My Oz Mopars

[Andydodge]

Heres a couple of pics of my cars, the 1940 Dodge runs a 318 Poly & Torqueflite, Weiand single 4 intake, 600 Holley, mild cam, Mallory dissy, remote oil filter, both engine and trans oil coolers,balanced, 4wheel discs, rack & pinion steering, original style front end with adjustable sway bar,shortened thicker coils, etc bucket seats, late 60's Valiant centre console adapted to the cast iron torqueflite cable, 1990 Oz Falcon rear end with discs on original springs, rear guards widened 2", paint is 1970 Oz Valiant Mahogany Metallic......been like this since 1974...the 1941 Plymouth is a recent purchase basically as pictured, it apparently was built in Sth Africa, factory RHD, supposedly restored here in Oz about 10-12 yrs ago, whilst stock at present its getting a 230 with Edgy head, Offy twin carb intake with Oz Holden Stromberg carbs, Langdon HEI, Custom made headers(as the US ones will hit the Oz RHD steering box), Beehive oil filter, S10 T5(on the water as I type), will also get a set of discs on the front end, Falcon Diff on the rear and a couple of inches outa the ride height with wide whites on wider radial tyres.......Andy Douglas

[Uncle-Pekka]

Very nice pair you got there, Andy - congrats!

1941 Plymo coupe is like a candy as it is, needs nothing more, nothing less on its outer appearance.

I seldom get to see a 1940 Dodge, but it actually looks the best of pre-war Dodges. Originally, I suppose, it had the same L-head 218 unit as the Plymo? The 230 was not yet available in 1940?

[Andydodge]

The reason you probably don't see many 1940 Dodges is that i wrecked a few........lol........between 1971 when I bought mine for $15.00(he wanted $40.00, we beat him down) and 1981 I bought a few, 4 sedans that i pulled apart for spares, a 1940 Dodge Ambulance from Toowoomba that I never picked up(also $15.00) and the 1st one was an Oz 1940 Dodge Coupe in 1970 which I as a 16yr old promptly pulled apart.....I was gunna use the brown sedan as spares but as it was complete, registered but not going, needing only some rewiring it was decided to restore it.....had "experts" rebuild the engine, the engine lasted 1500 miles(1st Street Rod Nats & back) so it got pulled and a V8 was stuffed in and its had the V8 since sept 1973.........I rave on........lol.....andyd

[Andydodge]

Not actually sure whether it had the 201 or 218......more than likely the 201......its buried in the backyard of a house in Rockdale a Sydney Suburb I grew up in.......lol.......god help them if they ever try to dig up that yard.......theres the complete engine,gearbox,driveshaft & diff outa the 1940 Dodge Coupe plus two 24 stud sidvalve engines that my brother buried there also.........lol........the Plymouth looks good in pics tho' the paint is not that great but it will keep me happy, I intend to run 14x6, 15x7 whitewall radials on it and drop it at least 2-3 "........andyd

[Rodney Bullock]

Very nice, I like the coupe, I have always wondered what it would be like to have a v8 in my 1940 Plymouth. I bet it hauls A$$

[Andydodge]

Rodney, its o/k, nothing flash but its enough to put a smile on my dial, its getting driven to work today, friday, will have it parked outside of the shop.....creates some interest....andyd

[62rebelP23]

okay Andy; why did your brother bury those parts? holding down some pesky neighbors nobody's asked about since then?

[Andydodge]

Nah, actually the neighbours were quite good, originally we couldn't get a car into the backyard because of the front steps into the house so the back neighbour agreed to let me & my brother bring our cars thru her place, we cut a section of paling fence down and I brought my 1940 Oz Dodge Coupe in and then my brother brought his 1935 Ford 5 window Coupe and 1935 Ford Sedan Sedan in a yr or so later......being as we were only 16 and my brother 14 we could drive so after removal of said engines, where else do you get rid of them?.......yep, dig a hole, well big hole beside them and role them in.........a few yrs later then when we had rearranged the front of our parents house and moved the steps and put a drive thru, we then built a 3 car garage........only problem was that in building the garage foundations we discovered that some turkeys had buried a couple of engines where the footings went so we dug a couple of DEEPER holes beside these engines we found and rolled them into these deeper holes.........don't ever go buy a house in a Sydney suburb of Rockdale..........lol.......who knows what you'll find in the yard........lol.......andy(shovel)d

[DEADMAN RUNNING]

i just recently purchased couple cars...40 dodge coupe and 41 plymouth coupe...the dodge is all original except paint and new cloth inside. brought back to N.B. (Canada) about 20 yrs ago. I'm missing a chrome strip over drivers rear quarter...any ideas where i could find a replacement?

[Andydodge]

Your best bet for the chrome strip would be to join the local/national mopar clubs, ebay, Hemmings, check the various swap meets, post a want add on this Forum, I've got no 41 Plymouth Coupe spare moldings, but have a heap of 1940 Dodge 4dr sedan ones, only thing is they are to suit the Oz, Plymouth based Dodge, see the pic above........andyd