The D14 was a one-year Dodge model in 1940 and was called the Luxury Liner series. Body styles included 2- and 4-door sedans, convertibles, station wagons, a limousine (!) – and a business coupe, like the seller’s car. This one has been sitting in a barn since 1972, supposedly due to a rear brake issue. It’s a solid hunk of metal that deserves to be restored and can be found in Woodland, California, and is available here on Facebook Marketplace for $5,500.
These Dodges were all powered by a 218 cubic inch L-head six-cylinder that was rated at 87 hp. A “3-on-the-tree” manual transmission was its steady companion. The Business Coupe was designed for traveling salesmen who needed extra room for their wares, so there was no rear seat in order for the trunk to be more expansive.
54 years is a long time for anything to be sitting unused. Surprisingly, rust has been held to a minimum, but it does exist. The light blue paint has run its course, and the interior reflects five decades of inactivity. The engine will not turn over, so does that mean the engine will need to be torn down and rebuilt? Besides this, we don’t have much information about this Dodge, so the photos will have to do most of the talking.
Chrysler bought Dodge Brothers Co. in 1928, so they had only been together for a dozen years when this business coupe was assembled. Like the rest of the auto industry, production would come to a halt in 1942 so resources could be redeployed to the Defense Department (World War II). Would you be up for restoring this vintage Dodge?
It would make an excellent Route 66 or Route 30 car to drive along both of those routes.
Don’t forget Route 80. It has it’s fans, too.
Nice old Dodge, but drop a zero off the end of that price and it might attract buyers. Its an era that younger people have no interest in, and the older crowd like myself that would like it are dying in large numbers.
Forklift under the frame rails! That’s one way to get pictures of the underside!
I think it is amazing that the grill and trim look intact and undamaged after all this time!
Blown Hemi hot rod material.
for all those who moan and go on and on about cleanlinss and running..
THIS is a barn find , what we should expect to see when surfing on a site called Barn Finds 😉
As for the find, NICE .
I can see it as a street racer with the hot rod stance, front axle showing and exhaust out behind the front wheels. The body’s original paint polished and waxed.. and a mopar motor, NOT a SBC 😏
A good restoration candidate.. But his price is about double what it is worth to start the investment of time and money.
solid piece but there’s more wrong than rear brakes. real small market for this. i would say around 2k would be fair as it sits.
I’d just drop in a 360 four speed and 8 3/4 out of truck n call it good. Set of old aluminum slots unpolished out of junkyard and hit the road. And no, it would never be seen at Cars & Coffee, just two black marks on any deserted back roads left.
I like your thinking. I would be inclined to put in a modern hemi
Looks great like it is right now.
Get the mechanicals working and use it.
That’s what I would do.
Looks like a good start for someone to fix it up . Would look great updated.
Someone needs to save this . Looks 95 % there on parts.
Wow, parked in 1972.
If this car was near me it would be mine. 2500 miles one way is too far. Awesome car.
Keep lifting it with a forklift and the driveshaft will be bent or the frame twisted.
This having everything but a hubcap, get it running, scrub, detail and drive. Oh, and find a hubcap. You don’t find many with everything still there like this.
Wd 40 on the hinges and nuts, mystery oil in the cylinders, a good cleaning and battery should be a good start.
I think I’ve driven by this car about 2-3 years ago while picking up ready mix concrete mixer. I’m about 15 minutes away. When I saw it from a stoplight, I thought it was a 40′ Ford coupe (from looking at the rear).
I like the idea of being a candidate for a modern 5.7 Hemi (from a ram 1500).
If anyone is interested in this car, I could take a look for you.
Hello, like one guy said… Us old guy’s that would like to have this Coupe probably don’t have time left to do this car. I sure would like to try to get it running but will have to pass. 🙄
And for all our younger folks out there, THIS is what a real barn find looks like. I can’t tell you just how many cars I’ve seen in this condition, but it’s been a lot. When I was a kid, finds like this were everywhere. It seemed like you and all your friends knew some really old person with an old car tucked away in their garage. And then there were the
stories that came with them. Like the old lady with an old Corvette that tells you that she won’t sell it until her son comes home from the war. Or the widow
lady with a V-16 Cadillac up on blocks who tells you it was her husband’s car and the reason it got parked was because her husband passed away and she never learned how to drive a stick
shift. And there was the time I got to see a ’48 Tucker sedan with some friends of mine one day. One of my friends delivered the old man’s paper 🗞️ and one day, he saw the car parked in the
old man’s garage as the gentleman left the doors open. So my friend hot footed it over to
my house and told me about this
strange old car he just saw. So we ride back over there and lo and behold, the garage doors were still open and the gentleman
was still there working on his wife’s ’65 Chevy sedan. He was very nice and showed us the Tucker from bumper to bumper.
He even let us open the doors and sit in it! When we asked him why he didn’t drive it he told us that since they didn’t make them
anymore, it was too hard to find parts for it to keep it running. But
he told us that he started it once a week and changed the fluids every six months to keep things
freed up. Compared to that fund,
everything else looked tame. Now this car needs to be preserved in stock condition if possible. And if I DID have to replace the engine, my choice would be a 225 slant six that would make this car a very economical and reliable driver. And if you build a car these days,
you build it to pass the gas station and not pass everything but a gas station.
We had a ‘40 Dodge when I was a kid. I fell in love with it and always wanted one. But price, location, and that I’m now into Studebakers and Packards make this a no go. But, I love the car.