Lowered the coupe

[slicknapier]

To answer a few questions. The springs cost me $480. He had to make both main leafs and the second ones as well. I had 4 springs that were completely broken, so I think that's why it cost so much. As for exhaust, mine has what I believe is the original so it's not very big, but it is hitting the rearend. I might end up cutting it off, but for now it's staying. I'm also pretty close to hitting my pinion snubber and bumpstops so they also need to be shortened a little..49 Dodgboy we need more pics of that bad boy! I also have a 64 Polara as well. You have good taste! Can you shoot me some pics and info on your business coupe if you get a chance, thanks, andrew slicknapier@yahoo.com

[slicknapier]

here's one from Viva..

[Kustom52Mopar]

Run the pipes under the axle.

They had to do that with my car, it sucks. I had to add flex pipe to each side so when I wanted to change a tire or lift it on a rack at work I pop off the rear hanger and the tail pipe hangs down.

But as the way it goes, small price to pay in my opinion.

[BobT-47P15]

Ed,

Do you mean something like this?

I wonder how that p15 pickup would look with p15 rear fenders, too.

[HotrodLono]

Looks perfect to me, another 2" in the rear and your cutting the driveshaft tunnel. I have the exact same mods in my 2dr coupe, with a 16 year old in the back seat, it rubs on take off. but I,m assuming new shocks will fix that.

3- windows are unique, I can't wait to tear into ours.

they look real good chopped..

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Greetings I'm a newbie here and had to stop and say what a nice looking car.

I was looking at a 51 that came up for sale and was thinking of doing a chop and lower on it and your picture kind of popped up. I had been thinking of doing a more radical chop than yours and ( I hope you dont mind) used your car to do a little photochop work.

[blueskies]

I,ve seen a pair of pipes run off of splits that were both bent way over the axle and on an angle also, kinda hard to explain, but they tilted towards the drivers side, not sure what they gained there but the car was lowered with twins straight out the back on the passenger side.

Sounds like what I already have...

Here's a couple of pictures of what mine looked like the first time the exhaust was done. The driver's side pipe hung out too far to the driver's side, and the center section of the differential hit the pipe just bouncing the car up and down. I had them re-do it, and now both pipes are touching each other, and as far to the passenger side as they can go. The rear end still contacts the left pipe when I hit a big bump, or when I have four people in the car on a rough road.

If I get around to re-doing the exaust for a third time, I'll probably run them out both sides, in front of the rear wheels.

Pete

[blueskies]

Here is a thought, Dont lower it:eek:

Don, just think how much faster your #2 jalopy would be if you got rid of that nose-bleed stance...

Pete

[hkestes41]

I wonder how that p15 pickup would look with p15 rear fenders, too.

[Young Ed]

Using the p15 rear fenders would make it more tricky. They aren't nearly as deep as a truck fender. Would require making a tire well into the side of the bed like a more modern truck or extending the fender outwards somehow

[BobT-47P15]

Ed, the Dodge truck fenders are just so plain jane and simple, they don't

go very well with a fancier front end. I couldn't see the pic Kirk sent as

the computer here at work seems to block it. Will have to wait til I get home

to view it.

[Young Ed]

The fenders on my truck are a little more elaborate. Actually they would match nicely with a 40-41 plymouth. My truck fenders have the speed lines on the bottom similar to the 40-41s

[theDyls3]

The fenders on a 1953 look quite a bit like the P15 ones.

[BobT-47P15]

OK.......I was just going by the particular pickup he used in the grafting

of the front end......it had the real plain and simple rear fenders, like this

one. That's why I said it didn't look quite right. the ones on the 53 do look

more in keeping with a P15 front clip.

[pflaming]

Nice tan color: I prefer the '52 fenders they co-ordinate with the frontwheel well flair. The blue truck has the fenders painted black. That is the first time I have seen that. I like that and think I might do that even if I stay 'original paint'. Both are very nice looking trucks.

[BobT-47P15]

One thing I don't especially like about the pilothouse pickups is, at least

a certain amount of them have the bed painted a different color than the

cab. Often black. It breaks the color scheme up and looks sort of

"disjointed" or some term like that. Just my opinion.

[Young Ed]

That was the factory standard. Color cab and black box. Great cost savings in building them all that way. Same reason my truck has 4 black fenders and black lower grill. A solid color was an option.

[PodSquad48]

nice set up on some of these cars. I've got extra springs for my 48 P15 Im going to cut. My question is on the rear. I'd like to use a 2" lowering block which I can fab myself, but what about pinion angle, has anyone messed with this? I'm thinking you could bevel the bottom of the lowering block slightly to achieve the correct pinion angle. Couldnt find too much info in my search so I thought I'd ask,thanks guys!

[blueskies]

nice set up on some of these cars. I've got extra springs for my 48 P15 Im going to cut. My question is on the rear. I'd like to use a 2" lowering block which I can fab myself, but what about pinion angle, has anyone messed with this? I'm thinking you could bevel the bottom of the lowering block slightly to achieve the correct pinion angle. Couldnt find too much info in my search so I thought I'd ask,thanks guys!

You can buy shims, in various degrees of angle, to adjust the pinion angle instead of angle cutting your blocks. Your alignment shop should have them.

Pete