HELP--1949 Dodge Wayfarer--HELP

Exactly what I thought of too..................Bobbyd

 

Stock; lowered; Kustom.
Sorry about the colour!

 

I sold this car but I took 3 in out of the roof.

 

Get some fender skirts ,lower the rear just a bit,make it look longer with a two tone paint job.

 

Fantastic response to this thread for such an oddball car. I'm really surprized at how well it it takes a modest chop. Dropped a few inches makes all the difference.
El Tortuga, that thing looks great. Very modest mods.

 

I believe this is a picture of Tom Hoover's car. (The father of the HEMI who was an engineer at Chrysler)

 

Look at my profile, I have a few shots in there.

 

sweet lookin' business coupe...man I really wish I had kept mine...tryin' to get some stuff sold right now to buy another one that's available...

 

had one in the old days. lowered, chrome reverse w/baby moons. rebuilt the motor in the car, 2 1's, split manifold w/ glasspaks. loved that car. your car but please don't primer...

 

Is this car for sale?
timmosleytn
tim.mosley@cpspharm.net
901-483-1289

 

if this is a wayfarer then i'm a monkeys' uncle. the one behind it may be but not this blue thing....

 

Look again.

 

could be the old eyes but seems like a lot of work to take a nice wayfarer and make it look like a cross between a 51-53 chevy. one of my nephews does look like a monkey though.....

 

I gotta say ..don't chop it..drop it, slam it etc..but if it's a Wayfarer biz coupe..they didn't make many of these..so you may want to consider that for the next guy....
just my thought.

 

This is Sonny Daout's car. I first saw it in the mid-sixties, looking pretty much as you see it. A ton of work did go into it. If I remember correctly, he started with a convertible, and grafted on the roof of a Merc hardtop. The workmanship is first rate. It has logged plenty of miles, too!

 

Ok, thanks to everyone for your in put and ideas and help. Your what makes this site what it is!
As of today I've officially passed on the car. I have to many projects on the go.

 

I stand corrected...thanks for the info

 

have a 51 wayfarer business coupe for sale my son started working on it ,lost interest and joined the marines ,need the space back!

 

Deals back on. Damn it. Like I don't have enough on my plate. I pick it up Saturday. I'll keep you posted.
And again, thanks to everyone for your ideas and your input.

 

James D is on the money with the chop, that look is awesome and like he said the color even works..

 

Got it.
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Been sitting in a barn / shed for 20 years. It fell over in and windstorm 6 weeks ago. I hashed out a deal with the guy this morning. It's on it's way over here now on a flat deck. Still has the original tires. Scary. The guy stripped it to "restore" it. Every piece is in the car wrapped in newspaper. Still has the original flat six so I'm optimistic it'll run with a little elbow grease.
The adventure begins..................

 

Cool - good score.

 

picked up a 50 for my son to build, he saw this thread and I don't think has turned off the pc all day....great info.
sorry, the JD white pic, chopped with the www is smooth, I luv it.
Your starting out with a good core, good luck,

this is what we are starting with.

 

OMG. The thing runs great!!! Little bit of coaxing, cleaning up the points, priming the carb.... little ruff at first but now she's running like a sewing machine. Can't even hear it idle. Gotta love it!
Now if I can just find reverse so I can get it back in the shop...............

 

I've got to come up with a replacement gas tank. This one is to far gone (rust) also, anybody know what sending unit will work with the original 6V + ground gauge? What the resistance is?
Thanks!

 

heres the chop on mine. dosent take much

 

The car was a Wayfarer roadster (like the maroon one in the background). The roof is a Merc, '54 2 dr hdtp if I remember correctly, though the rear window is off something else. It's got a '57 Pontiac engine and '57 Pontiac dash. Sonny bought some '57 Star Chief stainless dash pieces from me about 6 years ago; I got the pics when he emailed them to show me the car the stainless was going on. It was originally built '62-'64.

 

390kid, that thing looks fantastic! I'll be asking you some details about the build on that one for sure.

I found this sending unit.
http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/Search?catalogId=10101&storeId=10101&sku=ZX128525U
It's 10 Ohms to 78 Ohms so any idea if it will work with my stock gas gauge???

 

thats my next project too (fuel guage), hope someone has some feedback on the Whitneys unit, sure is priced right.