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1931 DODGE DL COUPE

Most hot rodders would consider themselves lucky to stumble upon one barn find in their lifetime, but residents who live in the Southern California town of Desert Hot Springs—located roughly halfway between Los Angeles and Phoenix—don’t find anything unusual about this particular 1931 Dodge DL coupe sitting out in the open when they pull into Mike’s Motorsports for the odd auto repair job.

Owner Mike Carey operates his

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