Dodge does not build many cars like the Deora with 170ci (2.8L) Slant-6, built from 1965 to 1967 in the decade that gave the world the pony car and the mid-engined supercar. Its designer of record is Harry Bentley Bradley.
How it came about
The Deora is a 1965 Dodge A100 pickup truck that was heavily customized by Mike and Larry Alexander in Detroit for the 1967 Detroit Autorama. Harry Bentley Bradley designed the Deora and helped with the build process. After winning many awards, including the Ridler in 1967, it became the prototype for a Hot Wheels car, and plastic model kit. It was sold at auction in 2009 for US$ 324,500.
The hardware
Under the skin sits 170ci (2.8L) Slant-6. The gearbox is a 3-speed manual. The layout matters: a front engine drives the rear wheels, the classic proportion — long bonnet, cabin set back — that most people picture when they picture a sports saloon or a grand tourer. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Family and rivals
On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Ford Transit, the Ford Bronco, the Nissan Silvia. Its Dodge stablemates include the Dodge 1500 and the 1955 Dodge.
The money
There is no federal ownership record for the Deora — it predates the complaint database or was never sold in the United States — so MotorJury publishes no running-cost figure for it. For a car of this age the price is set by the collector market and the condition of the individual example, not by a formula.