Hemmings Find of the Day – 1923 Dodge RPU from “The Lively Set”

While it would’ve been nice to find a car from one of Elvis’s movies to celebrate his birthday today (such as this one), I’ll take the next best thing: the 1923 Dodge roadster pickup from “The Lively Set,” currently for sale on Hemmings.com for $150,000. From the seller’s description:

Driven by Doug McClure in the movie with stunt driving by Mickey Thompson. Featured in Popular Hot Rodding Jan. ‘63, Hot Rod Magazine Dec. ‘63, and Car Craft (cover) Jan. ‘64. Fresh frame off restoration This is a rare opportunity to acquire a piece of Hot Rod history. Mentioned in the Ken Gross/Robert Genat book “Hot Rod Milestones” pg. 50. Built by Joe Pirronello, a San Diego Prowlers member, in the late fifties. As stated in Hot Rod, Joe got the urge to build something sneaky after seeing Norm Grabowski’s and Tommy Ivo’s cars. This car won many awards in its day. Built from a ‘23 Dodge touring body, ‘28 Model A frame, ‘27 Model T pickup bed (widened), Model T grill shell, ‘37 Ford V8 60 front end and Ford Banjo rear end, ‘40 Ford juice brakes. no glass, real steel.

And a YouTube clip of the pickup from the movie: