It ain't too far gone, Jim Sibley would have had it on the street by the time you posted the second set of photos.
Even if you don't want to build the car, it IS a convertible and can finance a project or two being resold! Don't be a jabbernow, go get that car and don't forget all the pieces to it that are laying around in the mud and brush. Briggs was eventually absorbed by Chrysler Corporation just as Murray was by Ford and Fisher by GM. My 48 Plymouth Station Wagon, a 2-owner car bought in downtown Houston new, still had the paper "OK" sticker from Briggs Body on the firewall.
I was surprised that someone ***umed it was a roadster right off the bat. Though I can't remeber when I've seen a roadster, I'm pretty sure that it's a convertible because of the fixed windshield. I own '36 Dodge and Plymouth coupes, so I'm pretty familiar with the breed. Even if that grille shell was off of a different car, the body is still definitely a '36 Plymouth because of the configuration of what's visible of the dash. Also, if it were another Chrysler product it would have holes along the beltline where moldings once were. Plymouths didn't come any sort of beltline molding. Lastly, '36s have that nice attractive (and reinforcing) bead along the edge of their fenders that many '35 owners envy. That bead is clearly visible in the photos. I should mention that while '35 and '36 bodies look identical, they are irritatingly different. While a '35 coupe would be a good donor for that lower deck area (I think), a '36 would be best for harvesting most other things.
Man, if someone offered that to me I'd be out there right now with a chainsaw to cut the trees down, and figure out what the hell it is when I got it home. Most mid-30s convertibles are so damned rare that even if you don't want to build it yourself/it's beyond your skills/ability/patience to undertake, it will sell for enough to make a big chunk of change to put into some other vehicle.
A quick update for the Mopar guys. Still workin on getting this car home. Went to pick it up and got in the middle of a family dispute over who really owns the car. Tried to buy it from whomever but still not mine, yet.
Please keep us posted. I just ran across a 36 body only I'm gonna try to dig out and do something with. Cool looking cars.
Cut the car , not the tree. That car needs a lot of work anyway so whats one more weld? I'm not a tree lover but it just seems easier to pull the car way from the tree than cut the tree down without it smashing the car.
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