I saw this sitting in a driveway for sale recently. I don’t know where they got it, but the rope under the bumper says how.
For the nineteen fifty-one model year Dodge Coronet got a grained vinyl covered dash; pretty exiting stuff. That year also saw the introduction of new Oriflow shock absorbers. I don’t know how well they worked, but I’ll bet it was no Porsche in the corners anyways.
It sure looks nice, but like my friend says “Dodge is not a brand, it’s an adjective”.
It’s optioned with a roof rack, which seems a bit odd for a “sporty” hardtop coupe. Too much luggage, or was that just fashionable back then?
As far as the engine goes, we should find an L head straight six with a single barrel carb under the hood. Introduction of a V8 was still two years away, in nineteen fifty three. But a semi-automatic transmission was available.
If you want to buy it, ask for Eric, but last I saw it, it was loaded unto a trailer. Sure would look nice to drive around in.
If the inside is as nice as the outside…
It would certainly be an interesting project.
That Dodge is in pretty decent condition. I’d love to own it in running condition. I’d have a blast just trying to detail it, to get it looking as good as it could without a restoration.
My BIL had one that looked just like that but must have been a 53 cause it had a V8. Ran a long time. I think they got tired of it but can’t recall anything major breaking.
Everyone knows Dodge is a verb.
Imagine them using the cute little ram from that ad in today’s truck advertising! Ram tough?
> Everyone knows Dodge is a verb.
+1
Only Chrysler under K.T. Keller would put a roof rack on a 2 door hardop. Jeeze.
I am smitten, Michael. Back in the 90s, an old friend found a 51 Dodge Meadowbrook sedan that served as his daily driver for awhile. That was my one and only experience with Fluid Drive – though the cheap kind mated to a 3 speed stick, and not the cooler semi-automatic.
Tough old cars. And a top-of-the-line hardtop to boot. Funny how the original Dodge Diplomat looked just as stodgy as the one that saw police duty in the 80s.
Mrs. JPC is certainly glad that the car is in Oregon and not in Indiana. Otherwise, I might be doing multiple kinds of Dodging.
Only Chrysler under K.T. Keller would put a roof rack on a 2 door hardop. Jeeze
Needs wide whitewalls, curb feelers, and sombero wheel covers… 😛
That roof rack looks too new to be a factory, or even a dealer option. It was probably meant for something from the 60s with a flatter roof.
Besides, it’s on backwards.
Thats a hearse style rack from the 70s certainly not original nice ol car though
A car to drive without a hat and without a care! I like the cute ram, cars are too angry these days…
That slotted front grill makes me think of my folks’ ’52 Dodge 4-door sedan, which they were driving when I came around.
I actually spotted a ’51 or ’52 Dodge 4-door for sale a few months ago on a car lot about 10 miles up the road in nearby Grundy Center, IA. It wasn’t there for long.
How quickly the automotive world forgets: The Chrysler Mopar Oriflow brand of shock absorbers were widely recognized as superior to any other brand in their day. How much so? International sports car builder and racer Briggs Cunningham used Oriflows on his race cars.