My new baby. 1946 Plymouth Super Delux 2 door sedan. All original 218 flathead. Can't wait to get it home next week. In very good condition considering age. Just picture it heading to the campground and shows and cruises with my Teardrop trailer behind it. Now the fun begins.
Plymouth's were available in 2 blends deluxe and special deluxe the super deluxe was a ford moniker. Check out the information on the P15-D24 site, then sign up for the forum over there lots of good information.
Well there were 1 million + Plymouths P15's ( 46 through early 49) and another 8 0r 900 thousand Dodges, plus about as may Desotos and Chryslers together. They are weell engnieered and well ***embled, so there are quite a few still around, and apparently more being found daily. Plus they have independent front suspension a boxed front frame, and open driveline, and a full pressure engine with bearing inserts. Only downere is front brakes and it costs less to convert to front discs, than it does to rebuild the originals. Whats not to like. other than their missing blue ovals or bowties?
We love to travel and camp with our Teardrop and wanted something more period correct to pull it with that had a big trunk and room for my four footed pal. Main thing is to upgrade brakes and freshen up eng and trans. Pretty can come later. Ideas are maybe a complete new rear end which would update brakes and maybe get me better gearing. Can always modify a drive shaft to match. Low budget here so front suspension to be determined. Understand there are many ways to do this. Biggest question about whole thing is upgrade of master cylinder. Between here and the p15 site I'm sure I can find the answers. Been wrenchin for most of my 60 odd years and I know somebody else has has them or has already done it.
Your preaching to the choir brother. I love the **** out of my '48 Chrysler. I even love the '49 thru '52's with their bubbly tops and flat sixes. But your right, frontend parts are hugely epensive. I never did find the bushing for that bizarre steering junction in the tie rods.
Jeep cherokee (not Grand) Mopar b body (charger, satelite,) Ford Ranger, are all easy swaps, just need to move the sprig perches and shock mounts. For towing I wouldn't go lower that 3.55. Look for 2wd Jeep Cherokee, as a lot of them were limited slip. Since you are in the south they should be easy to find as there was a pretty big market for the smaller 2wd drive jeeps down that way and a lot of them had the towing package which included the limited slip. If you are going to pull the engine down, you can gain quite a bit of umph by milling the head/ block to increase compression. You're working with 6.7 to 1 stock, so you can do .070 off and be at around 8.5 to oe or so.
Don't be hatin'. I've always thought GM's ( & Fords, to a lesser degree) of the same years were quite ugly by comparison. Well, Dodge & DeSoto grills were a little ugly, too....
Yea so park a 47 ford next to a 47 Plymouth, there is so little difference between them that they both must be **** ugly..............And the chevy where did i put that little paper sack?????
Oh look!! Somebody did park them next to oe another. So which is which?Probably need to look at the engineering to tell.
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