Semmerling Posted April 8, 2022 Report Posted April 8, 2022 Long winter of projects at an end and out she comes..... 9 Quote
RobertKB Posted April 8, 2022 Report Posted April 8, 2022 3 hours ago, Semmerling said: Long winter of projects at an end and out she comes..... Gorgeous car! More pictures please! Quote
sidevalvepete Posted April 8, 2022 Report Posted April 8, 2022 Yes, it is a beautiful vehicle. Keen to know a bit of it's story.....a lot of care goes into what we see, whether over it's whole life or in a dedicated salvage restoration. Thanks for the pics and welcome to the forum from New Zealand ? Quote
Semmerling Posted April 8, 2022 Author Report Posted April 8, 2022 (edited) This car was bought by my Grandfather in 1934. Four generations have now worked on the car. It has had the good fortune to have just about everything that it needed throughout that period. The engine has been rebuilt three times, I'll put up some pics. It gets driven regularly as in multiple times a week while the weather is good and is the focus of a long winter's worth of maintenance. It has been driven from New York to Mexico city (1935) and back again and some may remember that during the Bicentennial year it appeared on the cover of Dodge's celebratory annual issue. I would be happy to answer any questions. Edited April 8, 2022 by Semmerling Quote
sidevalvepete Posted April 8, 2022 Report Posted April 8, 2022 Thanks. Is awesome to see these family vehicles stay part of the family story.... Quote
RobertKB Posted April 8, 2022 Report Posted April 8, 2022 (edited) Thanks for posting more pictures. That is a beautiful car with an interesting history! Love the colour. Is that its original colour? Edited April 8, 2022 by RobertKB Quote
plymouthcranbrook Posted April 8, 2022 Report Posted April 8, 2022 WOW! What a beautiful automobile Quote
DJ194950 Posted April 8, 2022 Report Posted April 8, 2022 Out of the left field - but does it have the free wheeling transmission ( when throttle is released) with pull a handle cable to in-gage or shift out of this feature? Rode in a Desoto coupe of this vintage many years ago (too many) that had that as an option (I assume) . DJ Quote
Semmerling Posted April 9, 2022 Author Report Posted April 9, 2022 (edited) Thank you for the kind words, as we all know, this is a great deal of work for all involved. As to the questions, the car was originally black. The blue green you see here is a standard color for the 40's Dodge trucks. My father always liked that color and so many years ago the car was repainted. There is indeed the Free Wheeling vacuum assisted clutch and it is activated or suspended by a central dash pull. The whole affair works as designed but is really quite dangerous and was not offered for long. The clutch is drawn in when one's foot comes off the accelerator...not what one would want when driving down hill and want anything that ever comes close to engine breaking. This is the only year of the body type with IFS, 1935 came and it was gone again. It also has the ability to crank all the window frames into the doors and, along with folding forward the windshield, the waistline of the car is the top of the dash. He are some more pics over the years. Edited April 9, 2022 by Semmerling 2 Quote
Dodgeb4ya Posted April 9, 2022 Report Posted April 9, 2022 A very very nicely done car! Thanks for showing it? Quote
keithb7 Posted April 9, 2022 Report Posted April 9, 2022 That’s one heck of an entrance and debut post. Quite a car! Lovely. What is the bore, stroke and engine displacement? Quite an era for Dodges. Among the classiest they ever offered. Quote
Go Fleiter Posted April 9, 2022 Report Posted April 9, 2022 beautiful! all, the car + the drivers :)) Do You have swiss connections, seeing the the coat of arms of Bern? Quote
Semmerling Posted April 9, 2022 Author Report Posted April 9, 2022 (edited) Keith 4 hours ago, keithb7 said: That’s one heck of an entrance and debut post. Quite a car! Lovely. What is the bore, stroke and engine displacement? Quite an era for Dodges. Among the classiest they ever offered. 216 CID inline 6 cylinder L-Head Power: 82 bhp / 3.600 rpm Production: 1,239 Curb weight: 1380 kg Just bought the car new.....1934. That is my father sitting on the fender. Edited April 9, 2022 by Semmerling 2 Quote
Dan Hiebert Posted April 9, 2022 Report Posted April 9, 2022 Wow, a grand entrance indeed. A gorgeous car. Doubly awesome that it's been in the family since new, and very impressive it is in such wonderful condition for being a New England car - especially assuming it's been up here its whole life (minus the excursion to Mexico City, that is.) It has a Maine plate, where ya at in Vacationland, if'n you don't mind saying? You're downstate? (No snow in your photos.) We've still got a foot or so up north. Quote
Semmerling Posted April 9, 2022 Author Report Posted April 9, 2022 Dan, NY State for most of its life . Southern Maine where we had very little snow all winter and 54 right now. 1 Quote
Frank Gooz Posted April 10, 2022 Report Posted April 10, 2022 Thank you for sharing, beautiful car. Quote
greg g Posted April 15, 2022 Report Posted April 15, 2022 Great ride, thanks for sharing. Afew years back a fellow from Belgium was on this forum regarding his 33 Dodge roadster which was based on the smaller Plymouth rebadged as a Dodge. He converted it to right hand drive and entered it in the Peking to Paris Endurance Rally, after other extensive modifications. He and his partner successfully completed the event and finished 2nd or 3 in their class and within the top 10 overall. Lots of pictures and daily reports on the rally web pages, if you care to search around for it. The color was close to yours. Search this forum under Peking to Paris as well. Quote
Semmerling Posted April 15, 2022 Author Report Posted April 15, 2022 Thanks for that will find it. Again, I appreciate all the kind comments. Quote
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