Thread: Interesting Project (not Mine)

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I'm not doing so good right now, (degenerative arthritis in my lower back) getting around is a bit of a pain (literally).

Haven't been out in the shop too much, can't really do too much out there right now anyway.

I did get a call from a friend of mine a couple days ago who wanted to know if I could shed some light on job a friend of his just got in. Turns out it is a 20 to 27 Dodge Brothers Hearse. While I was over there I did manage to find the heavily painted over body data tag, which will hopefully be able to shed some light on it.

D Hearse by M Patterson, on Flickr


Mechanically it appears mostly original, Down to the mechanical rear brakes and no front brakes. It may also have had an engine swap.

The engine is what fascinated me the most. In line 4 and from what I researched it appears to have had a romping stomping 4:1 compression ratio. It also has a factory chain drive starter/generator that was a 24 to 26 option and is part of a 12 volt negative ground system. I even managed to find a wiring diagram for it.

Starter Gen by M Patterson, on Flickr

For now the guys project is just to try to get it running and moving (and hopefully stopping LOL) .

I'll probably stop by off and on to see how he's doing on it.



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