Any inspiration for a Plymouth P15 coupes would be appreciated. I'll share the few I've found. I know these are not as H.A.M.B. friendly as other models, but I think they look pretty slick when done. This one is the "mold" that I want to use for my starting point:
The side view one in black and white is the Bob Alexander coupe: https://kustomrama.com/wiki/Bob_Alexander's_1948_Plymouth A very nice, early '50s custom
There was a picture here I saw years ago of a 46ish Plymouth convertible being built with a '41 Buick front clip. The car wasn't finished yet but the mock up looked fantastic to my eyes. If that car ever got done, I'd love to see it.
Having owned one myself I’m I think these make great kustoms although I find the grille less than attractive and am surprised that the people building these cars choose to keep it.
This car is so well done, every modification including the hubcaps is meant to accentuate its curves.
Plymouth made two different coupe bodies during that time frame, and both were P15 models. The Club Coupe came with a rear seat and the car has a body line at the base of the roof that went all the way around the roof. To me, it looked like someone in the design department forgot to put a roof on the car, so they just through one on top of the curved body. At least they did put a curved rear glass in the car and made it close to flush mount. The Business Coupe didn't have a rear seat, the rear part of the roof was slopped down more and rear seat passengers would have a head clearance problem. The roof line flowed smoothly from the roof onto the curved body at both the front and the rear of the roof. Where the designers messed up was they installed a flat glass into the curved roof lines. They ruined the entire roof line, as far as I was concerned. Three pictures of the rear window in my 48 Plymouth Business Coupe. Its not really a custom, but could be a neat fix for the flat rear window for a custom. Pic 1 is the original rear window and its surrounding sheet metal. Look past the condition of the car body (that rear window sheet metal was leaking water), this is a good picture of the original flat glass in the curved body around it. I requested on this site for any rear window frame work I could use. One of the guys here was kind enough to offer me the rear window sheet metal from a 39 Ford (don't know which Ford body) for the cost of shipping. This was the piece the gentleman sent me. Here is the piece welded in place, with very little filler needed, and a coat of primmer. Could be a different direction for a custom. The glass and gaskets are easy to come by for the Ford Split window cars.
Growing up my neighbor owned a 48 four door of this model. The lines of this car from every angle is burned into my memory after a million trips past it on my bike and later my cars and motorcycles. He kept it until we moved away, at least 25 years or so. I’d love to own any one of the customs that have made it to this thread. I do like the stock grille.
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