Projects 1930 Plymouth Tudor build thread

Yeah man you hammered that sucker nice chop cant wait to see more

 

I have had the idea of it I will try to get some pics up, only problem is to get it finished nice would require a lot of mud or lead, or years of experience and lots of tools which at the time I don't have and am only 21. I think lead may be a decent choice if I decide to do it, just gotta learn the tricks lol. As for mud, the lesss the better I'd like to stay away for it although I will be using some to blend the bottom doors/sides in

 

So I got the other side and other door done. Now comes the hard part of making the door structural. Here are some pics. I also picked up a model A frame and stock front I beam for drum to drum. I need some advice on hot to get it to sit the way I want. I want it as low as i can go without bags. The frame will be cut up, if I use it at all that is. I am fine with Zing the frame. But not sure about getting a different mount for the leaf, or drop I beam, etc etc. I want to do it right but without dumping tons of money into it. Ideas appreciated! Picture and or links, even better

 

Hey Charles,

Nice project, I am waiting on the other side of the world what you are gone do with the front end of the body, I am thinking of putting a '31 Ford visor on it. The rear oval window, well I am thinking of removing it totally and put something really different in it, do not know what..

keep in touch

Leen

 

Love the Mopars. Love the oval rear window. Universal hinges or suicide hinge kit can be put in front or back. How aboout the mid-30s mopar tube front axle, good looking unit.

 

Forgot to mention the radiator shell looks like a 29 Chevy.

 

lots of work done since last post!

-drilled the axle
-made a mockup wooden frame (ive never built a frame before so i started with a wood one to make sure my dimensions will work)
-finished both door bottoms, took some poser pictures

 

I actualy met a guy in the same town as me that has the same car except its a coup, it is all original and it came with a visor, looks very similar to one from a ford. What year is yours? does it have the Roll Up windshield?

 

Yep.....1929 Chevy.

 

Got some Id plates made!


I had extra made and am selling for $20 each

 

NEED HELP getting my doors to open and close!!
I have no clue how to go about this and am willing to bribe someone with beer food and money to do it for me. My doors and hinges were worse that they could be so I had to take a cut off wheel to them. I bought some model A hinges and need advice to get them mounted, instead of 3 hinges per side I plan to go with 2. Here are some pictures of what I'm working with.

 

I could help you out for beer and food? I am in Osh, I just finished my door hinges on my 29 dodge.
Chris

 

That would be great! I will pm you


I did some more work and filled in all the holes on the passenger side

 

Choff, sorry I never got back for you, it has been a busy summer, I decided to brace the body and roof more before making my doors open, I then decided to sandblast the body and mist a coat of weld thru primer on it. Then found a house with a nice big 860 sq ft garage that was in my budget. Needless to say the car will be put on the back burner I also blew up by bike and am stuck to 4 wheels for the rest of the summer. Here are some pictures of progress though.

Moving out in this picture, the visor was just an idea, not keeping it

And there she is, big garage


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Well I got everything in the new house and set up the garage, started measuring everything up, got everything exactly how I want it, ordered some steel up and parts, waiting for it all to come in



I still need to figure out the mounts for the suicide on the bones. I was thinking about going with theses. Then I can figure out the right spring and then figure out steering



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So I want to see what you guys think about my front steering idea, if I go through with it I will be rebuilding the stock tie rods


Obviously if I decide to go this route I will shave the unused tie rod ball off the driver side arm and extending the top arm which will go to the steering box


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Got metal for my frame yesterday, started making the rails


Cutting for the Z. Ended up going with a 12" kick




The cross pieces aren't welded in, just set there to get a better idea of the finished product



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Got some more done on the frame.


Welded the cross pieces in

Got the front perch

Modified speedyway mount

So this scared the shit out of me. Turns out one of my jack stand is bent and lower than the rest


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where in Wisconsin are u from... I am from the kimberly

 

I'm in menasha


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Nice build, I like the wood frame mock - up. Good idea!

 

Thanks! The actual frame was nothing like the wooden one as far as dimensions since I decided not to have a z in the front and the total width, but it did help me teach my way through the metal frame, saved me a lot of metal and simple mistakes I made with the 2x4s


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cool project, loooks like you are making good progress and good job with the metal work

 

Nice work on the frame. Slowly but surely it's coming together!

 

For not having built a frame before, it looks like you really got it "goin' on"!!! Looks great.

 

Thanks guys! It was a challenge but was worth the learning experience. I got $170 into metal and still have 10ft left, so I planned it out pretty well, putting the rod ends on the split bones tonight, and cut out some fishtails with the plasma cutter at work, hopefully I will weld those on tonight too


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Ok so I need some advice on ride height and what spring and spring mount to go with. I know there are tons of different ways to do mounts and tons of kinds of springs out there, I will probably need to go with with a reverse eye of some sort. What is a good ride height? I was thinking 7-8? And how much will it drop with motor and trans, an inch??

Here is the frame spaced up for mock up, should I go higher?

Here is a stock model A spring, it's junk though, the main leaf is cracked

Another shot of where a stock spring sits

Here is a picture of roughly the stock A spring center to the center of the wishbone which is 4"


Anyways, advice would be appreciated
Also I got my fishtails cutout and mounted

They are pretty crude but will be blended with a flapper disc

Got three of them welded in until my welder decided to over heat, so here I sit on my HAMB app on my phone ( since I don't have Internet) waiting for it to cool down


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I did a search and i think i got my answer from a different thread...

 

So I found a new use for my jack stands, and it allowed me to figure out the a good place to drill for caster angle


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looks like 29/30 chevy truck