Projects 1940 Plymouth Coupe Build!

well i hope your wife is ok and continues to recover,,,sorry to hear about the loss of your auto,,,not a good time of year to be out in the midwest cold to look for an auto,,,good luck,,ill look forward to your return to your build

 

Hope your wife's recovery is speedy. Shame about the car. Good luck Scott.

 

My wife thanks you all for the well wishes. We got her an older jeep liberty for her new vehicle, so our car search is over. She is still having head and neck issues but is doing better despite getting the flu bug.

With that being said, I finally got to work on the frame and got it really close. Tomorrow I will trim the extra 1/16 off and tack it into place

 

hope her issues clear up soon,,,,happy new year

 

She says thank you and Happy New Year to you too.

She got me sick with whatever she had, so I made it out to the garage a couple times so far this week, but mostly to clean up because I didn't feel like doing anything. I will try to get that frame done tonight, we will see though

 

Well It needs to be fully welded, but it is on there now!







I was going to work on it this evening, but am getting sick again.

 

Cool! You may want to look at my pics for ideas on reinforcing that area.

I found the info on the disc brake conversion. I'll send it to you.

 

While you have it all apart like that can you take some pictures of the shock mounts as they go back together. I have been planning that upgrade for a couple years now and just haven't gotten to it! I still haven't even figured out what shocks to run with it!

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looks good so far,,did you slide any pieces in side drill holes and plug weld

the shocks usually used are a pair of chevy truck shocks, i dont have the year or number handy, but if u dig a little you will find it,,,plenty of coverage on that conversion,, i also will be doing that as well,,,

 

Sweet! Thanks Rock!

I am going to grind down all the welds when they are all finished, then go over them again to ensure good penetration. Then I am going to gusset the inside and outside frame ends. when it isn't -36 degrees outside.

When Rock sends me that information and I get back out to the garage I will take some pictures for you.

Thanks fstfish66!

No I didn't slide any pieces into the frame, seeing that the frame is less than 1/8" thick, welding will take care of any penetration issues. Also, I am gusseting the inside/outside of the frame rails so this should provide any extra support if any is needed at all.

 

Well its done.

Now I will need to replace some metal on the frame, so that will be next.

 

Very nice!

 

I have to agree with Rock, very nice work Scott!

 

Thanks guys! I am really pumped I get to work on something else like metal replacement on the frame. I will try to do some of that tonight. When I get done with that then I am going to put the suspension back on it and pull the engine and tranny. Pretty cool stuff!

 

I'll bet it feels real good to have that job behind you! Looks plenty strong.

 

im no expert,but i must say your welds look killer to me,,,

 

Hell yes it does I am working on fixing the rotten spots on the frame right now. I will post pictures soon.

Thanks fstfish66! If I didn't have carpal tunnel so bad in my hands they would have been better (can't hold the wand and the button down for very long). I work in a weld fab shop for HVAC tanks, its nice to get pointers from the 20 year welders sometimes

 

Here's some shots of the patches. I will grind them down and try again with the welds, they sucked pretty bad lol.

 

well your moving in the right direction,,,soon as it warms up here i hope to be also,,,

 

I finished some more stuff yesterday on the frame repair. It was a balmy 29 degrees-ish yesterday according to my thermometer in the garage, which I would consider a heat wave after the weather we have been having. I started to remove the front drivers body mount in order to replace the steel behind it. I will have to fab the lower part of that mount too then I will be able to flip the frame over and tackle the easier side of the frame (only one repair on the other side)

 

a little here and there is how to get here done,,,, i need a good day with no rain or snow to get some things going,, i have a kwik lift that has to be taken apart so i can work on the front suspension,, its been nothing but snow and ice here and too cold to heat the garage,,,hope it warms up and melts soon so i can started,,,,

 

If you dont mind me asking, what guage steel are you using on that patch?

 

Yeah I am just tired of being cold. Walked to work today and it was -6 again... plus a wind chill making it around -20. Real nice stuff I haven't been out in the garage... my work refuses to fix the heat here, so it is consistently about 60 degrees or less in the office. When I get home I just want to be warm.

 

Why would I mind? It is just some flat stock scrap that I picked up from work. Its 1/8" (.125) thick, the frame is like .096 or .1196 thk. (10-11 gauge). Its not right, but it was free, so I can't complain. I just offset it so when you look at the frame you can't tell unless you start looking inside the frame

 

Scott, I understand...Have only motivated myself to get out to my garage just a few times on the weekends. Maybe seeing some cars at world of wheels this weekend will give me the kick in the ass to get back to work!

I'm not using my auto rotisserie at this time if you want to borrow it. Didn't know how much you have left to do, but it will make it easier to access your welds and to paint.

Got the space in your garage? You'll need about 2-3 feet extra at each end of your frame.

 

i hear ya,,,, between my work hours and shoveling/snow blowing all this snow,and the cost of home heating oil,,, ill wait another 3 weeks or so,hoping it warms up so i can get back in the garage, now that i only have 1 classic car i can get it back on the road soon,,,,for this season,,,who ordered this weather ??? where is this global warming??

 

I should be wrapping up most of the stuff that I would need the auto rotisserie for pretty soon. Most of the stuff left is on the outside of the frame and it stands up just fine with the spring hangers that are on it currently. Can it hold the body? That would be much easier to weld stuff under the car.

 

I don't know who ordered it, but I don't want it

I went out and cleaned up the garage and threw away a bunch of garbage that I didn't need. I need to put the frame and the coupe next to each other so when I am ready to pop the body off it will be easy to drop the body on the new frame.

 

sounds like your moving along nicely,,,

 

Well if you want to use it for priming and painting, it's available... Made it a lot easier when painting my frame.

As for the body, the Caddy frame was the heaviest item we've had on it and it had no trouble with it. The only body we have had on it was a fiberglass deuce coupe and had no issues with it, but it wasn't a heavy body either. The only issue I see with it is when you rotate the body you might have to brace the back side with some boards or sometime to help support it in position and keep it from rotating. It has three bolts on each end to lock it from rotating. With a lot of weight it may want to slip and keep rotating over. Not a big deal... I think it can be worked around if it even is a problem. I'm planning on using it for the Cadillac body when it's time.

Just about got the suspensions finished with the cadillac and will have it rolling on four wheels again by this weekend!