Projects 55' - 56' Plymouth and Dodge

Here is my heap, post up your beauty and links so we can get them all in one place.....the last pic is along the lines of where I'm going with it.
Has a sweet interior and it's a V8 car. All original at the moment but will be getting the Kustom treatment

 

Here's some more...

 

How can you compare a Chevy to these cars. Mopar Rules imo

 

Yep when it comes to kustoms. Gasser are another story though, pretty tough to beat a 55 chevy for a gasser build

 

Nice rides.

 

Here's my '56...with a nasty 440 cubic inch surprise under the hood.

 

Here's my 55 Dodge

 

Beautiful car!What engine?

 

nice cars all.....and there is a 55/56 mopar group here on the Hamb....

 

Cool car! I bet she's fast, with three on the floor and two in the dash.

 

Dude, you made me bust out laughing on that one. I use the original transmission pushbuttons for other functions now: line lock, ejection seat, machine guns. You know, the normal stuff.

 

Hi, Now don't go hating me cuase I did mine differently OK. It had a crashed right front, the frame was bent so I used a Camaro clip. It fit nice. Since I had a Camaro clip I used a 73 400 Chevy sm blk bored .030 to 406. It uses 5.7 rods to help it along. It has a 700r4 and a 69 mustang 9" with 3:89 posi. I removed the badges just to make people guess what it was. I've had a bunch of strange guesses for sure. The rest remains pretty much stock 55 Belvedere except I used 56 corvette Venetian red vinal to sew up some rolled and pleated covers. I have to say it has been a blast to have something as unusual as a '55 Plymouth hotroded.

 

That is nice man, no hating here.

 

Here is mine 56 Dodge Pickup with a slant 6

 

Look at this monster..

 

I don't know who owns this one, but whenever it shows up at one of our shows I have to admire it! Real nice mild custom..



Dave

 

MoPar or no car, but I lik'em all. Driving a Chevy now with pride

 

The Titus Bros.' Plymouth always merits another look.

 

One I had back in the 60's

 

Been driving this one around since 2001. Still running the original baby Hemi ...

 

Always liked the 55 Plymouth

 

I'm giving my 55 to my oldest for graduating high school. He is training to be a fire fighter. This will be great for both of us.....time together wrenching, and keeps a young guy into hot rods.

 

Not sure if my car quite fits, technically its a 53-54 Plymouth with 56 Plymouth front and rear panels from factory. This one is heavily customised and has a mix of 53/4 upper guards and 56 lowers, a 2 inch chop at the front and 2 and 1/2 rear, 2 door conversion (originally only available as a 4 door).

Unfortunately its been languishing in the shed waiting for me to have the time to get back into her but there are a fair few other modifications planned.

 

That looks like a good start on a great looking and unique custom, ehdave. Keep at it.
Just getting it all in primer would give you a real boost!

 

Thanks guys, I cant take all the credit. Scratchbuilt on here had a huge hand in the build over a six day period (that pic is the last day) after a journey of about 1000Klm's (no idea what that is in Miles)

Having it in primer at least would be nice but there's still a lot of welding to be done at this stage, hopefully I get the wife's OT car finished soon so I can get back into it.

Haha, your right there Brand Apart. Funny enough Johnny Cash gets a lot of air time in my shed. We ended up calling her Shelly in reference to Mary Shelly's Frankenstein.