D15 or D14 Right Hand Drive Dodge Coupe

[johnjnr]

I have a 1940 Dodge Coupe that I will be registering here in the Uk very soon and am trying to piece together history/info on the car. I know that the vehicle has a Dodge Brothers Corp badge on the engine firewall stating made in USA and there is a body number D14 4058ASC. There are also some stamped numbers in the firewall as per the attached image which don't mean anything to me. I have found from earlier posts that there were 122 Right Hand drive cars of D15 spec built. Some information I have seen also states that there were some D14 cars built in RHD so I'm a little unsure of what I have? D14? or D15?.

 

I have a serial no. plate on the right hand side door pillar that states 3937522, the engine no is D14-44910, and I have found a chassis no that seems to read P9 - 169502.

 

If anyone has any information that can assist me or point me in the direction of where to start looking I would be very grateful.

[Andydodge]

I would be prepared to bet that both those data plates on the firewall have been replaced......and the "D14" has me curious.........I assume your car has the folding rear seats as it is an ASC or Auxillary Seat Coupe or at least thats what the ASC stands for in the D14 body plate.......I had a factory RHD South African assembled 1941 Plymouth P11 ASC Coupe which like yours had the folding rear seats, ........anyway looking at your car I would suggest that it is indeed a D15 model due to the Plymouth fenders, hood, headlights, grille sheet metal panel, tailights and bumpers......all these pieces are 1940 Plymouth.....the 1940 Dodge grille, grille sheet metal panel and badges are the Dodge bits.......lol...........I have had my Australian D15 Dodge 4 Dr Sedan since 1971 and have wrecked 6 more for parts etc over the past 48 years......all had been D15 models and the Plymouth fenders, hood, headlights apart from other features are the giveaways.......as for D14 cars I have seen 2 in 48 years here in Oz, both were sedans and did indeed have the D14 features which are the triple pressings in the fenders, short hood and twin parking lights in the headlight surrounds.............I have attached a couple of pics.............1st is of my 1940 D15 Dodge Sedan, the rest show the 1941 Plymouth Coupe I had but more importantly its shown with a mates US 1940 D15 Coupe that was imported into Australia about 10 years ago.......it was a business coupe so no rear seats however note the fender, hood, headlight, front bumper shape and tailights.....these are all distinctive D14 design features and you can see the difference between the D14 and D15 pieces in your car and my sedan............so for me your car is a D15, notwithstanding that D14 badge is intriguing but as its the only thing saying its a D14 I'd want to see a lot more evidence that the car is indeed a D14 as to me only 2 small screws say the car is a D14............the fenders, hood, headlights, tailights, bumpers say D15 ............anyway got any more pics?.......we love pics.....regards, Andy Douglas