40plyrod

Here's some pictures of my plymouth, looking more like a hotrod than a custom. As for those hubcaps I thought that I would save money by running hubcaps instead of mags and use that savings for whitewall tires. Here I thought that the whitewalls were the expensive part not the hubcaps.

Well I'm still patching rust on my 40 sedan and trying to imagine what the finished car will look like, I'm thinking like if someone were to customize one in the late 40's early 50's. I wasn't there but I would suspect that back then the main reason to customize a car was to make it look newer or a higher line. With this in mind I have started looking for wheels and tires for my plymouth. I would imagine that back then the majority of wheels were hubcapped and a customizer would have choosen a hubcap from a more modern or higher style car. I found these on the bay, http://cgi.ebay.ca/1961-CHRYSLER-IMPERIAL-LEBARON-HUBCAPS-FULL-SET-4-/360187870867?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item53dcdebe93 is this was these are worth? I have no desire to buy these but I sure wish I had a set to sell, it would help out the build considerably.

The pictures don't really do that airflow justice. I couldn't see one spot that was overlooked

found another couple of the airflow

Yah, He doesn't wash it, he waters it:D

It's his fuel cell. He had a cover upholstered for it. The trunk upholstery was nicer than the passenger compartment of some cars I've seek:cool:

And Finally! This guy flashed this up and let it crackle for the crowd. It was a pleasent 25 degrees and I still got goosebumps (I'm now also partially deaf) and loved every minute of it. I've also got video of it but I'm not sure how to post it if I even can.

More pictures from the mopars only car show in Parksville BC

34 dodge coupe with a flat six

A few trucks

Still more.

Some more pics

Had a great day today! Cruised an hour and a half with my buddy in his 76 dart swinger to take in a mopars only car show. Show was full of mostly muscle cars, Chargers, GTX's, Roadrunners, Cudas and Darts, Plenty of Darts, Dodge must have made a bazillion of them, but I managed to spy a few hidden gems among all the muscle. Finally a stop on the way home at an old English Pub for a late lunch and some suds on the patio and then home problem free. A day full of nice cars, nice people, good memories, lots of B.S and sun what more could you ask for:D Hope you enjoy the pics.

Looks really good and I can just imagine how it smells. Love the smell of new upholstery.

I wouldn't go that far. Some guys just think they know it all, I'll bet there's ford guys that know nothing but fords and mopar guys that no nothing but mopars it's just what they're most familar with. I grew up mostly a chevy guy but always appreciated a nice car no matter the make same for the motor and in my 50 chevy pickup I put in a bigger newer inline six. the 235 six was probably more expensive to dress up nice and I could have bought two sbc intakes for the price of the one for the six nevermind the carb but when I pop the hood at a car show there's only ever been good comments.The main reason a lot of hot rodders put sbc in their cars is 350s are cheap, well supported by the aftermarket and can make pretty good horsepower stock and if that's what whoever wants to put in their hot rod so be it. For me there's just to many other more interesting choices and I'm not that concerned with the ability to shread a set of tires or pull stumps. If you want to run the stock flat six (and that would be my choice) do it they're a pretty reliable motor. It's your car listen to the advice of others you can always learn something(even if the only thing you gain from it is the knowedge that the guy spewing it is a jerk and doesn't know what he's talking about) and build your car the way you want.

Our old fargo sawdust truck has a cracked block that has been welded up twice. The drive from the mill to our farm is about half a mile and you have to put water in it when you leave the mill and when you get to the farm, It hasn't had an oil change since before I was born, and this spring I finally cleaned the sawdust chips out of the carb and rebuilt it(no air cleaner)It sits for monthes on end and guess what IT ALWAYS STARTS AND RUNS! The main reason for me wanting to keep the flat six in my 40 is the reliability of those engines! that and the sound (you haven't lived till you've heard a flat six running right off the manifold) Also tell you neighbour the expert that Ford flathead v8's are very well supported by many aftermarket companies, pick up any hot rod magazine.

Beautiful car. You've done a great job on it. I'm definately a fan of mopar customs:D

Cool pics Captn.

My neighbor had one of those. I always thought it looked like something from the Jetsons. It was a pretty neat car, if I remember correctly the steering wheel was sort of squarish in design maybe for improved visibility. It had a big v8 in it but I can't remember the displacement.

I've had a lot of luck using aircraft stripper and covering it with a sheet of poly. Also scuff the paint with some heavy grit sand paper first to give the stripper something to etch, and wear gloves the stuff burns.

I'm not sure about that, I'm kinda glad that there are guys out there with big money building cars(getting cars built for them?) I like going to shows and getting ideas from their car for some part they had made for $500 and I go home and build one like it for $20 plus time, and I can always appeciate a nicely built car. I guess the down side of their big wallets is they drive up the price of parts and cars for the average joe, but I don't think it's become a rich mans hobby. Just build within your budget, it'll take more time and maybe somethings you'll have to make yourself or do without but you'll still be enjoying the old car hobby. I'm just happy with the cars and projects I have, they're not perfect and weren't built or painted by a professional (just me) but they get lots of looks and thumbs up and I get the pride of having done it myself as well as the joy of tooling around in an old car. If some richie rich wants to drop the price of a house on a car and trailer it to a show for a $10 trophy fine with me, I just feel sad for them not getting the enjoyment out of driving the wheels off that thing.

I have save more than my share of stuff from being thrown out (much to the shagrin of my wife), but having been brought up on a farm that's the normal thing to do. I can't stand throwing things out and love the challenge of trying to save something with a renforcement tab and a little elbow grease. I know sometimes if I really thought about it and was paid for the time it takes to fix something I could have probably replaced it cheaper but I get pleasure from finally fixing it, I'm maybe doing my part for the enviroment and I write it down as honing my skills for if times ever get tough. That being said the value that some people put on things doesn't make a lot of sense. I know I couldn't afford those without my family having to do without.

Forgot to attach picture. Here's mine

Like everyone else I'm sorry to hear you had to sell you plymouth, but I hope you're website will stay up because there's too much useful information there (I'm not finished building my plymouth yet). Any pics of your chevy pickup as I'm also an advance design owner I'd love to see em.

Thanks for the laugh this morning before work. I can relate to too many of those:D