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She was driving through another town for work, saw this, and got out of her car to take a couple of pictures. She said it doesn't seem to be for sale.

I am constantly amazed at how many good project cars still turn up.

Here is a bit of background on me. I'm 38, been fooling with cars since I was 16, and live in Phoenix, Az.. I have three simple needs from my bucket list, Hot-Rod (I have this with my Model A project), a Shop truck (still looking but not as important right now as the years I want are very available 1957-1960 F-100) and a clean, stock 40's Coupe. I have only know one 40's MoPar fanatic in this town, and he has a nifty 1947 Plymouth Coupe with a rippin' 383 and five speed. I actually pointed him to this forum a few years ago in his search for some front sheet metal after an accident. Most people I know are either GM or Ford guys, so going after a ChryCo product has proved to be a bit more challenging a search. Pre-war FoMoCo Streamline Moderne autos are out of my price range, I'd like a '35-'36 or even a '38(I'm a weirdo, I know it ) or '39-'40 Coupe, but they tend to command a premium (even for the basket cases). I have seen a few Plymouths at shows around the country, and the 1941 Business Coupe really struck a chord with me. I wish I could broaden my scope, but it's been over eight years and I still pine for one. I looked on Boston's Craigslist and found that particular car you mentioned larryconnors, the description made it sound like more of a project than I wanted to tackle. Since I already have my Model A to finish; I want to step into something to cruise in day one or possibly month one, relatively speaking. Which is why I am trying to source one as stock as possible, that is preferably running with the Flat Six. I'm headed for the L.A. Roadster show in Pomona tomorrow evening, and trailering a desert-fresh (you know the kind, dry rot rubber, thrashed fabric interior but with that neato patina and minimal rust) 1948 Ford sedan 4 door with a flat six. I hope to sell it and put that money into my Plymouth budget, which is why I believe to be at least six more months until I can afford a coupe that fits my requirements. Thanks all for your input, it is why I stood up here to be recognized as you never know who has what or what leads may come my way.

Been thinkn', there just may be a hint of arrogance and snobbery in this forum! OR envy.

What is the OD going into? Glad you didn't have to change your screen name to Flat Eddie. Jeff

looked at my old seal and looks like permatex on it. thanks Hank

The is a 41 business coupe with 49k original miles listed on the Boston craigslist for $2700.

Thanks Dave. But I have my heart set on this specific year and model. It is on my bucket list.

I made this in one of my machining classes, the instructor was very nervous about running the machines at a typical industry speed. He only allowed them to run at 20% of the correct speed and feed rates. It took 6 hours to program and 14 hours to cut it out.

Be VERY careful,grasshoppa! That's the sort of thinking I had when I first got back into this stuff. "What can it hurt?",I said? One "good deal" lead to another good deal,and before I knew it I was buying a wrecker to drag all the stuff home that was being given to me. Then one day it occured to me that I had 26 partially stripped hulks in my yard,and was spending more time cutting grass around them and moving them around than I was working on my projects. Yeah,you can sell the parts and even the cars on ebay,but when you are dealing with more than one car you are selling or parting out,it can end up sucking away all your time and you don't have time for anything but answering emails and finding boxes to ship stuff off. I've got my yard down to maybe a dozen parts cars now,and they are the ones for old cars with fenders and trim parts I want or need. Most of the newer crap I had for the drivetrains are stripped and gone. It really is a lot of work and very time-consuming to pull parts,mark them for what they are,catalog them in files on your computer,take photos,answer emails,track down boxes and packing material,and then list the damn things and respond to the emails. I currently have parts from a 76 Coupe de Ville (anybody need a 500 cu in caddy?) and a 68 Electra 225 on ebay,and the reality is if I count all the time I have involved in getting those parts listed and sold,I doubt I will be making 3 bucks a hour on some of the stuff. The only bright spot is I saved these parts from going to the crusher. I am done with dragging stuff home to strip it out,though. No mas. In the future I will just spend the money to buy the parts I need or leave it alone.