2 HP hotrod

[Dave Mellor NJ]

29 Dodge DA

 

[mercman from oz]

2 HP 29 Dodge DA hotrod - Dave Mellor NJ

 

[old31]

That's ingenuity I guess.

 

[nkaminar]

Will not get stuck in the mud.

 

[Joe K]

Dad bought his 28 RPU in 1937 for $25 from the junkman. Sold it in 1941 for $25, BACK to the junkman. "Best deal I ever got on an automobile."

That was a fully functional "legal" car.

One imagines a "front ender" Model A would go for less than $10. Far cheaper than an enclosed carriage.

Like the horses, the wheels were probably sitting around the farm.

Joe K

 

[Planojc]

Never a vapor lock problem.

 

[frank mcdaniels]

I bet it always started in the winter too.

 

[Gene F]

My Dad bought a 33 Plymouth Coupe once for $50. A little over a year or so later he sold it for $100, and he thought he was really doing something. He sure wishes he had it now!

 

[ModelA29]

I was thinking this was going to be a thread on cycle carts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9oJ1uXq0_4

 

[ModelA29]

Dad bought his 28 RPU in 1937 for $25 from the junkman. Sold it in 1941 for $25, BACK to the junkman. "Best deal I ever got on an automobile."

I college a friend and I combed the neighborhoods and bought junk cars for $15-25 each. We'd tow them behind the supermarket toss the seats and gas tank in their dumpster then off to the scrapyard where we got $45-60. We'd do 2-3 every Saturday until people wised up that scrap iron prices had gone up.

 

[lrf]

Is this the original RatRod? LRF

 

[dansluck]

Has an exhaust problem. Could get a little messy with the windshield open.

 

[Ziggster]

Is that SAE or net HP?