36-37 plymouth chassis

I hope I'm putting this in the correct forum this time,anyway here it goes.
I have a chassis wich I believe to be from a 36-37 plymouth, right now it's a hay wagon. What I am wondering is if there is a difference between a coupe and a sedan, I would ass-u-me that it is length. any info would be helpfull so then i can post in wtt or wts.

 

The book I have lists:

A 1936 P1 with a wheel base of 113" and a P2 as a wheel base of 113" and a 125" for a seven passenger sedan.

A 1937 P3 coupe as having a wheel base of 112", and a P4 sedan as having a wheel base of 112" and 134" for a seven passenger car. They also list a PT50 (possibably a truck chassis) as having a wheel base of 116".

So unless it is a truck chassis or the seven passenger sedan, the frames should be the same. Gene

 

The 36 frame is different from the 37. The 1937 and 38's were similar and equal wheelbase I believe. The coupes and sedans will have the same wheelbase in each year. Do you have a pic? I would probably be able to tell you if it was a 37-38.

 

Yes I have pics, When I was at the Rhinbeck NY car show a fella hada a 36 coupe Thats How I figured Out I had a Plymouth chassis. The springs are gone, replaced with angle iron but I'll still measure the wheelbase just for poops and giggles Thanks for the knowledge gentlemen

 

Your car should be a good project,might I suggest looking up all theNovember 1951 mechanix Illustrated hand formed cars.

Although they were done on a 32 Ford ,we found one that was done by a northern Minnesota Plymouth chrysler dealer on a 1936 Plymouth P-2 chassis.

look up images or mpls.craigslist cars for sale by owner to see pictures of the plymouth project.

we made a second one with the small hemi and auto besides the one the fellow has on craigslist

last listing was recent and about 24 pictures are evident ,lots of guys are selling schematics for builds

have fun with your chassis

 

The car Dillinger shows is an MI Special. The plans were published in Mechanix Illustrated magazine in 1951. There were lots of home built sports cars and specials in those days.

Your Plymouth frame would make a good base. You could use a flathead six cylinder Chrysler engine of up to 265 cu in or a small Dodge or Plymouth V8 if you wanted to be period correct.

Such a car could be built at home for very little money, and be a lot of fun. As well as preserving a bit of history, home built sports cars of the fifties.

https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2010/05/18/build-this-100-mph-sports-car-for-under-500/

There were other plans like the Wild Hare and several with wooden bodies.

 

To answer your original question. Coupes and sedans used the same chassis as far as I know. Convertibles often used a slightly different chassis, beefed up because the open top body lacks support.