casper50 Posted January 4, 2014 Report Posted January 4, 2014 (edited) My 47 Dodge coupe finally arrived late yesterday. I work nights so I didn't have time to get any photos before I had to go to bed. Worked all morning getting it into the back garage by myself. Doesn't run. It's almost bedtime again. I'll get more photos tomorrow and post them. Edited January 4, 2014 by casper50 2 Quote
55 Fargo Posted January 4, 2014 Report Posted January 4, 2014 Beauty, great car Casper, your scenery looks like around here... Quote
busycoupe Posted January 4, 2014 Report Posted January 4, 2014 You say that it is a49. It must be an early 49, before the new models came out. It looks identical to a 46 to 48 D24. It is a nice looking car, good luck! Quote
Floydflathead Posted January 5, 2014 Report Posted January 5, 2014 Like your coupe, I have a 46 which is almost identical. When you thaw out send more pictures! What will you do with your car? Quote
casper50 Posted January 5, 2014 Author Report Posted January 5, 2014 Thinking update brakes to disc, Keep the flatty if it checks out okay. Lower the front a little, bodywork, repaint and reupholster. Drive it for the 3.5 months of warmish weather up here. Quote
alsancle Posted January 5, 2014 Report Posted January 5, 2014 Cool. I hope the garage has heat. It was -5 in Mass yesterday morning and that really wasn't fun. Quote
casper50 Posted January 5, 2014 Author Report Posted January 5, 2014 33 above here right now. But yes I have nat gas heater and wood stove Quote
pflaming Posted January 5, 2014 Report Posted January 5, 2014 (edited) Be switched if I would fix up that car then park it for 8.5 months. Unless you are a young man, I would give it an extra good undercoat and drive it whenever I pleased. You will be pushing daisies long before the rust shows up and someone else can worry about that! Put a good pair of snow tires on the back, 100 #'s of yard sale weights in the trunk and you are set to go. You can then smile at all those tinfoil cars that are in the ditch as you drive by! Edited January 5, 2014 by pflaming 1 Quote
casper50 Posted January 5, 2014 Author Report Posted January 5, 2014 (edited) Not worried about the rust. Two wheel rear wheel drive isn't going to make it up my driveway in the winter. The driver that delivered it choose to have a flatbed towtruck with chains bring it up my drive. He even paid for it. And he almost didn't make it. Edited January 5, 2014 by casper50 Quote
casper50 Posted January 5, 2014 Author Report Posted January 5, 2014 Took a few photos this morning. Took awhile to get the snow melted off. Quote
Don Coatney Posted January 5, 2014 Report Posted January 5, 2014 Looks good! Suggest you plow the garage floor and pump up the tires Quote
casper50 Posted January 5, 2014 Author Report Posted January 5, 2014 won't be on the tires soon hopefully. Soon to be disassembly time. Tires are old. Weather cracked but not many miles on them at all. Spare might not have been on the ground. I didn't know that they made a fake radio. I know of the delete plate but just the face, two knobs and a light at night. Making a list of parts that I need as I see things. Don't need them now of course but buy them when you find them. Quote
1940plymouth Posted January 5, 2014 Report Posted January 5, 2014 Looks like you got a very solid car to start out with, love the styling of the Dodge coupes. I was in Anchorage and two hundred miles north of the Artic Circle while in the USAF in 1970 and '71. Keep us posted, Bob Quote
knuckleharley Posted January 5, 2014 Report Posted January 5, 2014 Thinking update brakes to disc, Keep the flatty if it checks out okay. Lower the front a little, bodywork, repaint and reupholster. Drive it for the 3.5 months of warmish weather up here. Yeah,I like that plan. Keep it fairly simple and enjoy driving it. Quote
knuckleharley Posted January 5, 2014 Report Posted January 5, 2014 Be switched if I would fix up that car then park it for 8.5 months. Unless you are a young man, I would give it an extra good undercoat and drive it whenever I pleased. You will be pushing daisies long before the rust shows up and someone else can worry about that! Put a good pair of snow tires on the back, 100 #'s of yard sale weights in the trunk and you are set to go. You can then smile at all those tinfoil cars that are in the ditch as you drive by! And Fluid Drive cars work really well in the snow. Quote
knuckleharley Posted January 5, 2014 Report Posted January 5, 2014 So THAT'S what a trunk floor looks like! I don't know about you,but I really like that original shade of green on these cars. Quote
casper50 Posted January 6, 2014 Author Report Posted January 6, 2014 Not so much on the green Harley. Will end up either black or dark maroon. I learned to drive many years ago in a 53 plymouth in the same shade of green. I've hated that color ever since. Quote
alsancle Posted January 6, 2014 Report Posted January 6, 2014 Did it match your expectations? Looks great in the pictures. Quote
casper50 Posted January 6, 2014 Author Report Posted January 6, 2014 It's got more rust in it that I was led to believe but not quite as much as I expected. I always expect worse than the seller is saying when I can't see it myself. So I'm happy with it so far. The fiberboard is intact in the truck all of the fiberboard is intact up under the dash so it's pretty original. All 5 rims look to be original as well. The tires are old BF Goodrich with lots of tread but weather checked. I've got most of the parts to fix the rust already so I'm itching to get stuck in. I have to put new tile on the kitchen floor first to keep mama happy. Quote
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