Dad gave me my 1931 Dodge Brothers business coupe in 1967 when I was 15 years old. It was in pieces. Dad bought it in 1959 from a guy in Michigan who had joined the Navy and was going to San Diego and could not take the car with him.

It was partially disassembled and sat in our garage until it was given to me. I put the car together and drove it to high school and all around southeastern Michigan. I started to restore the car and took it apart again. I then moved to California without the car and went back to Michigan to pick it up a couple of years later.

The engine was in my Dad's basement in pieces when I left. Dad had sold the house and never picked the engine up. The owner of the house took the engine out behind the garage and buried it because he had no way to get it to the dump.

A while later the house went up for sale and the new owner helped me find and dig up my engine. Towed the car to California with my Dad and worked a bit on it there. I have since moved to Oregon and still have the car and am still working on it. It will be restored to original condition.

John