Progress On "lucky Lorraine" My 51 Plymouth Belvedere...

Hey everyone...well things are going slow but surely with my 51 plymouth Lorraine...my goal this summer is to get the motor and trans fully mounted and get her put back together and in a nice black primer...then hopefully next summer I can get her up and going to atleast cruise her around while I fix the body more and do the other odds and ends like clean up the motor and things like that...if you have any input let me know...thanks guys...





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Good progress so far. I like that wheel color.

Don't forget the right-angle grease fitting on your upper king pin.

N B R

 

thanks man...

 

a good start
have any plans for the rear of the body?, it's the only thing I dislike with my '49, nice roof line then the big square drop at the trunk......

 

good stuff.

I really dig those wheels, what color?

 

looks like some candy.

 

Keep on plugging away. Everything you do to it is on thing closer to getting it on the road. I'm pretty much at the same place as you are.

Todd

 

The rims are actually a powder coat color believe it or not...they can do some crazy stuff with powder coat these days...but its actually called granny smith and yea it is basically a candy apple green...I have gotten alot of good responses on them...in the sun they just pop! its like anti-freeze...and then in the shade they are a little darker but still have that nice candy shine...thanks guys!

 

i love what youve done with the car so far

 

I'm Keeping an eye on this build!

 

cool! your off to a good start , i like the wheels as well..

 

car look good keep it up

 

Hey guys I know it's been awhile but I thought I would finally post some new progress pics of "Lucky Lorraine"...my 51 Plymouth Belvedere. Our club decided with all of the business going around this summer with everyone we all decided to take the summer off and get going again in the winter. Well with winter finally here we are all back at at. So here are some pics of what we have accomplished in DAY1. We cut out that dented, cottage cheese looking old quarter panel and rolled out a new one and got'r tacked in nicely. We also tossed around some more cool ideas for the tranny mount and got started on that. The big accomplishment we got done was slamming the front out using all the stock components. Still got about 3" to go in the back now to give it that perfect stance I want... Check'm out...Take care guys...Thanks...
P.S. thats not me in cutting out the quarter panel...Thats CODY! possibly a new edition to the group.

 

love those late 40's and early 50's mopars...lookin' good

 

Lorraine? I thought for sure "Cum Dumpster" was the front runner. Anyways, is the back of the engine supported in the first pics? Reason I ask is seems to slope towards the firewall quite a bit. Is that going to be an issue down the road? (pinion angle, carb angle,) I don't know either so I thought I'd ask.

Slim

 

lookin good ,those wheels really do pop with right light on them. weve got a 52 cranbrook thats gonna be put in the shop to get started on very soon I was curious about your front brake setup where did you get it and how did you drop that car so much with stock parts in the frontend?

 

I love your car. I think it's going to look amazing when you're done. Definately keep us posted. Great progress!



BloodyKnuckles

 

lookin good, keep the pics coming. nothing like a mopar!!!!

M...... mainly
O...... old
P...... parts
A..... and
R..... rust

 

Wow, moving right along!

Dig the color of the wheels, what is it??

 

Cool car, I love the roofline on that model. I too was wondering about the rear trans support. If you are using an automatic with that front engine mount, you will need some kind of center support at the bell housing. If you run just the front mount and the rear tailshaft mount, there is a good chance the trans will crack right across the bell housing. This is a fairly common problem. It creates a lot of stress in the middle. There is a kit available for the tri-5 Chevys for this type of application that would work fine in your Plymouth.

 

Yeah well it all works out cause maybe "Lucky Lorraine is a "Cum Dumspter" lol...but yeah in the first pics there the motor was not supported or better yet where it needs to be for the final layout. The tranny is just sitting on a 1" square tube welded in for now. Thats probably why you guys are thinking it's angled all weird, which it is but thats definitely not where it needs to be. We did however start with the custom tranny mount, which will be removable and what not this last Sunday but did not get it totally finished. But yeah we did however figure the angles out and meaurments out and stuff and when it's sittin in there where it needs to be it's nice and snug and fits pretty good.

 

We took the coil mount on the lower A arm, cut all the rivets off and welded it onto the bottom side of the A arm. That way it doesn't change the spring rate and lowers the car a solid couple of inches. As it sits now the spring was shot on the passenger side so we cut out one total coil from both sides. Pugs will probably have to get new springs, and buy dropped spindles. Or just get lowered springs to replace the shot, cut stockers. That'd be the best bet.

 

It's basically a candy apple green but the name for it is called Granny Smith Green. It's actually a powder coat as well...

 

nice work going on there, good time to do a rack and pinun change in her, also a 76/84 dodge/plymouth valory/deplomat rearend is real close to a bolt up change
over.

 

I Like it! Love the wheel color!

 

looking good man. let me know if you need any trim for the back glass i have some spare parts now.

 

Do you have any pics of that?

 

This is basically the only pic I have of the A arms off. Basically if you were to something like this you just dissasemble them off the front suspension, take the springs out, cut the rivets off the A arms and mounts then weld them on the backside of the A arms, use the rivet holes as guides I beleive to drill new holes and and weld on the mounts...then just cut a whole coil out of the springs...if you have any other questions I am sure -J- can answer them...

 

yeah yeah looks like its got a few hours left. cool.

 

Tried to send the picks but came back. send me an e-mail and I will reply. Bob