Am I nuts? 1940 Plymouth Commercial Car (Truck)

[md11hud]

Just picked up another project, a 1940 Plymouth Truck. The resto on it is not the problem, but my intent is to have it done by next Sept 23rd (2011) to present to my lovely wife for her 50th birthday:love7:. She has always liked the fat fendered trucks and even made the mistake of saying "wouldn't that one look good in red?" which to my ears means "won't your make one for me in red?"

My plan is to ship all the parts and pieces off to my son's shop to be media blasted and straitened by the metal master Brent while I put a Volare' torsion bar suspension up front and a 8 1/4 or 8 3/4 in the rear. 318 motorvation will be plenty, and backed by a four speed of course.

Steel wheels with Plymouth logo hubcaps and blackwalls will be the running gear.

 

[stansblue72]

Great project! That's what I would like to find for my next project. That is if I ever get the dart done.

 

[Purple Haze]

Great Project, keep the pic's coming on the build and progress.

 

[dodgedifferent2]

that looks very familiar to me ...
That is the same project waiting for me after my dart ..

only a 354 hemi will be the motovation

 

[Tony Fields]

I like it the way it is. Just do the drive train and drive it!

 

[res1vw21]

lol I am not going to vote yet..... Light green with black fenders and a tan interior though.....

And yes you are crazy regardless!

love yha Pop

 

[godfatherofchry]

I have two a 46 &47 dodges I bought a Dakota frame to put under one. the frame measures the same. other than a small change to the cab mounts everything else is the same Length width and wheel base..hell even the front seat measures the same..sum day I hope to get one dune..Artie:clock::clock::cheers:

 

[stansblue72]

Hey Ross are the lucky guy that gets to do the media blasting?

 

[res1vw21]

Hey Ross are the lucky guy that gets to do the media blasting?

Thank goodness no, we send everything to alternative blasting in marysvile.

 

[PanGasket]

Do it!! And post pics here! What a lucky gal you have! :cheers:

 

[md11hud]

that looks very familiar to me ...
That is the same project waiting for me after my dart ..

only a 354 hemi will be the motovation

Well, I do have a rebuilt 331 hemi sitting at the shop....mmmmm.

 

[md11hud]

I have two a 46 &47 dodges I bought a Dakota frame to put under one. the frame measures the same. other than a small change to the cab mounts everything else is the same Length width and wheel base..hell even the front seat measures the same..sum day I hope to get one dune..Artie:clock::clock::cheers:

Artie, what year Dakota did you use? When doing research for this project, it looked like the Dakota wheel base was longer than the Plymouth. I though the 46 Dodge was a remake of the early 40's truck, and the Plymouth was based on the Dodge chassis, so that might be a real time saver if the WB matches up.

Mike

 

[md11hud]

I like it the way it is. Just do the drive train and drive it!

Tony, I am temped to leave it as is, especially with the Pheasant on the cowl and the bullet holes in the door. But my wife likes them pretty.rofilel:

Mike

 

[805moparkid]

greg my boss is doing the same truck for his wife! his idea was to drop the body on a new dakota chassis

 

[slant6/4speed]

Do it. Red body with black fenders or visa versa. I have seen a Plymouth car of this vintage with a 413 dual crossram set up were each 4bbl sat on a fender-looked good and no hood. Saves you all the time in getting the hood done-just saying

 

[4woody]

It is a big project, but worth it.
The '40 grille is a big favorite of mine!

 

[HawaiiDuster]

Cool project!!!! But to answer your question.....Aren't we all a little nuts :-D

 

[hemizach]

Sounds like it should be a cool ride, and it sounds like a great idea!!!! Rod it up and build it!

 

[Marko]

Good luck man awesome looking project..I almost had the same situation with a 67 Impalla...but the dude was to far away lol

 

[PapstXX]

I LOVE this great truck project !

 

[78d200]

Looks like a great project!

I would throw the 8 1/4 in the rear. Don't bother with the 8 3/4 unless you plan on giving it some more motorvation down the road.

 

[jeffneal66]

Awesome!!! Great Find!

 

[cuda65vpt]

Looks to be in pretty good shape. I'll be doing this 1940Dodge one of these days.

 

[mullinax95]

There is certainly not a lot of those trucks around.

Good choice.

 

[68383GTS]

go for it..........