Dodge “SOUTHWARDS RAT ROD”
Year:
1920
Manufacturer:
Dodge Brothers Company, Auburn Hills, Michigan, U.S.A
Number Produced:
Fairly unique
Specifications:
4375 cc 267 cu in 1939 Lincoln V12
110HP @ 3,900 RPM
Triple Ford Carburettors on custom made manifold
3 Speed 1936 Lincoln gearbox
Description:
This vehicle came from an idea hatched by the Southward workshop staff to build a vehicle using recycled parts from the museum storage sheds.
The vehicle started life as a 1920 Dodge Tourer. It was owned by two brothers in the Hawkes Bay town of Wairoa.
During the 1940’s the vehicle was converted to a truck with the unique tongue and groove cab as you see it today.
The vehicle changed ownership in the 1960’s when it was bought by a collector in Hawkes Bay before being eventually acquired by Len Southward in a bulk purchase of the collector’s cars.
The total transformation of that vehicle into what it is today took 3 months of part time work and used parts from a large range of different vehicles.