SOLD SOLD I bought this ’34 Dodge 5W coupe last August in order to have a project to work on over the winter. I purchased it from the trustee for an elderly man who was going into a home and was selling all his antique cars. The previous owner has Alzheimer’s and was of no help with providing previous history. I was able to locate the original builder of the car from some paperwork I discovered in the vehicle. As near as I can tell the “hot rod” build started in the early 80s in Ohio when the car was an original survivor. When I bought it, it was a hot rod project that had never been driven or even fired. Before I bought the car, it had been sitting in a concrete building for a long time. I bought it because it was so complete and had such good sheet metal. My intentions were to repair/replace ONLY mechanical issues, nothing with body or interior. That is what I have done, and it is now for sale. * In the following descriptions if the word new is bold, it indicates I replaced that part. If the word new is not bold, it indicates it was new when the build was initially started years ago. BODY: Excellent condition and extremely complete. Excellent floors, doors, trunk lid, hood, running boards, rear fenders, and body shell. Grill shell and front fenders are good but not as nice as rest of body. Roof insert and cowl vent have been filled, stock uncut firewall, all body lines match up well, doors and trunk lid open and latch well. All factory exterior-handles. Original factory dash with factory instrumentation and glove box. Good stock windshield with working crank-out mechanism. Have all interior garnish moldings, header panel, factory sun visors, chrome window/vent frames for doors, door window regulators, all new green tint safety glass. Gas tank appears to be new ’34 Dodge repro. Steering column is new chrome CPP tilt unit with column shifter. Original factory bench seat missing seat tracks. Metal floor in trunk and passenger compartment is excellent and solid. Inner firewall has been covered with new Fat Mat and is the fuse box mount. Neat new wiring installed only for engine-run circuits. I can see from the inside of the body that there is no rust or patch panels. CHASSIS: This is the first vintage Mopar coupe I have ever had, so I am not as familiar with the frame as I would be a Ford. The frame is original 1934 Dodge that was sand blasted and painted black in the 80s and shows no rust issues anywhere. It looks like all the boxing, rear crossmember, and center X member are original. There is an added aftermarket ladder-bar crossmember and a Ford Mustang II front crossmember. The rear end is a 9” Ford and looks to me to be an early station wagon rear. It has all new drum brakes. The rear suspension is coil-over shocks with ladder bars like the old Competition Engineering set-up. The Mustang II has all new disc brakes and a new manual rack and pinion steering unit and new shock absorbers. The steering shaft to the steering column has all new u-joints. The new Mustang master cylinder is below the floor, mounted in the chassis, and uses an aftermarket mount and pedal assembly. The chassis has all new brake lines and fuel lines. The gas tank looks like a new repro ‘34 Dodge. There is no radiator, but I do have the original mounting brackets off the stock ‘34 radiator. I have both the front and rear original bumpers with the original bumper irons. The driveshaft is installed and does have new u-joints. TRANSMISSION: The tranny is a short-tail 350 Turbo that looks to be rebuilt. I did drop the pan, and everything was super clean upon inspection. I added new filter and new fluid. The trans is hooked up to the column shifter and is operational. It is cooled by a new aftermarket Hayden cooler that will be mounted to the front of the radiator. ENGINE: I determined from the casting numbers (14010201) and the suffix letters (CDN) that the Chevrolet engine is an L89 305 from a 1985 Camaro Z28. When I got the car, the engine had no starter and no oil in it, and all the “shiny” parts needed cleaning and polishing. I left the engine in the chassis but removed selected parts including the intake and oil pan. Everything was clean inside (see photos) so I pulled a lifter to see if they were new, which they were. Intake runners on heads (#14014416) are ported. With the pan off I could see the crank, rods, and pistons are all clean. The engine has a new oil pump and screen. I did not remove any rod or main caps. So, what I really know for-sure about the interior of the engine is that it has new lifters, and new oil pump, and everything is very clean. MY educated guess is that it is a freshened 305 with new cam and lifters. The engine has a no-name aluminum intake, chrome block-hugger headers, HEI distributor with new cap and wires, Edelbrock 600 carburetor, new water pump, new alternator, new fuel pump, new starter, and numerous chrome accessories. When reassembly was completed I added 5 quarts of 10W30 Penn Drake racing oil that has a high zinc content. I treated the engine like a fresh start-up in order to avoid any internal damage. I did prime the engine before starting and got 70 PSI. I have started the engine and have run it for only a few minutes since I have no radiator. TIRES/WHEELS: Rear tires are new Firestone 265/75/15 radials mounted on media-blasted 15 X 7 Ford steel wheels. The fronts are used 14” radials on slotted 14” steel wheels that were on the car when I bought it. While they have good tread yet, they are old and not in good shape. PAINT: The paint is just the way it was when I bought it, and I have no idea why some parts are red and some (body) are in primer. Potential buyers would be wise to consider this car in the same way they would any other survivor car that needs paint work. Other: I have both original headlights that have a few dents in each and missing one glass lens, I have both original chrome horns with trumpets, I have one original tail light with stand but no lens, I have the original inside mirror with mount that has silver coming off the glass, I do not have a wiper motor. I have the original Dodge-scripted radiator cap, I have only two good original inside door/window handles.
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