Projects 30 Dodge Roadster? Cheap + cool = YOINK!

I'm not sure about you but for less than a grand I couldn't resist. Took me a while of research but I think it's a 30 Dodge Roadster (?).

Had to cut it to ship (or it would have just got bent) but it arrived in a solid flat-pack which I think is cool (ironic?).

What sort of car is it and (if you like) what would you do with this car?

That rear quarter panel is a nice shape.


Someone mentioned a "Golf Bag Door?!"



Someone should recognise this shape.





More clues?



Had to be cut for shipping.





Interesting repair.

 

What I'd do with that:

Find an 'A' or dodge (?) ch***is. Sit it on there.

Find an 'A' or dodge firewall.

A grill.

3 pedals.

Any mill. (pre '64 of course)

Hairpins and just drive the thing into the ground!

Don't even paint it.

HC.

 

It would be great if the law was easier. Down here it has to be presentable and safe (in their eyes) or it sits in the garage. I've had some interest already so perhaps I'll pay this one forward.

 

That's a golf bag door.

 

I know what the laws are like down here 32ford5.

Not by experience but from the experienced!

It's becoming and absolute joke but what can you do?

Good luck.......

HC.

 

Looking through the Dodge Story I can't find exactly the same body. The '30 Victory and the DC, and DD has a similar body line at the rear, but not on the cowl. The master cylinder reservoir definately says DB, maybe other Chryslers too. The point at the rear fender definately says DB. How about a shot of the dash and more of the front end? The cowl lights don't look DB, look more like a Buick. I don't have any other Chrysler Product books, might be DeSoto or Plymouth? Maybe MAc the Yankee will recognise something. BTW, I know my opinion doesn't count but you need to keep the T racer.

 

This is a 28-29 Dodge Senior shot

 

Mmmm, interesting. I wonder what it could be? It was purchased at the Bathurst street swap meet area. I'm not sure what it was sold as. Anyway, it sit in the sellers home for a few years and then he sold it to me. It was written up as a 32 Ford which it's clearly not.

I love the shape of those rear quarter panels.

Hey Charger, the laws are starting to mellow and you can do most things these days but if you want to get clever and be ingenious (or do something they haven't seen) you have to get an engineer to look it over and give it the thumbs up (2-3k usually) including a brake fade and a high speed lane change test if it's a very unconventional vehicle. They'll look at it. They just want to make sure it's safe for public roads.

If I won the trillion dollar lottery I'd set up our own country called Hotrodia and we could drive a dozen blastolene specials down the main street if we liked!

 

I'm really interested in identifying my roadster. The cowl and doors are not mine. All I have is the rear half of the car from the first post.

Does anyone know what it is? I'm really interested in solving this.

 

best guess... This looks alot like a 29 or 30 chrysler... I would put 20 inch disc wheels and some oddball motor like a caddy flatty or a chrysler straight 8 in it and give it a giant lakes roadster apearance.

 

I think you may be right!



I see the golf door and the top of the guard looks similar but I need to see those reveals to be 100% sure.

 

Here's a 29 Desoto. Certainly looks like my reveal at the top of the guard just behind the door.

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Here's a 1930 Dodge. Still not clear but no golf bag. I'm guessing a 29 now that you mention it but I'd still like to get a close up shot of that reveal shape at the top of the guard near the door.

 

A 30 Desoto "CK" roadster...? But where's the golf bag door?

 

Another close up of a 30 dodge. The top shape (reveal) looks right.



Image from http://www.tomlaferriere.com/

 

32ford5, not all roadsters have golf doors, it would have been either a seperate option or only on the most deluxe model. Tom Lafferiere, where you stole this last pic, is a HAMBer. Contact him for other pics of this tan car. The purple sticker on the windshield is his car corral p*** for the Hershey flea market. The dark yellow with red wires roadster is a Victory roadster, I think, differant then yours.

 

I'm sure Tom won't mind (or call it stealing) as we're using it only for reference and I kept his watermark intact plus I just added a link back to his website to make sure no one gets their feathers ruffled. Thanks for the info. I'll contact him to see if he can help identify it for sure. Don't suppose you know his H.A.M.B. handle?

 

how come you only have the back half? other than being called a theif,looks like workable metal.

 

It was advertised on eplay as a 32 ford roadster back half. I knew it wasn't but picked it up for $800 on a cheap bid. Not even sure what I'm going to do with it. I'd like to chuck it on a 32 frame to be honest and use some sort of cowl and doors. Or just...own it as a laugh. It was just too cheap (for a steal roadster back half) to p*** up.

 

Try tlafferiere.

 

Thanks, but that's not it. I've tried to search for his surname in case it was used in a post but only this thread appears. Any other guesses?

I'll try his website email.

 

OOPs, try tlaferriere. Let us know if you find out for sure what body you have.

 

It could very well be a desoto, the chrysler and de soto bidies look very close. golf bag door would be on a "sport" roadster and absent in the case of a rumble seat car.

 

Oldsmobile and Buick had golf doors, too - have you looked at them?

 

Thanks Iron' that's handy to know.

No Tom I haven't looked at Buicks or Olds. I'd be stoked if it ended up being either of those! But the Chrysler/Desoto bodies look very much like that distinctive quarter panel I have.

I'm guessing that I'm searching the right era? 29/30? Could this be a later year? 32/33/24? I don't think so but I really have no idea what I have yet though I believe it's looking very much like the suggestions above. I will definitely post on here the moment it's been confirmed.

 

So did Oakland / Pontiac
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Hi 32ford5

Looking at the pictures you have posted, and the pictures when they were on ebay, I would ***ume that the body section is off a 1929 Chrysler coupe.

I would also go as far as to suggest that it was a Holden Coach Built body.

In 1929 most Chrysler products in Australia, had there Bodies Coach built by either TJ Richards, or by Holden Coach Builders.

My 1929 DeSoto Roadster is a Holden Bodied car, and the swage lines are pretty much the same as what I have.

The reason that I feel the Body is Chrysler is that in 1929 both Plymouth and DeSoto were entry level cars, and I have not seen any with golf doors fitted. However the Chrysler, that shared the same rear body section was more up market and thus the person that owned one. could most likely also afford to own a set of golf clubs.

My thoughts that the section is that of a coupe, Is looking at some difference between your Pictures, and the body of my Desoto. The Tulip panel of my body returns downwards, while yours returns upwards. The reason that yours would return upwards is that the rear roof would nail to this section.

As this is my first post im not sure how to attatch photos, but if you PM me I can send some photos of my Desoto, and a 29 Desoto Coupe, that shares the same rear body section, just without the golf door

 

I found a picture of a Chrysler Imperial roadster (1928 -29? )that has the same golf bag hole.Maybe another search option. Some were used as pace cars in the indy 500. these cars bring in some big bucks.

 

yer almost all of the non ford bodies in aus where made by holden or under holden. It looks to be early thirties by my odd opinion. - hey DeSoto29 you will want to do an into of yourself on the main forum- alot of the oldies get very, very narky about people not doing intro's. anyway welcome to the hamb mate.