packratc Posted October 4, 2016 Report Share Posted October 4, 2016 New guy here. My 50 Business Coupe was partially apart when I bought it. Now at a friends for a build. Friend moved the car twice. Parts are "everywhere." Most everything was sandblasted & primed. I can't identify all the sheet metal from the firewall forward. Looks like I'm missing some. Does anyone have a "blow up" of these parts, or a photo out of a book that might show all the individual parts? I know it sounds silly but my other cars are a 49 Ply & a 49 Wayfarer. Don't know if they are the same or even if they are complete. Thanks in advance. Feel dumb for getting in such a mess. packratc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young Ed Posted October 4, 2016 Report Share Posted October 4, 2016 The 49 plymouth should give you a good sample of where all the sheet metal goes. Assuming its complete. Otherwise you need a parts book to show everything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knuckleharley Posted October 4, 2016 Report Share Posted October 4, 2016 Don't feel lonesome. I suspect all of us have gone through the "store it and work on it in a friends shop" phrase and ended up missing a bunch of parts and sometimes tools. Just a couple of years ago I asked a friend to let me store a big buck hi-po V-8 that was balanced and blueprinted by a Nascar engine shop. I even provided the engine stand so he could roll it around,and a cover over the engine to keep dust away. God the cement poured in my shop floor and went to bring the engine home a couple of months later,and damned if he hadn't robbed the spark plugs out of both heads to tune up his pu with. Which wouldn't have bothered me that much if you had put his old plugs in there to protect the bore,but he didn't. He didn't even put the cover back over the engine,and acted like he had done nothing wrong. And this was a guy I have been friends with since the early 60's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packratc Posted October 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2016 Thanks for the replies. Yep, I need someone with a parts book to share the correct images. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rb1949 Posted October 4, 2016 Report Share Posted October 4, 2016 Maybe helpful body parts listed here by models: http://www.route66hotrodhigh.com/TechSheets/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desoto1939 Posted October 4, 2016 Report Share Posted October 4, 2016 I would suggest that you purchase your own parts book. This way you will always have the information on the parts and the pictures of the parts. To rely on all of the other members to copy and paste the data and pictures is time consuming. Owning an antique car or truck or motocycle you shouls always get the necessary parts and sevice manual for your car. you do not need the MoPar orginals, you can get reprints because they are just reference material and when being judges the parts and service manuals do not count for judging. Rich Hartung Desoto1939@aol.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packratc Posted October 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2016 Thanks for the suggestion, Rich. I have factory manuals, a crash book that only sites exterior parts, & other references. I'll purchase a re-print of a parts book when I find one. I'll look on Ebay right now. Thanks again, packratc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Coatney Posted October 4, 2016 Report Share Posted October 4, 2016 Where in middle Tennessee are you located? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packratc Posted October 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2016 Lascassas, TN 37085. NE of Murfreesboro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packratc Posted October 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2016 I see we are neighbors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Coatney Posted October 4, 2016 Report Share Posted October 4, 2016 28 minutes ago, packratc said: I see we are neighbors. Used to be. I moved to Northern Indiana about 3 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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