Hey guys, I got to drive my 48 for more than a mile or two for the first time today and I snapped a few pics when I got her home. Here are a few before and after pics, what do you think? Loading her on the trailer in NY the day I bought her... two days later... Last week...
That looks nice! I noticed rim screws, care to describe the drivetrain? When I was a kid we had a 49 and a 52 and my Grandmother had a 49. I like those cars, but they missed the mark when they got away from the style of your car.
Love those 42-1st series 49 Plymouths! It'll look lots better when you get the bumpers back on it. Nice job.
Smokeybear, I noticed you ar a just down in Pikeville. If you ever need parts for that ride we got tons of em just a little over an hour up the road from ya.
She looks like a rocket but she's still sportin' the original flathead 6 and 3 on the tree. I did change the rear end because we had some problems with the stocker. I put an explorer rear in her for the eventual engine swap when the 6 goes to plymouth heaven. The car only has 49,**x original miles so I'm hoping it's a while before that happens. The wheels came with my son's 67 mustang when we bought it. It's got a pretty hot 302 in it. We put some new rolling stock on it and had these put back. I'm looking for a set of matching slots for the front.
Awesome little car, and very cool that you still have the flattie and 3spd. Put some old time speed goodies and finned aluminum on the motor and it would be terrific!
You won't believe this but it's Tractor and Farm Implement enamel paint from Tractor Supply. I bought a gallon of low gloss black and a pint of hardener for less than $50. I had half a gallon of reducer from another project and thinned it down enough to shoot. So far I've got less than $2500 in this car and that includes the $500 in gas it took to drive to NY and get it.
Here's the latest chapter. There is no aftermarket for roll pans for the P15 so I decided to make my own. I wanted it to flow with the body and not be a straight panel like I've seen on other cars. I also wanted it to be removable since I did not weld in my rear fenders. I studied on the problem and came up with this. I bought two sections of angle iron with pre-drilled holes and some 3/16s rod. I slit the angle iron to make the curves to follow the body. I made another piece for the bottom with a slightly different curve so that it would dip down in the middle (just to make it more difficult I guess). I then tacked it with the MIG to the two side pieces. I cut two more to tack to the inside of the lip of the fenders to have something to bolt to. Here's what we have so far... I then bent the rod to the same curve as the lower end of the fender and put twelve supports in (not pictured because I work just too damn fast for pictures some times). I then covered the whole thing in fibergl*** cloth and resin. After two layers I added a coat of filler and sanded it (again too fast for pics) and then bolted it to the car and primed and put a quick coat of paint before it started raining on me. Here's the almost finished product... I had to cut off the end of my tailpipe, lower it just a bit and add a 45 degree extension to clear the pan but I think it's looks OK until I get duals. Whatcha think? I'll probably do something similar to the front.
Hey! That roll pan came out pretty darned good! I love the 46-48 Plymouths. I owned two of them back in the 80s.
i like the style of the front, but does it hang down lower than the rocker? looks a little low. the back looks nice too.
Thanks Eric, thanks Scotty. Actually it is just a little above the line of the rocker. I didn't want it too low and have it hang on every bump looking like those cheesy body kits the ricers put on their Honda's. LOL. It it about an inch above the lowest part of the sway bar on the front. I guess it's just the way the pics came out.
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