Ten years later..Got the Car

Well ,I finally have a reason to post up here About 10yrs ago I spotted a pretty clean 50 Plymouth Business coupe in a friends ,friends drive that I was buying a truck from .. asked him if He was interested in sellin it but He had plans to "build it" and that was the last time it was mentioned.. Over the last decade he got married and moved to a bigger house etc etc..life.. I have run into him a few times but never thought to ask about the car cause he flips stuff like crazy so I just assumes at some point it was sold.. Well jump forward to a few weeks ago another friend of a friend who I ran into was talkin cars and mentioned Kieths Plymouth was still sitting out in the desert at his place and had been for like 7 yrs :/ So I got in touch with Dude and He said he just got to busy to mess with it plus he was building a PreRunner rig blah blah whatever BUT I happen to have a Lexus 1UZ v8 he was lookin for so we struck a sweet deal ,at least on My part haha and I finally got the plymouth after a decade.. Dragged it out of the desert ,kicked out a few pack rats and Black widows,rebuilt the carb and tank and the old flathead purrs like new
Here is My buddys Ford and the Plymouth


Near perfect body with zero rust and all the trim is in the trunk.

 

score!

 

what a body!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Clean-clean body. What is the car going to be ie mild custom, strip bruiser, ect.

 

little bit of chopping of top and drop the back down , that would really make a nice car

Jen

 

THAT is patina Cool body, I hope a drop, shave and paint are in the future?

 

Well , until I get I get stable income again , I"m just going drop it a few inches Scotch brite the paint and toss some fresh Whitewalls and drive it.. I would like to bag it and probably will at some point.

 

Super cool story and car, obviously you two were meant to be together!

Have fun,

John

 

Heck yes. Right now, cruise!

 

Extremely jealous. When i was looking for my first car I found a 49 business coupe for $100. It was a pretty rough project. I wanted it so bad but pops put the kybosh on it. I've wanted one ever since.

 

nice. keep us updated. can't go wrong with that car.

 

awesome i like the coupe , good score

 

Thanks for the quick reply's PM'd on info for parts ect.. Any reasonable way to get a lil more power out of the old flattie ?

 

Take it out an put a V8 in it think dans selling the 327 out of the 68 build it into a gasser an we can tow it to the shows with the Hearse. My 2cents.

 

I love it when a plan comes together !

 

Was that rain on the driveway ???????

 

Has an aggressive look to it. I'd paint it black and toss some black walls and moon caps on it.

 

Great story, can't wait to see what you do with it.

 

That looks great! Congratulations on your new project.

 

Cool!

 

I love those plymouths. Can't wait to see what you do with it.

 

Just shows, never hurts to ask! Drive it...that coupe was cool from the factory. Plym-r-roddy it as you go, sez another Hamber on no budget.

 

love them Plymouths

 

Damn Fine Automobile.

VR&C.

 

Goin to register her this week and start drivin it.. Yeayya.. I'll be startin some "build" pics soon... Not really building but fixin up and droppin it down.

 

I gotta ask....I'm seeing horizontal lines in the rear window. What are they ?

 

I'm thinkin' "High and Mighty"

 

total guess...reflection of the awning it's parked under.

 

ordinarily I hate those late model coupes -- like the Ford shoebox coupes...
but damn, that's a three window !!
Cool !!