BobT-47P15

It's possible the rear bumper might be upside down.....sure looks to stick out on the ends more than usual. That trunk handle is perfectly normal ….. it was used on all of Mopar's cars in the late 40s. There is a license plate light at the very top of that handle with a removable glass lens. And a key lock just above the handle. Here is the trunk handle on mine...…….. My rear bumper stands out from the fender a few inches...….. And.....I have no idea where I got my stainless trim pieces for the rear quarter, as they come to a more narrow and tapered point than most P15 trim. Most that you see is like that on the green coupe......more blunt with a taper mainly on one side. Another "old Plymouth mystery". When I bought the car in 1973 all trim including the grill had been removed ….. perhaps because it was taken to a body shop for accident damage repair on the passenger side. There was NO trim with it at all. So everything on it was removed from some version of a P15 in salvage yards in the 1970s......when there were still quite a few yards (and old Mopars) in existence.

Pretty sure the white reflectors are correct.

I had to replace my original radiator with a new aluminum one this summer. Did not care for the nice shiny aluminum tank, so I masked off the fin area and painted the top and bottom tanks and side pieces gloss black (Krylon with primer). Also found a welding shop that cut out a pie shaped piece from the radiator neck to change it from a 90 degree to approx. 45 degree angle.

Yep.....that's it Mr.Special Deluxe. Those seem to be pretty hard to find at swap meets nowadays. Thanks for the pic.

Ol Guy spotted the thing I did......that the stainless trim appears to be installed upside down. :Look at the slant on the end of the trim. Re the bumper(s)...neither has guards. However some cars back then came without at least one pair of them, but I don't recall on which end. Re: the heater stuff.....it does appear someone has added an intake box, large hose and who knows what else to presumably upgrade the system. Would be interesting to know how well that worked. Makes you wonder what either the owner or some shop really knows about the components of a P15. I do like that "pea green" color......back in high school I had a friend who bought one that color. Of course, he later shaved the hood, split the manifold, did some other stuff, and painted it "candy apple red."

I found relays on the firewall of Plymouths from the early 50s.

Although there have been some observations made about the car (with which I agree) the one small-ish detail seen in the two pictures mentioned has not yet been detected yet.

Another hard to find item is the miniature stop light (like a traffic light) that hooked into your stop light switch and changed colors when you stopped.

What book is that blind picture in? Things like that were usually sold by the J C Whitney company, a purveyor of many aftermarket accessory items in the 40s--60s.

The one for my 47 PLYMOUTH looks like this one......I am borrowing a picture from ebay….click on the link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-OEM-1946-1947-1948-1949-Mopar-Plymouth-Dodge-Bumper-Jack-Lot-2/163341538710?epid=22020933903&hash=item2607ea1596:g:rEQAAOSwKMxbM-vH:rk:2:pf:0&vxp I don't know if Dodge was different.

click on link to see picture...….then go to pic 3 or 5 and enlarge. Just for fun. Not-a my car. https://www.ebay.com/itm/1948-Plymouth-Special-Deluxe-Coupe/253941006413?hash=item3b2010404d:g:NB8AAOSwjhdbyeYN:rk:19:pf:0&vxp=mtr

Pretty modern/futuristic for 1956.

Yes.....looks like a lot of potential there. Welcome to the forum. I believe your car would have come with 15" rims.

Yes....Mr. Coatney incorporated several unique features in that ol blue Plymouth. You know, that car once made it from Murfreesboro, TN to Tulsa, OK (back in '07) for "The Big Race", a road race against Pete "Blueskies" Anderson from Utah or Montana (I forget which)....in conjunction with the raising of "The Buried 1957 Plymouth". I witnessed the event.....all the while trying to keep up and take pictures. That blue car was pretty fast. Don may have additional comments. Oh yes.....one time a forum member named Norm and I met Don in Murfreesboro for lunch and received a ride in old Blue to check out his handiwork. Good times. (Don, Me, Norm.....L to R)

Not having owned a car like yours, am just guessing here.......look or feel on the back side of the horn ring center, around the center of the wheel for any recessed holes that may contain bolts to attach the horn ring from the rear side. If there are no holes/bolts on the back side of the wheel center, then I think there is a method of gently prying out the horn center. Hopefully some true experts will add better info. Do you have a parts or repair manual for your car?

If the lights by the license plate are the only brake lights......which I suspect they are.....then a person can probably run a wire off each side to each tail light after changing to double contact sockets and bulbs. That's generally how it works with a 46-48 Plymouth which originally only used the triangular lense in the middle of the trunk for a brake light.

Looks like a really great event. The cars are all top notch. Glad to see two of our U.S. brothers (and wives) were able to attend. I know they are both P15 owners. Thanks for the report.

(Well, I'll be doggone. Just when you think you know most everything about a P15, someone comes up with a (new thing........differences in that front of hood ornament...... Now I will have to go look at mine in detail. (I won't have an original one to my car as all chrome had been removed before I found and purchased it. (I think mine was built in Detroit and is a '47 model. I found this pic in my album.......it also shows the letters U S A below the ship............. I think this one is currently on the car.......

Well, I'll be doggone. Just when you think you know most everything about a P15, someone comes up with a new thing........differences in that front of hood ornament...... Now I will have to go look at mine in detail. I won't have an original one to my car as all chrome had been removed before I found and purchased it. I think mine was built in Detroit and is a '47 model.

Also useful.....would get the actual Mopar books first........can find these on eBay usually..........just have to get the correct year range.

One of the most important and helpful books is the P15 parts manual. Not perfect, but a very good source of identifying numerous items. Sometimes you have to go to the back and read through the listing of numerous small parts that make up some larger item. P15 owners manual......nice to have, not much technical info. Book on the right......P15 service manual......is the other best book along with parts book. The red, white and grey manual has pretty much the same stuff as the lower right one.

Yep.....with some of the old diagrams, you gotta use your imagination and add the wire if ya want power...... When new, those high beam indicators had a red lens inside them so they would be red when high beams were on. A long time ago on this forum there was a discussion on how various people made replacement lenses. You need something that the light will show through.

back side of speedometer and the dash lights

tube screws onto back side of hi beam indicator bezel, then bulb with socket inserted in end of tube.