Projects 41 Plymouth Coupe to keep or not to keep

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Or build a Kustom like mye 1940 DeSoto

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Very nice !

 

I've got a 40 Opera coupe (the seat bottoms flip up) and a Business coupe like yours.
I gotta say that between the tight seating and doing a chop, your kids are going to outgrow that rear area QUICK if they already aren't too big.
Hope the car gets you enough return that you can get a full length roof to cut.

 

Why screw up a great little car? Will the kids fit in it next year? Or three years from now? Get the right car for the right job.

 

If your kids are small enough to require car seats, the business coupe won't have enough room between the back of the front seat and the rear window. If your kids are big enough to be out of car seats, there will only be enough head room for a couple of years.

The issue is the head room area. A business coupe has a pretty low roof line before the back window, but there is room for rear seats, if the people sitting in them are not very tall. If you chop it, it will be worse. The floor behind the rear seat is ahead of the rear axle, and there is already a pretty big kick up in the floor, I'm not sure you can lower the floor enough to create additional head room. Gene

 

My son is 8 and my daughter is 2. Car seat will take up space for sure.

Ebay listing is looking good. Not to far off from reserve.

 

UPDATE: Sold the 41' . It's going to Minnesota.

 

So does this mean your armed with a hand full of cash, looking for the perfect family cruiser?
If that's happening, please keep us updated.
Btw, loved your wife's view on wagons. Priceless.

 

The car you have is very nice, with nice paint.

Consider just removing the package tray, modding the hinges, and adding a rear seat and a/c for family cruising.
The interior fabric looks like it could be matched.
If that doesnt do it for ya, just sell it as is.

 

I picked up a back seat from a late model BMW for my 49 Plymouth coupe project and it fits like it was made for the car. Not a lot of leg room but I planned on laving the back of the seat riser open to give my son a bit more legroom. His solution was to put mom in the back seat or leave her home.

 

Nice looking car, whatever you decide......................

 

a friend and I went about 10 hours away and bought a two 1962 falcon wagon for him and his young family of 4 . she said the same thing then , and now it is "her car" not selling it period . funny how things change .

 

Please leave the 41 alone...way too good for what you plan


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He sold it.

 

Man, I can see fitting a back seat in there for younger kids, or I can see a chop job, but sure not both. Lovely car though!

 

Wow, you just called a 41 Plymouth dumpy, then suggested he get a 48 Lincoln? yeah they had a lot of chrome but they are ugly as sin.


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To each his own. I like my 47 Lincoln Zephyr Coupe. Front end is a little busy, but from the firewall back it looks as good as any late 40's car.

 

Your totally right, to each his own. I just can't get over the front end on those things. I drove a customers 47 convertible and I have to say it drove like I dream, but the grille is just not for me.


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Hey laidback you could consider just trading me your 41 2 seater for my 41 Plymouth 6 seater??
It can't hurt to ask one Texan to another right??? Well crap if I had read in more detail I woulda seen the green 41 wasn't yours, sorry I was hoping for a possible trade...

 

What you bought is gorgeous as it sits and better than the other one hands down! I wouldn't alter it, too good. However if you go with the back seat please do it the same material as the front to maintain originality. Too good to mess with.

 

Yeah I ended selling the car on ebay to a fellow Hamber from Minnesota.

Bought this last week (from a fellow Hamber). It's a 1937 Dodge. Was his personal car but time got the best of the build. I'll pick up where he left off. I'm ahead of the ball on this one and maintained my $6k budget. All the floors have been done. Has a Mustang II and 4 link tacked in place. All the metal needs finishing. Package came with a 440 and 518 trans and new Tanks Inc gas tank. He was going to install a pair of 39' dodge headlights but I've decided to go with the originals. Car came with front and rear coilovers but I'm going bags.

Watch for a build thread soon.

The day I picked it up:


As it sits today.

 

Keep us posted. I would have kept the 41, as Im partial to them (being as i own one). But that 37 is pretty sweet. Good luck.