Antique 1929 Dodge Brothers Pickup With 1912 North Tonawanda Band Organ on 2040-cars

Year:1929 Mileage:9100 Color: Blue /
Black

Location:

Michigan City, Indiana, United States

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Advertising:

Transmission:Manual
Body Type:Pickup Truck
Engine:6 cylinder
Vehicle Title:Clear
Fuel Type:Gasoline
For Sale By:Private Seller

VIN: D211809 Year: 1929
Interior Color: Black
Make: Dodge
Number of Cylinders: 6
Model: Other Pickups
Trim: It's an OLD truck from an era before trim packages
Cab Type (For Trucks Only): Regular Cab
Drive Type: Rear wheel drive with single plate clutch
Mileage: 9,100
Sub Model: Series E-DA 3/4 ton
Exterior Color: Blue
Warranty: Vehicle does NOT have an existing warranty

Condition: UsedA vehicle is considered used if it has been registered and issued a title. Used vehicles have had at least one previous owner. The condition of the exterior, interior and engine can vary depending on the vehicle's history. See the seller's listing for full details and description of any imperfections.Seller Notes:"This is an OLD pick-up truck that has been cared for immaculately in a first class automobile museum for the past 20 years. The band organ is "the nicest one I've ever renovated and restored" according to the well-known man who did the restoration. He wanted to buy it from me after he was done restoring because he said it had the best sound of any of its type he's ever heard."

One of the greatest joys in my life is when I flip on the switch to my 1912 North Tonawanda Band Organ (it was renovated from a barrel organ to play paper rolls in the mid-1920s by the Wurlitzer Company). It sits on the back of my dear old 1929 Dodge Brothers 3/4 ton pickup truck (note, this is a Dodge BROTHERS truck, from the last year that Dodge Brothers was in business as the Dodge Brothers Company - they later became Dodge Company that very same year.)

I found this old band organ in terrible shape about 12 years ago at the Red Barron Antique Auction in Roswell, Georgia and despite it only playing a few notes and being filled with hornets nests and the facade almost gone due to the rot of sitting outdoors in a Georgia field for several years, I purchased it for $500. The auctioneer banged the gavel on the podium and laughingly said, "David, you'll buy anything!"

I got the old girl home and wondered what on earth I had purchased. I luckily met a great old retired engineer later that year who loved mechanized music and worked on these band organs as well as old player pianos and such. I sent the band organ to Kim Pontius of Hartford City, Indiana, to restore. It took two years, but wowsa, did Kim ever do a marvelous job! In fact, reknown in the band organ business, Kim said that he had been rebuilding band organs for as long as he could remember and this one particular organ has some of the "sweetest and most perfect sound". He even offered to buy it from me if I didn't have the large amount of money required to pay him for his rebuilding services.

My old band organ now looks and sounds like it did new and even plays better for it was a barrel organ then but now can play the ornate music from paper Wurlitzer rolls. It was converted in the mid-1920's by Wurlitzer Company to play their paper rolls instead of the big brass pin rolls. I put it in parades and carnivals around the Midwest and it is always the star of the crowd! People stand around for hours watching, listening and even dancing to it!

Nicknamed by the locals, The Pride of Long Beach, the truck and band organ have started every Long Beach, Indiana Independence Day parade for the past 8 years to the joy and enthusiasm of the whole community. There's nothing like listening to an old fashioned Sousa march on a period instrument which was around playing his marches while the famous bandmaster was alive conducting them!

Included in this auction are about a dozen different paper music rolls all the way from European Favorites music to Patriotic March music to Old Time Era Gone By music. Each roll has about 10 to 12 songs on it. Also, included is a Honda portable whisper quiet 2000 generator with EU Inverter. This generator will run the band organ's electric motor for hours. I've even had it running for over 8 hours at a time and only went through about two gallons of gasoline!

I have thought long and hard about what to do with my dear old "Spirit of Long Beach" band organ and pickup truck. I am now willing to offer it for sale to the top bidder. Would you like an old mechanized music maker and antique pickup truck to be the American centerpiece of your antique automobile or mechanized music collection? Can you live without owning your own 1912 North Tonawanda band organ and being able to listen to the "happiest music on earth" whenever you desire? Contact me if you want more information.

Best,

David J. Valkema

P.S. This is NOT a toy or a cheap stereo system! It is the REAL THING! Please understand that when contacting me.

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