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The Stude stopped on its way back East from Bonneville where it ran 248 MPH. The blue coupe put on quite a show carrying the front wheels about 20 feet on each launch.

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The Plymouth Wagon had a Gen III Hemi under the hood.

Here are several from the track today. Few more Mopars in attendance.

Last few from the hotel. Will get more today at the track.

Ralph Nader would be having a heart attack

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Neat little Dodge Truck

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Love the Willys

Not a lot of Mopars as usual, but some nice and or interesting stuff all the same.

This thread has photos http://p15-d24.com/topic/47366-new-37/?tab=comments#comment-502752. The 360/727 works great. Just wish it had a 46RH rather than the 727. One more gear would really be nice on the freeway.

Check out Butch's Cool Stuff site. You mentioned wanting to lower it a bit and he sells front suspension with dropped axles using Ford King Pins and Spindles/Disc Brakes so you keep the Mopar/Ford wheel bolt pattern. He also has engine/transmission mounts for Mopar V8. I have his front suspension on a 360/727 powered 37 Coupe I purchased recently and it works great.

Saturday will be the 2018 HAMB Drags at MoKan Dragway. Hoping to see Bob BobT-47P15 at the host hotel tomorrow evening. Made the drive up from Dallas to Joplin today in the 37 coupe with my trusty Co-Pilot who will visit with my mom while I am running around doing car stuff. Unfortunately I did not get my AC back together before the trip so we had to brave the heat. The roll out windshield made it bearable, but greatly elevated the volume. Will share photos over the next couple of days.

Great to see younger guys taking up the hobby. My first car was a 48 Plymouth business coupe that I purchased in 75 at the age of 14 with yard mowing money. Drove it all through high school with the flathead and three speed. Right after graduation I spun a bearing in it. Bought my grandfathers 68 Plymouth Belvedere wagon for the 383/727 and put them in the coupe. Sold my second 48 coupe about two years ago after driving it as my daily driver for about nine years in Dallas traffic. Both cars had rebuilt stock front suspension with the second having an Olddaddy disc brake conversion. I had a professional street rod builder do a subframe swap on my first coupe when I did the big block install and other than picking up disc brakes I didn't really see that much difference in the ride or driveability. You have received a lot of good advice so far on upgrading the safety level and that should be first and foremost before you ever start driving the car. All the creature comforts and performance upgrades if any can come later. These are fairly easy cars to work on and a great way to learn. Good luck and keep us updated on your progress. One thing that I might suggest that does not fit in with the safety side of things and falls directly into the creature comforts side is to insulate it now while you have the full interior out before you start to reassemble. There are numerous options out there from Dynamat $$$$ to EZ Cool $ and everything in between. Just do some research on what is available and what you can afford. All will help with the heating/cooling of the interior and help kill rattles and squeaks. With the insides stripped bare you have access to all the surfaces that would need to be covered including inside the doors, above the headliner and behind the dash. Believe me this will be much easier to do with an empty shell than having to work around interior components. It will also make driving the car much more pleasant once you hit the road.

Drove my 48 as a daily driver for about 6 years before a ring gear swap and work travel schedule caused it to sit for about 18 months. Sold it a couple years ago and it is now in Florida. Handled the Dallas traffic just fine with the 230 and OD. With the wing windows and cowl vent the Dallas summers were somewhat bearable. Made multiple trips to the HAMB Drags in Joplin, MO about an 800 mile round trip each year. Now I have a new to me 37 with a 360/727 and A/C that is my daily driver. Without wing windows and the fact that I am getting soft, had to have the A/C.

Funny you should say that Bob already had a post about the car deleted for being "off topic", but I will be at the HAMB Drags in August anyway.

Yeah the pictures do not show the color well, it is Mauve and a lot more pinkish than the pictures show.

Two years ago I sold my 48 Plymouth coupe. Began looking for something to get started on again. When I mentioned it to my wife she pointed out that I really don't have an adequate place to build another car and she was right. She also pointed out that with my work travel schedule I really don't have time to build another car either and she was right again I hate when that happens. So, my response was "then I will buy one that is already done". Of course that was not the reaction that she was looking for, but agreed. But, the joke is on her because as you know they are never done. Had two absolute must criteria for a purchase. 1) Car must be a Mopar and 2) Must have Mopar running gear. Those criteria limited availability of potential candidates. However, I think I found a good one. 37 Plymouth Business Coupe with a 360 Magnum, 727, Vintage Air, Butch's Cool Stuff complete front suspension, Power Disc Brakes, Nice Paint and Interior. I'm not really digging the interior color, but it was well done and I can live with it for a while. Flew to Detroit to get the car and drove it back home to Dallas with a side trip to Joplin to visit my mom for a couple of days. It does need some transmission work, but other than that it ran and drove great over the 1300 mile trip.

Something to think about is that they are hard to see on the engine unless you are specifically looking for them because the intake and exhaust is in the way. I had them on my 230 and with the fenders and aforementioned manifolds in place you barely saw them.

As others have stated mine was installed in the switch panel below the center of the dash.