40 Plymouth business coupe

I went and looked at a 40 plymouth coupe today. interesting story. the car has been tubbed but the frame hasn't been modfied. the body has a fresh yellow paint job, not my favorite color but its shiny and new. it has an SBC that has a nice lope to the idle and it appears to be fresh. here's the catch. there is no front clip. he said while the car was being painted a storm blew a tree down and it landed on the front clip that was sitting outside. no pieces or parts anywhere. he is entertaining a trade for my 31 tudor. Does anyone know if the front clips to these cars are hard to come by? are there any other years that will fit without a lot of fabricating?

 

40 and 41 front clips will fit, that's it. The 39 and earlier are much different, as are the 42-up front clips. You could probably fit up a 40 or 41 Dodge front clip, but that'd be about it, Chryslers and DeSoto's were larger.

I'm sure a constant search on eBay would get you a complete (probably four door) parts car to salvage the front clip from or you could try a wanted ad in the cl***ifieds, one would turn up. Got any pics?

 

Sorry bro I had to stop reading your post as soon as I read TUBBED. Good luck!

 

They can,t be too rare. My buddy sold a 40 and a 41 clip last spring at a swap meet for $50.00 each!

 

They aren't to rare, and depending on what you want to do with it you can get a frame stub to update the stock ifs to mustang ii. See fatmanfab.com. Sheet metal wise, you should be able to catch some of what you need from several of the plymouth boards around the net. see plymouthbulletin.com, and p15-d24 for resources and links. My 40 coupe is a work in progress but they make great cars when done right. Although clearly not as popular as ford and chevys from the same era, I do think they have very good lines and can be just as cool. Some of my personal favorites are below...first two I belive both belong to fellow hambers (second one is a 41). Last one is a random one from carnut.com.

 

May I reccomend a k-frame member off of an eighties chrysler. It will allow you to keep everything chrysler plus it has power disc brakes, and the correct engine mounts to put a small block 318 or 360 in it. You will also have power steering. It's a torsion bar set up that lets you adjust the height and ride by turning the torsion bars. Make sure you get the one with the torsion bars that run across the member as oppposed to the older ones which run front to back. The easiest thing is they are held in by 4 bolts and can be slid over your frame rails and welded on. ***uming you get the correct width and wheel base.

Bob