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This is the new site for the norcalDBS.org!
GENERAL INFORMATION
TO REVIEW THE ACTIVITIES OF THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA DODGE BROTHERS AND SISTERS GROUP, PLEASE CLICK ON THE "NCDBS MEETS" BUTTON AND YOU WILL FIND DETAILS OF EVERY EVENT ATTENDED DURING THIS YEAR AND PAST YEARS. WE INCLUDE EVERYTHING FROM OUR KICK-OFF MEET TO THE LAST EVENT OF THE YEAR. For a quick synopsis of our latest activities, please click on "WHAT'S NEW" in the upper right hand corner of this page.
NEXT 2010 ACTIVITY FOR NCDBS:
Up next for the NCDBSG/R is the ANNUAL SPRING PICNIC AND KICK-OFF Meet scheduled for March 28th at the Amador Community Park in Pleasanton - corner of Santa Rita Road and Black Avenue. Check the schedule of events by clicking Next Events.
SPRING TOUR INFORMATION:
The SPRING TOUR is fairly well set and ready to go. Press on the dbtour.pdf file on the top left hand side of this page and you will find all the information and details regarding this tour! It will be the REDWOODS TO HOLLYWOOD TOUR based at the Airtel Plaza Hotel in Van Nuys, California. We will be driving our DB's to all the tour locations (but sadly not from Northern California to the LA area) and through the side streets of the Van Nuys/Los Angeles environs. Touring to the Nethercutt Museum in San Sylmar on Friday April 30, the optional MAGIC CASTLE dinner and shows, the Peterson Automotive Museum on Saturday May 1 and the Los Angeles Fire Heliport on Sunday May 2. This will be a great event beginning on Friday April 30 through Sunday May 2nd. Hope to see you there. Contact Donn Marinovich at dcmmld@wildblue.net or telephone (209) 533-3663 or Ken Sobel at ken.sobel@yahoo.com or telephone (818) 995-6865.)
PAST ACTIVITY - TURLOCK 2010
The gathering at the Turlock Swap Meet at the end of January was a success. The NCDBSG members who were present for the usual photo-op on Saturday afternoon are shown in the digipix below.
From left to right: Bob Scafani, Tom Gong, Donn Marinovich, Mike French, Roger Gong, Amil Gehrke
and Jim Reid
A few inquiries were made during the event and are listed below.
1936 4-door sedan, needs interior or make offer. George Garcia. 12555 Ave. 407, Cutler, CA 93615
1929 4-door converted into a pickup. Need front doors or sell for $2K. Jerry Jones. (209) 545-0425, Salida, CA.
1932 coupe suicide doors wanted. Tom @ (541) 826-4688.
1927 4 door for sale. Aaron Beaver @ (916) 777-5306 or cell (916) 417-0456
1926 Panel truck with wood wheels. For sale $1500. Dave Hernandez (209) 627-7171
LIBRARY NEEDS:
As a reference guide, Donn Marinovich has put together the following List of reference materials.
Modern Publications
Relating to Dodge & Graham Brothers Vehicles
BOOKS
The Dodge Story, Thomas McPherson, Crestline / Motorbooks 1992
ISBN 0-879938-097-5
The Dodge Brothers - The Men, The Motor Cars and the Legacy, Charles K. Hyde
Wayne State University Press 2005 ISBN 0-8143-3246-3
Dodge Brothers / Budd Co. Historical Photo Album, John Velliky & Jean M. Pitrone
Harlo Press 1992 ISBN 0-8187-0166-8
Somewhere in Time, A Dodge Brothers Photo Collection, John Velliky & John Parsons
Harlo Press 1998 ISBN 0-8187-0316-4
Dodge Dynasty, Caroline Latham & Davis Agresta, Harcourt Brace 1989
ISBN 0-15-125320-X
Tangled Web, Jean M. Pitrone, Avenue Publishing 1989
ISBN 0-910977-05-4
Dodge Trucks, Don Bunn, Crestline / Motorbooks 1997
ISBN 0-7603-0118-2
Dodge Pickup Trucks, Steve Stratham, Motorbooks 1998
ISBN 0-7603-0350-9
Dodge Pickups, Don Bunn & Tom Brownell, Motorbooks 1991
ISBN 0-87938-491-3
Dodge Pickup Buyers Guide, Don Bunn, Motorbooks 1994
ISBN 0-87938-847-1
Dodge Trucks 1948-1960 Photo Archive, P.A. Letourneau, Iconografix 1995
ISBN 1-882256-37-9
Dodge Boats, Anthony S. Mollica Jr., Motorbooks 2003
ISBN 0-760311-74-9
Dodge: The Performance Cars, Peter Grist, Sutton Publishing 2003
ISBN O-750923-41-5
The Standard Catalogue of Chrysler James T. Lenzke, Krause Publications, 1997
ISBN 0-873418-82-4
SS Delphine: Chronicle of Horace’s Steam Yacht, Ineke Bruynooghe, 2003
MAGAZINE ARTICLES
Antique Automobile, Dodge Brothers First 50 Years, Dave Chambers
Antique Automobile Club of American (AACA) Hershey, PA. November / December 1964
Antique Automobile Dodge Brothers Inc. Commercial Cars, Dave Chambers
Antique Automobile Club of American (AACA) Hershey, PA. May / June 1968
Antique Automobile, Edward G. Budd and the Company He Founded, Lloyd E. Griscom
Antique Automobile Club of American (AACA) Hershey, PA. January / February 1971
Antique Automobile, U.S. Soldiers Restore Pershing Car
Antique Automobile Club of American (AACA) Hershey, PA. January / February 1977
Cars & Parts, Dodge Brothers (Series of 5 Monthly Feature Articles) Arch Brown
Amos Press - Sidney, OH. - Aug, Sept, Oct. 1999
Cars & Parts, Dodge Brothers (Series of 3 Monthly Feature Articles) Don Butler
Amos Press - Sidney, OH. - April, May, June, Aug, Sept. 1979
Classic Boating, The Right Factory with the Wrong Owner (Horace Dodge Jr. Bid to Mass-Produce Boats) Jim Wangard – Classic Boating - Oconomowoc, WI. May / June 2003
TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS / SHOP MANUALS
Mechanics Instruction Manual 1914-1927 Dodge Brothers Motor Cars / Graham Brothers Trucks
8.5” x 11” Reprinted by Crank’en Hope Publications 461 Sloan Alley Blairsville, PA. 15717-1481
1-724-459-8853
Mechanics Instruction Manual 1914-1927 Dodge Brothers Motor Cars / Graham Brothers Trucks
8.5” x 11” Reprinted by FAXON Books 3901 Carter Avenue Riverside, CA. 1-800-458-2734 faxonautolit.com
1914 – 1933 Dodge Brothers Passenger Car Master Parts List 8.5” x 11” Reprinted by FAXON Books 3901 Carter Avenue Riverside, CA. 1-800-458-2734 - faxonautolit.com
Master Parts List, Dodge Brothers Motor Vehicles 9th Edition - February 15th 1927 Souvenir Edition 1967
Note to all D-B Club Members,
This is a VERY short list of books, magazine and other publications dealing with the Dodge Brothers, Graham Brothers Trucks, Dodge / Chrysler and the Dodge Family, by no means is it complete.
I am attempting to compile a more complete Bibliography / listing of available information and literature. If you find additional articles, books or pamphlets, not listed here, please help by sending a description of that publication to the address listed below, THANKS!!!
Donn Marinovich
P. O. Box 1782
Columbia, Calif. 95310-1782
(209) 533-3663
dcmmld@mlode.com
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