Yeah, the 3" drop looks good!...much better centered with the fender opening....need to see the front the same and then a side shot of the whole car for effect...hurry up, would yah!{hehehe}
Thanks, the drop is much better for now..I'm trying to go as fast as I can,,working hard..tore apart the kingpins today..Not so good, gonna have to replace them..No suprise..
Scrapped, cleaned, and sandblasted 71 years of grease and grime off the suspension components today. then shot some primer on a couple of them..Just ran out of hours and last of my primer can...
What size tire are you running on your plymouth? I made 2" lowering blocks for my dodge but I'm contemplating getting Posies 3" drop rear springs or just add on another inch to my blocks I already have made up.
Looks like you're getting a lot done! I've wanted to get the drop uprights for mine for a while now. How difficult was it getting the 70 year old suspension parts off the frame? Does the Fat Man parts fit well without modification? I'll be looking forward to seeing your car back on the ground when you're done, and hear how it drives!
Getting the old parts off the frame was no big deal once I chipped off some of the grime to actually find bolt heads to put a socket on..LOL. Honestly the grease and grime being a huge pain, its actually a blessing in disguise..Once its chipped off the metal underneath has been perfectly preserved and in alot of cases shiny metal underneath. I will post pics when I get further,,The Fatman dropped uprights are in route, so while i wait Im still scrapping and painting the old parts so they are ready..
Please take lots of pics- the prewar Mopar front end & mods are poorly documented and good pics of the teardown and install would be a fine thing.
That looks great! Got any part numbers for the socket...I might just have to do my set up the same way...clears the area fine where the old sigle bulb socket was? What are you using for a column turn signal switch?...just curious.
The socket is a Pico 5440C it was the smallest dual filament socket I could find..But unfortunanly it does not clear the very swallow cavity the original socket did, I had to cut a hole in the back of the bucket for it to clear..As you can see in my earlier pics the new socket has tension fingers on it and snap fits perfectly onto the lens plate..I didn't really want to cut the bucket, but I'm very happy with the outcome..As for the turn signal lever, its just the clamp on universal accessory type..Kelly's hot rod parts here on the HAMB has them very resonably priced..
I have read your thead and like what you are doing to your 1940 Plymouth coupe I have one however it is totally stock. Will you be using your steering column? I see you dropped the rear looks great. The 1940 plymouth is a great looking car all the trim on the front make very art deco. I have some UTUBE clips with the motor running. Good luck
Thank you and WOW, thats a beauty you have there.. If you haven't already you should join our 1940 Plymouth group social page.. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/group.php?groupid=743
Ah, he beat me to it! That is a beauty...for sure. Kind of nice to see one other than blue...but some of us do like the blue too!
Nice plymouth! Love the fender skirts, does your car's rear fenders have special clips or tabs or whatever to mount those?...I've always wondered!
Thanks for the part number sir...I'll try one of the local parts places tomorrow to get the ball rolling{rileys/autozone/napa/advance...got a fave?} Hey, when you did your 12v conversion, what did you use for a voltage reg?...old box type or the newer electronic?...got a 60amp mopar alt ordered from ebay{reman w/ 1yr warranty= $39}..it's getting hard to find an alt with the V groove pulleys anymore!{man I must be getting old!}
GM alternator with internal regulator, Original generator pulley swaped over to the new alternator so it would still accept the wide groove belt..
The skrits have a special two part clip that can attach itself to the inside of the fender lip. Nothing special machine screw and wing nut. It makes a car look so cool.
Well nothing to new to report, My Fatman dropped uprights have arrived with my modified steering arms. The new king pin kit came in yesterday. I sent them and the spindles to the machine shop to have the new bushings installed and reemed for the new pins. All my inner fenders, core support and radiator air guides all went to the sandblaster today and will be finished next week so I can paint them in semi-gloss black..Then I will be ready for some re-install and forward progress..
Just found "Dorman 3/4" dual contact sockets #85803" that look identicle to yours yesterday...$2.99ea @ my local Autozone store...just for folk's added parts references. All I need are some bulbs now...
If you want to get bulbs like I did I found a place that sells them individually instead of making you buy a box of ten..This is where I purchased mine from. https://www.denniskirk.com/parts-un...-mini-amber-light-bulb.pH22351.prd/H22351.sku
More cleaned up parts and freshly painted..The lower control arms are back from getting powdercoated..
Looks better than new! Did you find much wear in the inner or outer control arm bushings? Looking forward to hearing how it drives. That ought to be a real tight front suspension now.
Upper ctrl arm bushings were still tight. lower ctrl arm bushings where shot, King pin bushing where also shot..
Here is some updates on the progress.. Had to seprate the center hubs from the drums so the new rotors can mount to them..
Next thing that had to be done was the hubs outer diameter needed turn down so the new rotors would fit on them. So I turned them down on the brake lathe I have at work.
Cut one coil off the coils springs to gain an additional 1" of drop, bought some used calipers out of the wrecking yard and rebuilt them.
Started reassembling the front suspension and mocking up all the components..still need to get new shocks and weld the new top mounting brkt to the frame.
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