Own a piece of history:
an astronaut’s car
For Sale 1937 Dodge D-5
touring sedan with following features:
The car
color is Chillon Green Metallic. The interior is tan mohair.
Engine:
6-cylinder flat head with 87 hp@3600rpm with a bore of 3.5” and stroke of 4
3/8”. 217.8 cu inches
53,000
original miles
Fuel: EXV2
Stromberg carburetor with a modern Sisson automatic choke and off on switch for
hot starting. Same setup as a 1937 Airflow.
Transmission:
3-speed synchro-mesh transmission
Suspension:
leaf springs and all-wheel hydraulic shock absorbers and hydraulic brakes
All steel
body and roof (first year for Dodge)
Weight 2997
lbs.
Engine has
been magnafluxed, new radiator, new water pump, new fuel pump and fuel sensor
in gas tank, new electrical wires, new Champion J-8 spark plugs, new ignition wires and new coil.
Accessories:
Options
installed: Deluxe accessory package consists of dual tail lamps, dual
windshield wiper package, dual sun visors, dual horns and a cigar lighter.
Other
options included: Tri-Airstream model heater & defroster with illuminated rheostat switch, hand
brake lever extension and muffler tail pipe extension. Light and sound alarm
when handbrake is engaged. Dual fog lights with illuminated on off switch.
Electronic turn
signals added for safety as well as third brake lights in back window.
more pictures available if requested. Please ask questions!
AACA
First Senior awards, Many best of show awards from the Tucson area
Everything
works and it starts easily.
Formerly
owned by Frank Borman, an astronaut who
along with Jim Lovell, and William Anders became the first humans to leave
Earth's orbit and circle the moon in 1968, just like NASA just did now in April 2026!
In a note that Frank Borman sent me after
I bought the car in August 2014, he stated that “it is an exact copy of the one I used to date my wife back in 1945-1946
driving through Tucson.
