354s fit. Added a slight firewall bump for the distributor. Ya won’t use hood sides without making head room
I think 33/34 mopars have beautiful lines. Better than ford for those years. And if you need room they are much larger interior wise fits what you politely call “husky”people. If you do choose to go fenderless you can trim the chin portion of the grill up to the body line and it improves the look. I like my fenders !!
I really seem to see a lot of "Fordizing"on the Mopars you guys are posting. More than one car with a 32 Ford frame, and talk about bobbing off the bottom of the grille to be more like a Ford. I guess a lot of Mopar guys think the same as I do.
,,,got this 32 DeSoto 3 window, same body as a 32 Plymouth PB,..needs work but saveable, should sell it as I probly won;t get to it. No grille so I'd probly get a 32 Plymouth gl*** shell as I like those better than the (un-attainable) DeSoto grilles.
My 34 Dodge - very much a work in progress but just p***ed inspection! Looks like you want a 2 dr which makes sense. 318 fit pretty easy. Dodge in a Dodge!
Here a 33/34 5w coupe that I put on a 32 Ford ch***is about 8 or so years ago and never finished. I made it a roller so I could move it out of the way to work on other cars. It still just sits.
I have looked at this one more than i should Say. But this being on a 32 frame makes it imposible to Get ***led here where Im from. But love everything about it. The stance is killer!!
It took me 40 years to find a 33 Dodge 5 window coupe. It was worth the wait. Build thread was here on HAMB. A 318 fit nicely in it.
This belongs to a friend of mine, behind the car, in the chair. He said the engine is a .060 over 331. Just had it out for the 1st time this year on Sunday. Gary
Here is my '34 PG. Short wheelbase, original straight axle car. Owned since 1974, originally I had a Corvair front suspension in it, but converted to a FatMan M-II in the late '90's. SBC/Turbo 350; '57 Chev rear end. There is lots of room for a V-8 without having to move the radiator, although I did make my own flat firewall. I have the original hood, but choose not to have it on the car now. If you go with an original '34 independent front end, it is a long wheel base with the difference made up in the hood and fenders. The bodies are the same. I am 6' 3" and have driven it from San Antonio, TX to Columbus, OH (approx. 1,100 miles) back in the late '90's. The thing that I enjoy is that it is different. There are not many Plymouth/Dodge/Chrysler hot rods running around. People think it is chopped, but that was just the style of the Plymouths. As for the grille, I think they are beautiful with the wrap around on the bottom - I hate to see them cut up. But that is just me. Currently going on 49 years of ownership!
The 32 Plymouth came out with a steel body and did use use wood for structural, the wood inside was used as an attachment point for interior materials. I would guess that trend continued for 33-34 as well.
The 33's had a plywood floor, wood between the body and the frame and wood cross members in the roof.
Yes. Once they were to having a metal structure, the use of wood continued to decline. I don't know the last year that wood was used in them. Guessing later in the 30s
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