Arkansawer

Yes its the same as a Wehrmachtskanister, its just easier for us to say Jerry Can. Also used to carry water and diesel.

Havent even contacted dmv yet or worried about a pink. Ill worry about that later on. Its arkansas, its not hard to get a title, so thats the least of the worries. Ill get it running, and then ill worry about a title. The serial plate may have been replaced, but i dunno. Everything looks original, and its for sure a 52 body without any doubt.

i will try and get the engine number tomorrow. but yeah its not a 53 body, but the vehicle number shows it to be. Now the confusion begins lol.

Yeah going by those numbers it looks like a 53. But going by the photos and all of the photos that ive looked at, its a 51-52. Especially the taillights, the 53 is verticle rectangle, and 51-52 are horizontal rectangles. And havent looked at the engine number yet.

Normspeed, thanks for the book reference, i just got it off of ebay for 14 dollars after shipping. Hopefully it will be of great use, thanks again. Torrey

Still have all my gear, including the musket and the double barrel shotgun. Every now and then some of us get together and do bushwackers. Thats alot of fun. Niel, did you ever hear of the 7th Arkansas Company I, im gonna say between 94 and 98? We were one of the most feared confederate companies in reenactment. Today they are just a bunch of farbs. Mom has done some research on the family and i had a great great uncle that faught for kentucky. He got wounded, swam across the mississippi river into missouri, hid out in a barn and sewn himself up with a button hook. Was listed as a deserter until he later returned to his company and finished the war. A button hook, could you even imagine.

LOL Before the civil war, during, and just a little after everyone from Arkansaw (the way it was actually spelled to begin with) were called Arkansawers. After the civil war, when the yankees took over and the red leggers from kansas (no offense to anyone here) came in then they changed the spelling to Arkansas. And pronounced it as ar(our) kansas, i dont really know when it started being pronounced back to arkansaw like today. Yet some still pronounce it as Ar-Kansas. Well for awhile i did civil war reenactments (both federal and confederate of course) and thats when i learned about Arkansaw. So it stuck. Plus to me Arkansawer sounds so much better than Arkansan.

Yeah thats the site ive been reading on until i could finally post on here. Also the site that made me believe mines a 52. Strange thing is looking up pictures of both years, and the 51 pics ive seen have backup lights (gonna assume original), but i cant find any back up lights on a 52. I know mine dont have any backup lights just brake lights. The pictures i saw may have been aftermarket lights, or a cutsom job, didnt look custom though. I will be keeping a picture journal as this progresses, hopefully it wont take forever. Im also keeping up with price parts, and going to try and keep this build under 3 grand. Thats my goal anyway. I forgot to mention, i pretty much stole this car. As it sits, with the body straight and nothing rusted out but the floors, i gave a great big 100 dollar bill for it.

Alright i do have one question, by the numbers ive given, can you tell that is for sure a 52? Or is there a possibility that it could be a 51. Everything that ive looked up says 52, but id like to make positively for sure. Thanks Oh and that book looks great, will have to check in on it.

Here is a pic of the firewall pic, cant see all the numbers that well but its all i have for now. Looks to be 106-E or 108-E, but i believe its 106 E 21918

Its actually not as bad as it looks in the pictures. Im gonna put some air in the tires tomorrow to see if they will hold. The number i gave for the body number is off the plaque on the firewall, drivers side. Only other plaque is the red plymouth plaque and i didnt see any numbers on it. The longer number is the Vehicle number thats off the plate on the drivers side door post. let me see if i can post a good picture of the firewall plaque.

Here is one shot of the motor before i cleaned it off.

Here are some pics. Also, here is the Vehicle Number (number thats on the plate on the door post) and the Body number. If anyone can look these up for me and let me know exactly what it says, or send me to a site that i can see would be great. Serial Number 206-14222 Body Number 106-E-21918

Hey yall, ive been lurking for awhile now and finally got in the door. I just got a 52 plymouth cranbrook 2dr. It has plenty of surface rust but the body is completely solid. The floors are in pretty bad shape, but nothing major. Seats need to be redone, but again nothing major. It has the flathead 6 (gonna take a guess and say the 218?) with the 3 on the tree, and i believe with overdrive. At least from everything that ive been reading it has OD and is a 218. I dont know if the motor is any good or not, im hoping it is. Needs a radiator, front bumper and taillight lens and front parking light lens. Also needs headlights, and the door glass and both pieces of the windshield needs replaced. But all of that is pretty minor stuff. Going to try and do everything myself, except for welding in new floors. Also going to try and keep it under 3k, or as close to it as possible. It will get painted a 70s muscle car color ........ plum crazy purple. Right now im thinking of white interior, but not for sold on that part yet. Its gonna get chrome steelies, with baby moons and white wall tires. Im also going to fill in all the holes where the trim and hood emblem was. It will have a ornament, but im going older to the sail boat ornament if i can find one cheap. Ill post pictures of the car later on tonight. Now the important stuff is out of the way, a little about myself. Im from NorthEast Arkansas, im 27, married to a wonderful girl, and our first kid is on the way and will be here in December. Torrey