What to do if your hubcaps aren't so good....

[BobT-47P15]

Paint 'em.......

You can also fill the holes for the rocker trim.

LInk to the ad. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Plymouth-4-Door-Sedan-1948-Plymouth-4Dr-w-SuicideDrs-LOWmiles-Clean-XTRAparts_W0QQitemZ190233063195QQihZ009QQcategoryZ6387QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Buy it Now of $9500.

[Uncle-Pekka]

Why leave it half way?

- If he'd paint the bumpers the same gray as hub caps, he could sell it as "rare war time black out model". 19 990,- instead of 9900,- !!!

...or "a pewter phantom plymouth":D

[oldmopar]

On the passenger door looks like he painted over the rust and I do like the painted chrome in the can look on the tail light in the close up.

[Normspeed]

Well, it was perfessionally restored. That rear carpet needs a little something. One troubling point the restorer may have missed, maybe Don C could clear this up...I think the 48 model came with a shrunken head, not fuzzy dice....?

[Don Coatney]

Well, it was perfessionally restored. That rear carpet needs a little something. One troubling point the restorer may have missed, maybe Don C could clear this up...I think the 48 model came with a shrunken head, not fuzzy dice....?

The shrunken head belongs to any idiot who believes this car has been professionally restored.

[62rebelP23]

it was, by the SECOND oldest profession; LYING.

[JIPJOBXX]

Is this car restored? or is it modified to kind of look like a hot rod? The mileage is great but he could go on e-bay and get some caps and replace those tail light housing covers. Well who knows maybe someone will just fall in love with that old car, as they say one mans junk is another mans dream.

[Normspeed]

Actually if it's not a major bondo queen the car is pretty clean and straight and has had a lot done to it. That mileage sounds a little fishy to me. They could have put on 4 trim rings and 4 used hubcaps and really made it more of an eye catcher.

I thought the $9500 was a bit high until Norm pointed out that it comes with an extra crab.

[bob_amos]

I have always been amazed by the people that think old is valuable, "period! " LAst week I saw someone with a 53 Plymouth, which I have one of, and he was asking a starting bid of something in the neighborhood of $13,000 or so. Mine was much better than his and is not worth anything over about $4,000. And...I'd be streatching it to get close to that. Fortunately, no poor soul bid on it so no one got burned. In the end, it's only worth what someone is willing to pay.

[steveplym]

I am amazed on what I find on Ebay. My P-15 was pulled out of the weeds in '75 and restored. Garage kept ever since 1980. That has helped it stay in really good shape. I see a lot of these cars on ebay and elsewhere and time has taken its toll on them. Makes me feel lucky that I have the car I have.

Some of these prices are crazy though. $9500 for something you'll have to invest another $5000 in to be worth $10,000.

[BobT-47P15]

I like to drag some of these cars over here from ebay every once in a

while just to show what other people have done with (or to) them.

It's true that every man's idea of a restoration job is different.

And it always amuses me that they may do a good job on the

outside of the car and leave the trunk and engine all grubby and

rusty. Then they want top dollar to boot. Some of the work on

that Plym is good.....some things not too great. Ah, well.

[B-Watson]

The 'perfessional restorer' also painted over all the door weatherstripping.

Love the door panels made from 1990's Greyhound bus seat material.

Bill

Vancouver, BC

[BobT-47P15]

Ahhhhh.....ya reallly think so???

I thought that stuff looked vaguely familiar.

The matching door rubber, ah, yess.

[David Maxwell]

...the guy. When he said "professionally restored", he only meant that he and his buddy were professional rodeo clowns that restored this P15 in the moments between being bashed in barrells during bull riding competitions. I think they were a thrifty pair and used some of the bull@#$% as bondo around that tail-light as well.

[steveplym]

After looking at the picture a bit more wondering what he made those sill plates out of. They do not look original. I'm always looking for different ideas to use.

Although I won't be making my door trim panels out of that material anytime soon. I thought the material looked more like airplane seat material, or center aisle carpet.

[David Maxwell]

I think it might be some old horse blankets from the rodeo LOL!

After looking at the picture a bit more wondering what he made those sill plates out of. They do not look original. I'm always looking for different ideas to use.

Although I won't be making my door trim panels out of that material anytime soon. I thought the material looked more like airplane seat material, or center aisle carpet.