A short ride in a long car (36 Plymouth)

[JoelOkie]

This is a fun old car. I am going to drive it like this around the place here for a little while...then get started in earnest at working the wrinkles out, and get it back on the road again, hopefully soon.

I finally have a camera and know how to use it, though I'm still a little blurry on some. Joel

Edited July 18, 2010 by JoelOkie

[JohnS48plm]

Joel, nice car. The 35 and 36 Plymouths have a great style. I drove my 33 coupe around like that years ago when I first got it started. It's always fun to take that first ride. JohnS

[DLK]

This is a fun old car. I am going to drive it like this around the place here for a little while...then get started in earnest at working the wrinkles out, and get it back on the road again, hopefully soon.

I finally have a camera and know how to use it, though I'm still a little blurry on some. Joel

Looks like a fun project for someone who has the time...

[steveplym]

That's neat Joel. Nice to see another Plymouth back in action. Good luck with your project.

[55 Fargo]

Very Cool Joel, hope to get down and see it sometime........Fred

[randroid]

Joel,

Glad to see you had the presence of mind to use a green bungee cord to hold the OSHA-approved fuel cell secure instead of a blue one. There's always some purist around who'll tell you that a blue bungee would be shoddy craftsmanship.

I like it.

-Randy

[JoelOkie]

Randy, In the pursuit of great Southern engineering we have virtually replaced all use of baling wire and rope with (properly color coded of course) bungee straps. Also made great leaps in such areas as fuel delivery systems.

Joel

[JoelOkie]

wider view

[Robert Horne]

Joel, always remember to wear your seat belt, helmet, boots, gloves, gun, bug spray, googles. I used seat belts to hold the battery, fuel cell, etc. in place,( I ran out of barb wire).

[JoelOkie]

Bob, funny you mentioned barb wire Come clean with me...you once owned this car, right?

[Robert Horne]

I wish I had owned it. That looks like a 36 Dodge tail light.

[1940plymouth]

Joel, awesome that you have the car moving under its own power. I may have missed it on the original thread, but how long do you think it sat before you bought it?

[JoelOkie]

Joel' date=' awesome that you have the car moving under its own power. I may have missed it on the original thread, but how long do you think it sat before you bought it?[/quote'] I just don't know any details about the car, other than the guy I got it from , who is late 30's/early 40's, said his dad had it for a "long time". He said he had had the 42 Dodge coupe about 50 years, and he has the title to that car, but there is no title to the 36, which along with it having been wrecked, makes me wonder if the old guy had bought it for the engine. I checked the engine in the Dodge coupe the last day I was there getting my car, and it did not turn, as was previously thought. It was only the fan belt turning around.

I don't think the car I got was ever driven after it was wrecked on the passenger front side, but it looks to me like the engine was kept up. Maybe the old man was planning on using it in the coupe, or restoring it (the 36), as there was also a set of the artillery wheels like came out on the car that were stored in the trunk.

[P-12 Tommy]

Joel, When you get more time could you take some interior pics?

Thanks, Tom

[Frank Elder]

Joel, When you get more time could you take some interior pics?

Thanks, Tom

That would be nice I love seeing all the different gage clusters mopar comes out with.

[JoelOkie]

Tom, Frankie, here you go. This car has a nice gauge cluster, and all the gauges look pretty good, just needs a good cleaning. I am going to pull it out in a day or two. The temp and the oil pressure gauges both work. All the knobs are bad. The interior is pretty ragged. Mostly floor pans gone, as far as rust issues so not so bad work wise. The frame looks good, as far as I can tell. Joel

[JoelOkie]

That would be nice I love seeing all the different gage clusters mopar comes out with.

I will get a better picture of the gauges tomorrow.

[randroid]

Joel,

You might want to save a good chunk of that tar paper on the inner door to use as a sample if you ever want to replace it. Or at least so you'll know what it is.

In the last picture looks like you got what used to be an Okie tire jack before it busted in two. Went through several of those myself back in my prospecting days down in Arizona.

-Randy

[P-12 Tommy]

Thanks for the pics Joel! Nice project.

Tom

[Frank Elder]

I will get a better picture of the gauges tomorrow.

Looks good at least the screens aren't all faded out.

[Robert Horne]

Tom, Frankie, here you go. This car has a nice gauge cluster, and all the gauges look pretty good, just needs a good cleaning. I am going to pull it out in a day or two. The temp and the oil pressure gauges both work. All the knobs are bad. The interior is pretty ragged. Mostly floor pans gone, as far as rust issues so not so bad work wise. The frame looks good, as far as I can tell. Joel

My friend gave me the interior, (seats) from a 1994 Bronco. They fit perfect in my 37 4 door Plymouth. I was amazed that the rear seat fit so well.

[JoelOkie]

My friend gave me the interior, (seats) from a 1994 Bronco. They fit perfect in my 37 4 door Plymouth. I was amazed that the rear seat fit so well.

Good to know Bob. Any chance they would work in a 36 you think? I have all the seat springs, but they all are going to need new pencil rod, and at least some of the springs replaced.

[Robert Horne]

I believe the Bronco seats would fit nice in the 36 also. My parts manual show the 36, 37, and 38 having very similar sizes on the frames.

[Robert Horne]

Frame chart for 36, 37, 38

[JoelOkie]

Thanks for the information Bob, it looks promising. Joel