“As near as I can tell, the only things that aren’t original are the sealed beam headlights and the windshield glass,” Kikly said. “I bought the car last year, and I can trace it clear back to the original owner.”
Kikly, a longtime car guy, spent 45 years cruising around in Corvettes.
“I’ve had seven Corvettes, starting with a 1958 model, but I just got tired of them. They just weren’t that special anymore, so I sold my last one and took about five years off from the car hobby. But then, I got to looking around on eBay, and saw this car, and I started bidding. Turns out I got it, and it was in the price range I was looking for, and it’s in really good shape,” the Vandalia resident said.
The four-door sedan features a straight six-cylinder engine, three-speed manual transmission and also some options for the 1935 model year. The car has the push-out front windshield, interior heater and the cloth interior, along with the hand-painted wheels. All of that with a sticker price of $760. The car was purchased from W&S Motors in New York, and the sticker is still on the rear.
“The car has been well taken care of, but it was also in storage for a lot of its life,” Kikly explained. “The original owner stored it during World War II, and then his son got it out after he passed away. But the son only used the car sparingly, and then put it in storage from 1970 through 1981. That’s when Bill Piggott bought it, and he stored it for another 23 years, so it’s no wonder it only has 42,514 miles on it.
“The nice thing is, it was well stored; there is very little rust on the frame or underneath, and all of the grease fittings and everything show that it was well maintained,” Kikly said. “There’s even an oil change sticker still on the door frame, which shows it had 32,000 miles on it in 1964. It appears that the engine has never been taken apart, and it just purrs along.”
Kikly will be showing the car at the concours, which is featuring the cars of Walter P. Chrysler as well as Alfa Romeo. Walter P. Chrysler bought Dodge Brothers in 1928.
The fourth Dayton Concours d’Elegance at Carillon Park will feature more than 180 classic cars and motorcycles, displayed on the grounds of Carillon Historical Park. The Concours is open to the public from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., with the awards presentation set for 3 p.m. Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for children 3 to 17 and free for children under 3 and members of Dayton History. All proceeds benefit Dayton History.
For more information, go online to www.daytonconcours.com.
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