I thought I should mention my newly discovered trick to remove rust! The photo above shows the brackets that mount to the side of the chassis to hold the running boards up. The brackets on the left are 'as removed' from the chassis. the ones on the right have gone the process of 'electrolysis' with a battery charger in a tank of water with 'lectric soda' mixed with it. I was very impressed with the state of the metal as it came out of the bath. If your going to try and do this at home, do a search on the internet for the instructions. If you get the polarity wrong on your part it can actually eat it away!

Here's a little mockup I did in April this year. On one hand it shows I've progressed along the restoration path. On the other it looks utterly tragic!
I found a 1928 Dodge standard six with a pretty good tub on the back. Who new that a 1925 Dodge fast four and a Dodge standard six were as similar as chalk and cheese! Needless to say the rear tub didn't fit. The standard six has been tucked away and may be the topic of a post in couple of years, who knows. One thing to note is the new bonnet. I picked this up on e-bay for $40. And yes, the tyre is just a tyre with a hubcap suspended in the middle of it!

A motor has been sourced.

I managed to find a nice V8 motor to get the car moving along (well not just yet). The engine is a 318ci motor sourced from a 1969 Dodge Phoenix. Sitting behind it is a 727 Torqueflite gearbox. This should get me to the shops in a hurry!

Here's another shot showing the new pieces added to the car.

Found some parts!

I met up with Sam in Albury and managed to get some bits and pieces to start getting my Dodge to look like a car again. I got a couple of doors, a couple of 'B' pillars, a pair of headlights, a radiator surround and some other bits and pieces. The Dodge was starting to look like something.

What we haven't got

After stripping the car down, there wasn't much left! It looked like I was going to need to do some pretty thorough searching for parts!

Home at last

Well the Dodge arrived home a little worse for wear. Along the way one of the headlights was ripped off while on the freeway. I guess the combination of rust and going in reverse at 110km/h isn't a good recipe for keeping hold of 80+ year old headlights!. Next step was to start stripping the car to see what was salvageable.