A friend of mine just picked up this 1940 Plymouth business coupe race car. Another friend of mine was the original owner/builder. Lots of history here. Slant six powered with over 300 horsepower. What a fantastic time machine it is....
Great car. I had a Coronet with a slant six as my winter beater. The car rotted out from under so I tried to blow the engine but it just kept running n running. What a great motor
I will see if I can come up with that information. The guy who bought it is getting copies of the original time slips and a bunch of other information.
I was gonna say I don't remember seeing it around the Medford area [I get home every year or so] but I see the California plates now... Congrats! Something different.........
I had no problems blowing up mopar 6's & 8's My Valiant ate two 6's before it folded in half from rust. (Never bothered changing the oil because it burned better than a quart of oil a week!) I really had fun beating on the sixes before they let go! Hahaha!
Here is a shot of the original builder with news clippings from races at Irwindale when he had a 1940 Plymouth coupe....
That was my 1st car back in 1954, had a Dodge truck engine and I milled the and added dual exhaust. It ran pretty good until a guy didn't yield an intersection. Paid $300 for it. Love the car.
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