Features How many of you guys have a 1940-1941 Non-truck Mopar ?

Hi guys, just wondering how many members own a 1940 or 1941 Mopar and what make do you own ?

I have a 1940 Dodge businessman Coupe, a 1940 Dodge sedan and looking at picking up this 1940 Chrysler Royal sedan soon.

Please do not ask me what brand of polish i use, it is not recommended, obviously...........

This is just my personal taste, i Love the 1940-41 body style Mopar over all others, Sedans, two doors, roadsters, but my favourite is the Coupes, pity Ma Mopar never did a 3 window Coupe for 1940, because the `41 3 window Coupes look so sweet also.

 

Had a 1941 Dodge Luxury Liner sedan for about three months. This was about 25 years ago. Paid $400 for a running, driving car. I searched to see if I had any pics of it, to no avail. Neat old Dodge.

 

40 d14 convert, stock mod frt 8 3/4 rear on the ground all mopar baby! 440/727

 

When I was young I found a shell of a Coupe sitting in a bush. I was told it was a 1940 or 1941 Plymouth Coupe.
I absolutely fell in love with the shape of the body. I loved the roof lines from any angle. I loved the shape of the car.
I found my 1940 Plymouth Coupe about 30 years ago. The frame was cut in half, the FLOORS were diamond tufted, and the owner told me "It can NEVER be made into a car again".
lol
It had 29,000 original miles, the body was near mint.
I had it running within a year, 440, 2x4bbl, 727 auto, and a narrowed 8 3/4 rear with 4.10 gears. it weighed 2910 pounds, and moved along quite well.
I saw the seller's wife two years after I bought it, she asked if I was driving the car, I said I was. She was stunned, she said her husband had thought he had seen the car driving on the road.

I picked up my (now) wife in the car in high school. The last time I drove the car I took her around the block when she was 8 months pregnant with my son.
He's 22 now.

I tore the car apart in 2000 and I'm presently trying to resume my quest to get it on the road.

 

Any chance you can post a picture of your car please.

 

Have you got a picture of how it was back when it was wedge powered please....

 

I have a '40 Dodge Biz Coupe. Pictures of it are in a thread by me under "Introduce Yourself"

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=756708

chuck

 

Not a 40/41, but I just hauled in a early 46 Plymouth Biz coupe. Not much diff except for trim.

 

Hi, great score. The `40-`41 had there own body shape. If you look at your `46 - `48 Mopars, they have the fender extending in to the front door buddy. the earlier model does not, they have a separate fender from door on them..... but they are pretty close

 

here ya go.

 

I used to have a 1940 Dodge Coupe I put a Dakota frame under, sold it to a buddy who left it at his girlfriend's Dad's house who sold it to someone random after they broke up or something. Probably scrap now.

 

Did you take a picture at least............. devastating

 

1940 Plymouth coupe here none mopar running gear although most of the frame was maintained.

 

Very cool, thanks for sharing

 

My '41 Dodge Business Cpe.

 

Here's my '40 Plymouth Roadking Business Coupe.

 

Of course! I like taking pictures and making myself look like a dirtball hack on the interwebs!

Full history of my time with the old girl: My old 1940 Dodge Coupe

I bought it from a dude who turned out to be a HAMBer named "Sheepdip".



It would have been a fun build but I got distracted by another Model A Coupe....

 

Wicked, now there are even more cool Mopars being posted. Keep em coming guys, these would arguably be the best shape Mopars ever built, i have a lot of different Mopars and in my eye, these rule supreme.... Thanks all

 

I bought my 41 Chrysler Windsor 4dr sedan for $700. in 1974 because I needed a family car. I had two small kids and my 37 Plymouth coupe just wasn't big enough.

 

She is a clean old girl, oh to be able to travel back in time and put away the cars you love best back then for today's use. Thanks for sharing.

 

Yep, my '40 Dodge is staying in the family for LONG TIME. I'm gonna build a flat head soon, but my '40 ain't going anywhere.

I mean, come on.... J-Lo ain't got NUTHIN' on this back side...


Thanks Hemiken

 

Cool, i still can not get over all the differences from the American 40 Dodge to the Australian 40 Dodge..... Thanks again

 

Anyone else have one ?

 

Not mine but here is a picture of a 41 dodge Gasser that I was building for a customer. It has a Hemi and 1 piece tilt front end.

 

/\ /\ /\ What a sweet ride, how far have you got with it.

 

My '39 Plym conv cpe is close to being a '40, it was built late in the '39 production series..
I found the car sitting in a field in Montana where it had been sitting for 38 years.. As you can tell from the before and after pix, a lot of work went into the restoration.. It is a Resto-Mod... 2002 V8, AT, PS, AC. etc.. A real nice ride that cruises very nicely at 70+..
I starting writing about my Plym project on the Plymouth Owners Bulletin (POC) over ten years ago, the result of which has been that people from all over the world contact me for info about the '39-40 Plym's..
I am currently helping a man in Australia with the rebuilding of a '39 Plym conv that he had shipped from the states about two years ago..

 

i have a Desoto 1941 coupe



It is euqipt with a 354 Hemi with fuel inection and driven on E85



And i have own it since 1988







And i have restore it little too



/Stefan



/Stefan

/Stefan

 

1940 Desoto Coupe all original

 

If you guys get stuck with anything at all, give me a yell, i am sure i could help out, i have a buddy with a 3 window coupe and i know these Mopars inside and out and would be able to make any part or panel that he may need, Thanks for sharing your vert, it is very cool, and would be pretty rare i would guess.

 

What a sweet ride, I love the electronic injection on your 354 HEMI ?