SOME REALY COOL PICS OF MY DADS 1939 business coupe

[scottyv47]

i was going through some old stuff i had in storage the other day, and i came accross some realy cool old pics of my dads 39 plymouth business coupe takin in 1962, he swapped out the flattie for a 325 polyhead, backed with a 3 speed manual truck trans, a very cool original ratrod, like the ones everyone is trying to build now, it realy inspired me to find a 39 plymouth

[Young Ed]

Makes me miss Dads 39

[55 Fargo]

Very Cool car

[scottyv47]

if i can find a 39, i want to build it exactly like dads, and take it and him back to the house in the picture, the house he grew up in, which i google earthed today, and its still there, and looks pretty much the same, and take the same pictures, kinda like a now and then thing

[Andydodge]

Scotty, thats a neat car your dad had, but one thing......that was a Hot Rod or Street Rod.........never a ratrod.........ratrods are things that try to be something that never was, your dads Hotrod was just that......a hotrod........and a genuine one.............regards, andyd...owner of a hotroded 40 Dodge Sedan with a 318 Poly since 1973.

[PatS....]

Scotty, thats a neat car your dad had, but one thing......that was a Hot Rod or Street Rod.........never a ratrod.........ratrods are things that try to be something that never was, your dads Hotrod was just that......a hotrod........and a genuine one.............regards, andyd...owner of a hotroded 40 Dodge Sedan with a 318 Poly since 1973.

Exactly...the term ratrod is a very recent and very sad term. That's a Hot Rod for sure.

[40phil41]

if i can find a 39, i want to build it exactly like dads, and take it and him back to the house in the picture, the house he grew up in, which i google earthed today, and its still there, and looks pretty much the same, and take the same pictures, kinda like a now and then thing

Don't wait to do this project. My Father-in-law replaced the engine in my '40 Dodge around 1952/53 with the D24 that's in it now. I wanted to get the car back on the road so that he could have another drive but I missed; he died of stomach cancer about 1 month before the car came out of the paint shop.

Phil

[Cpt.Fred]

all hot, no rat:cool:

great pics, thanks for sharing!

[Uncle-Pekka]

What a truly handsome car! - a real beauty.

To my tastes Plymouth did beat Chevrolet and even Ford coupes in 1939 by far.

Thanks for sharing, Scotty!

[Don Coatney]

Scotty, thats a neat car your dad had, but one thing......that was a Hot Rod or Street Rod.........never a ratrod.........ratrods are things that try to be something that never was, your dads Hotrod was just that......a hotrod........and a genuine one.............regards, andyd...owner of a hotroded 40 Dodge Sedan with a 318 Poly since 1973.

Exactly...the term ratrod is a very recent and very sad term. That's a Hot Rod for sure.

i was going through some old stuff i had in storage the other day, and i came accross some realy cool old pics of my dads 39 plymouth business coupe takin in 1962, he swapped out the flattie for a 325 polyhead, backed with a 3 speed manual truck trans, a very cool original ratrod, like the ones everyone is trying to build now, it realy inspired me to find a 39 plymouth

Very cool car and thanks for posting. Now I am confused? I thought I had a ratrod but now I am not sure:rolleyes:

[Reg Evans]

What a truly handsome car! - a real beauty.

To my tastes Plymouth did beat Chevrolet and even Ford coupes in 1939 by far.

Thanks for sharing, Scotty!

What about Dodge?

Signed

Grandpadodge

[scottyv47]

Don't wait to do this project. My Father-in-law replaced the engine in my '40 Dodge around 1952/53 with the D24 that's in it now. I wanted to get the car back on the road so that he could have another drive but I missed; he died of stomach cancer about 1 month before the car came out of the paint shop.

Phil

believe me, i'm looking for one right now, the main problem is, i'm piss poor broke at the moment, between the economy and it being winter, there is no work around at all, hopefully it gets better in spring, i actualy found a perfect example, already finished, its even the right color, in princeton nj, but it is way, way , way out of my price range, actualy i think its out of everyones price range, $27,000, but the mega millions is tonight, a dollar and a dream, unless someone wants to lend me $26,900, and i pay them back $200 a month for the rest of my life, HA HA HA, just kidding

[Uncle-Pekka]

What about Dodge?

Signed

Grandpadodge

Well, Dodge beats Mercury, Olds and Pontiac, of course!

(Seriously, I think Dodge grille in '39 was not the most attaractive - It was sure better than Olds and Pontiac, but less than Mercury, Ford or Plymouth...)