The 1928 Dodge Brothers Victory Six Roadster body was purchased on Ebay for $5,000 in October of 2007

Sandblasting revealed a few surprises on the'rust-free' body!

...and more. This thing was swiss cheese!

'Bondo' Bob Basso worked magic with some homemade patch panels, a couple tubs of bondo and a couple of hundred hours

Almost there

Due to a no-show seller, it required TWO trips from Bozeman to Minneapolis (6000+ miles) in 5 days to finally complete the transaction

...and a few more

Time for a mock up. Pedro's hemi-powered '34 Dodge sits in the background

First coat of primer

Body meets chassis for the FIRST time ONE week before Speedweek 2008