Hot Rods Just picked up another hotrod project - 27 Dodge

Talked to a fella that comes into my work about old cars, and he says, i got this old sedan sittin in my field.

I went out to look at it, and we got talkin, and long story short, it was mine for $100.

cant wait to get it home saturday!

More pics to come!!!!

 

one more side profile.

Anybody got any ideas?

 

100 bucks? You lucky dog. I say build a nice chassis, Drop in a hot motor and drive the piss out of it.

 

Thats radical.
nice work. reminds me of herman munster.

 

100 bucks for half a barbie and an orange pumpkin!
cool little project. i sectioned out my four door to be a two door.

 

Hi, That's a 1929 Dodge standard six. I was looking for a body like that for about 10 years before I sold my project. The body line on the cowl, and the bead around the edge of the fender gives away the year. Hope that helps, Bob

 

cant beat the price thats for shure

 

These cars were a little ahead of their time as they came with juice brakes and a mostly all steel body (top of the roof still used fabric though). Roomy inside too, relatively speaking.

Although harder to find parts for these old Chryslers than the common Fords of the era, the parts are out there (case it point- the fenders off my brother's Victory Six after I steal the chassis), it just takes a little more digging. Finding a hood and grille shell is probably gonna set you back a bit more than the hundred buck buy in, though.

That chassis is straight forward with semi ellipticals front and rear, and beefy side rails would make it easy to add a late model Mopar steering chuck (manual or power). Later Mopar tube front axle (double dip) is easy to adapt, if you like that look and can find one. Semi ellips at the rear also make it simple to adapt the rear axle of your choice with perches added or moved the right distance apart. Gas tank sits in the rear not unlike the later 32 Ford.

And last but not least, the engine bay is long enough to accommodate anything from a slant six to a HEMI without moving the radiator or screwing with the firewall.

 

Cool find! Good luck with it!

 

damn marty cant wait to see this thing come together. for some reason i thought right away that it would look great shortened up into a standard model A size pickup cab

 

cute

 

$100!!! that's awesome man congrats.. if you woulda said you paid $500 for it I woulda thought it was a steal..

 

My buddy Lodwick has this one....he is pretty sure its a Dodge from about that era. Looking at the scars on the body it was cut down from something alot bigger.



http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=368179 build

 

great deal

 

very cool! Nice find and buy!

 

Are we talking RAT ROD here? Be prepared for the HAMB baptism (it can be brutal)

Frank

 

Is Ricky Bobby your alter-ego ?

 

keep her close to the way she looks now! haha stance and the big and lil's. killer!haha

 

It reminds me of Miguels' car from the Lifters. I love it. You gotta run those gnarly slicks too brother...

 

No way to pass that up for $100! Those are the kind of deals that add tension to an other-wise fine marriage when they get carted home...

Jay

 

i just had to take some time away from my homework to doodle these up. hope you enjoy the scribbles.

 

I dig em!

I like the stance of the second one, but with a slight angle chop, like this

 

glad you like em'! i agree with the angle chop. if i have some free time in the near future i'll draw up some better ones and shoot them your way.
-Josh

 

What a steel!

 

$100.00 have you got a golden horseshoe stuck up your butt or what, build it like your drawings!!

 

damn 100 bucks....shit thats really good...there is a guy here locally who wants 5000 for one just like it...

 

Somethig like that....lol

 

got it home, and got all the wasps out of it finally.

I swear that there must have been like 50 freekin nests in the thing! 3 cans of bee spray later, and im still finding some!

Got it in the shop to just look things over, and im really happy with it!

Enjoy!

 

If you really want to see the potential of this thing, what this guy did is simply amazing.
www.flickr.com/photos.dantechfab/sets/72157600987672920
It may be a little too streetroddy for some on here, but at least it's not done up as a teased, tortured, and caricatured rat rod incantation of it's former self.