Picture of my '38 Desoto stock car.

It's not like I need something else to do but I have been after this car for a while. My buddy Jack Irwin has been working on it for several years and got involved in another project ('41 Ford) and needed more room. It's a 38 Desoto coupe with a plymout 383 auto. Jack has been building toward the lines of driving it on the street but it does have a raceable suspension. My plans are to make it street legal in its current configuration. There is still a lot to do like setting pinion angle and welding the rearend in and getting a driveshaft made. Also, wiring, brakes, interior sheetmetal, there will be no finished interior or gl***. I'm considering putting in a lexan windshield or driving it with helmet and faceshield (goggles) like Dale Sr. used to wear. It will be liscensed and legal. I would like to shorten the front end a foot or so. Look for me cruisin' to GG Indy on I-70 this summer!

 

Looks good!

 

Now that's a stock car!

 

that would make a few cops take a double take while your going down the interstate.

 

nice!!!!!

 

That is cool. Look forward to seeing it in June.

 

Looks great....nice color choices and lettering job.

We have a 37 Chevy, 33 Chevy and 38 Plymouth coupe vintage race cars. Lots of fun!

 

looks awesome!....but i have a soft spot for the old de sotos.

 

What's it on, a Dodge truck ch***is?

 

cool!

 

Storm you are right about it being on a dodge truck ch***is, it is on a '85 frame. I am studing how to shorten the front a little, it is out way past the radiator.

John, the guy who started building the car is a sign painter and artist, I am going to get a lot more artwork done, including Jack Irwin Signs (original builder) as a sponsor. Do you guys race your vintage race cars? This car is not a showpiece but I don't plan on racing it even though it is built to be able to.

 

Well, I am about to race my vintage car again, but I'm a drag racer, so I don't worry about the kind of damage roundy round guys have to!
I had a cousin who lived in Lebanon,N.Y., and another cousin who was the flagman starter at both the circle track and the drags. anyway; one winter the one cousin who raced oval did up his car like I'd never seen a dirt car before, metalflake paint, gold leaf lettering, chrome headers, nerfs, chrome everywhere. On the first week out he put it clear over the fence, and as we came into the drag early the next morning, it was still upside down on the return road. I decided then I never wanted to do something that would tear up a piece of equipment like that! (that was somewhere around '64 or '65)