Andydodge Posted August 15, 2009 Report Posted August 15, 2009 Hopefully these pics will be o/k........andyd Quote
Andydodge Posted August 15, 2009 Author Report Posted August 15, 2009 Hopefuly these pics will be attached too........lol.......pics of the interior, dash, rear seat.......this car is an "Auxillary Seat Coupe" or P11 ASC......factory RHD built in Sth Africa.....also note the extra strong centre Sun Visor bracket, so far it works, made up of 2 pieces of stainless bent to hook under the centre bar then bolted together....and as far as I know it has a P15 steering wheel........andyd Quote
Andydodge Posted August 15, 2009 Author Report Posted August 15, 2009 And heres the last lot.........lol.........the engine bay is a mess, but have tidied it up a bit from its arrival.......I do have the original air filter, tho' its running a Holden single barrel Stromberg, ex an Oz 186-202 cube GMH six, have installed the Langdon S10 dissy and Beehive filter, extra chrome bits help to increase terminal velocity.........eerrr yeh right andy.........other pics show its rear & side profile with its "Big Brother".......the 'ol brown turd........my 1940 Oz Dodge Sedan........andyd Quote
Dennis Hemingway Posted August 15, 2009 Report Posted August 15, 2009 That car looks great. Dennis:D Quote
Normspeed Posted August 15, 2009 Report Posted August 15, 2009 Beautiful coupe Andy. My all time favorite year and model. Quote
Andydodge Posted August 15, 2009 Author Report Posted August 15, 2009 Funny thing was I had lusted after a 40/41 coupe for yrs also, with the web I had seen a few good ones go for $10-15,000 US but after you added $3,000 shipping, plus the Oz exchange rate they became $18-25,000 Australian, plus LHD and it a long way to swim if I wasn't happy & had to dicuss someone parentage if it wasn't as listed..........and I didn't have the money anyway........lol.......so.....but was going thru a local car mag Feb 2007 and saw this car listed, no price, but described as on vintage car rego, rhd, good cond, etc and the pic looked good.......thought for a laugh I'd call, expected a price of $30,000........the old guy said that as it was a manual, non power brakes and that he had an Oz mid 50's 4dr sedan that had power brakes & was an auto, then the 41 Coupe got the short straw, at 75yrs of age the auto was n easier car to drive for him........and he wanted $22,000........my next call was to my new best friend......the bank manager........."please Sir, can I have some more?".......lol.......ended up getting the car for $21,000, plus $1,800.00 shipping from the other side of Oz, car is an older restoration, good driver paint job, trim, chrome etc as pictured, it had an old, but good set of 6.00x16 whitewalls, various oil/water leaks but basically a good car........I am a VERY HAPPY CAMPER.........have had to tidy up a few things and next on the adgenda is the rewire the complete car, then rebuild the 230 engine(car has the original 201) I have and put it & a T5 in to make it more useable.......andyd Quote
52cambridge Posted August 16, 2009 Report Posted August 16, 2009 Very nice ride. Couple of questions. What size steelies are you running? Did you lower the front end? If so, did you cut the springs or use drop spindle kit? Quote
Andydodge Posted August 17, 2009 Author Report Posted August 17, 2009 I have Wheel Vintique 15x6 and 15x7 Chromies front and rear, the front end is stock 1941 Plymouth with not quite 1 full coil cut from the front springs, standard spindle, stub axle etc, the rear end has 2" steel lowering blocks the front tyres are 195/75x15 the rears are 235/75x15, both are Coker Classic Radials, I am using the original Plymouth wheel bolts on these rims, I have cut the locating lug off the drum face and also hit each protruding rivet head on the drum face with an angle grinder to reduce their height to 1/3rd their original height which is plenty anyway as the wheels bolts actually screw into the hub which is behind the drum anyway so removal of the rivets would not effect the holding on capacity, but I left some of the rivet head to stop the back of the rivets falling into the brake and jamming up...........andyd Quote
Cpt.Fred Posted August 17, 2009 Report Posted August 17, 2009 great car! i love those coupes, no matter what side you sit on:) Quote
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