a friend of mine recently gave me this photo of my 1963 Plymouth. he took the photo in 1982. this is my first car and i got it in 1980 while in high school. it has the original 318 and push button automatic. i still own the car to this day.
Look at the stance and the wheels. I think that it is a work in progress. I had the counterpart 63 Dodge and it was a hotrod! Let it stay and watch.
My next-door neighbor and best friend had a '63 tudor former Kansas Highway Patrol cruiser that came with a 2.97 rear gear, 383 torqueflite and a spotlight. He blew and rebuilt the engine, added a 2-4 barrel manifold, banana exhaust manifolds and massive exhaust system (Stage III stuff), then a lumpier cam and an Edelbrock aluminum manifold with a big Holley when the 2-4s proved to be just too much. Also changed out to a higher ratio rear - I'm thinking 3.54 or something in that range. Ran like a scalded ape. His dad had a '64 tudor hardtop with a 361, and that was a beautiful car. Those cars were light and nimble.
I had one from 64 til 66. Baby blue with a white top. 318 with the typewriter too. Wish to hell I still had it. Crappy photo, scan of old instamatic print from then.
Got off active duty in Feb of '65, traded my '58 Chevy (348/3 carbs) for a '63 Plymouth convertible(white, red interior, black top) just like yours, 318 push button. Put duals and a 4-barrel on it with Cragers and black walls; raised the front just a bit. After 80,000 miles the body started to rot at the rear wheel wells. Would love to have it back! And '63 Plymouths aren't traditional??? What were those things I saw dominating Super Stock in in 1963?
There's plenty of pre-'65 cars here that probably don't qualify as Traditional Hot Rods. Maybe the wheel and tire setup qualifies as a Custom or a Hot Rod starter kit.
my uncle bought it in 1970 while in the army in Colorado for $600. he brought it back to Minnesota and a year later he bought another car and gave the sport fury to my Grandma. she never drove it and it just sat in her garage until 1980 when i got it from her. don't know why she did not want to drive it. it would have made her the little old lady from Minneapolis.
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