you enjoy seeing and reading about it as much as I did.

http://www.californiaclassix.com/archive/40_Barn-Dodge_c154.html

[TodFitch]

Nice car. I hope it has a good home now.

However there were some liberties with the story. The first that caught my eye was:

Back in 1940, life in the Country was running at a different pace. You could leave your house unlocked, and, of course, your car. Television and graffiti were words without meaning.

Television was commercially introduced in 1939 and they have found graffiti in the ruins of Pompeii and the word graffiti is from the mid-1800s. So both those words had meaning in 1940.

[old woolie]

This car has been extensivly discussed in a previous thread.

[steveplym]

I've received two email forwards the past two weeks on this car. Neat car, but not sure what all the fuss is about.

[Frank Elder]

Good solid looking car, but I think the writer must have a little PR man in him. If he was a PBR man he would have just put a FOR SALE sign on the windshield and parked it in the front yard.

PS Any one else notice the missing shift knob, bet that could be a pain to find.

[eric wissing]

There is a tin of split shot that is from the 1960s. I think the man needs a flogging!! Anywho, nice car and a good story teller. If he hones his skills a bit more there might be a place At Barret Jackson't for him. Eric

[austinsailor]

PS Any one else notice the missing shift knob, bet that could be a pain to find.

It's really a little bit more than a pain - it's not even a shift knob. On this one the whole arm is one metal piece with molded plastic over it. I have two 4 door '40 dodges, both are bad and I have not found a source. Guess I'll turn a piece of wood and slip over it.

[BobT-47P15]

It's always nice to see a truly original car, of whatever type and brand.

They are a good source to show what was actually original, and not

someone's interpretation of what they consider "original" as you see

the term used on many ebay ads.

Sometimes the cars described as original on ebay -- are original, or very

close. So, they are another source of how they really looked. You

sorta need to know what you're looking at, however.

[blueskies]

Horseshoe Bend, Idaho... that's about 3 hours from me...

Pete