Strange Looking 48 Plymouth Coupe For Sale On Ebay

[Norm's Coupe]

Looks more like a 49 to me. But...........who I am I to argue with someone who has such a Rare vehicle to sell on ebay.

[Normspeed]

Would look pretty clean if he were to lose those rims and lower it back down.

[Plymouthy Adams]

Don't care much for the rims either..if you look close I would say first off this is a car with a clip..lowering it with the width of the front would put the fenders on the front tires..I think a set of positive offset wheels would put this cars track more in line on the front.

As for 48...maybe worked on it from 4 to 8. 1949 model and it does not look bad at all with the fender spears removed..the hood appears to have been welded and smoothed therefore the lack of the ornament for you need the center strip to cover the rear tab. I still like hood ornaments on these old hoopies and have never been a fan of that style exhaust exits...but I guess the owner did it for himself...

[Norm's Coupe]

I wasn't talking about the car so much. It does look like a nice body. Also like the shaved look. However, you'd think if you owned and were working on a car, you'd at least know what year and make it is. I agree with you guys on the wheels, he should loose those.

[BobT-47P15]

Looks like some P15 grille bars.

Don't know why the front wheels are out so far.....maybe a different clip added or reversed deep rims. Has its plusses and minuses. Getting in back closer to the ground would seem good.

[62rebelP23]

there was a local guy (whom i will not name to protect his reputation) whose expertise was doing those godawful frame swaps. his shop was surrounded with front suspensions from any number of makes, and a good dozen GM bodies with the front clips torched off. seems he just LOVED GM front ends. i watched him weld one up to a shoebox chebby one day, a 51 or 52, and he had fishplates of all sizes and shapes to fill in missing metal. made a mental note then and there NOT to let him build me a car...

another local guy does similar swaps using entire s-10 frames. no thanks.....

i just don't get the idea of ditching existing IFS for unrelated technology and ending up with mismatched parts. MoPar suspension is supple, smooth, and easily rebuilt with new parts.

[BobT-47P15]

Have you ever noticed some old car that's been put onto a late model frame, and the wheels just don't look quite right?? May be too far in or out, or too far forward or back in the fender opening. Some of these swappers just don't quite get em right. At the same time, others look OK.

[PatS....]

Have you ever noticed some old car that's been put onto a late model frame, and the wheels just don't look quite right?? May be too far in or out, or too far forward or back in the fender opening. Some of these swappers just don't quite get em right. At the same time, others look OK.

And when they go to sell them, they think people won't notice or care that the wheels aren't centered in the well or are sticking out like a 4X4.

If they didn't take the time to measure the fit, what else didn't they take the time to check out...or bolt down!!??

I would pass on most sub-framed vehicles unless I knew the builder personally and knew his work.

[62rebelP23]

i'm gonna pick on this one again. how about someone welding the body straight to the frame? no insulators, mounts, whatever, just weld the sheetmetal to the steel rails. and this not on a little roadster; this on big fatfender 40's and 50's cars. when asked about this "trick of the trade" the guy answered "they aint gonna get driven enough to tell the difference."

yeaaahhhh, riiiighhht. tell ya what; let me know how those flat sheet metal floorboards sound at 65mph...