Working on the back of the plymouth

Im going to be working on fixing the dents and rust on the back of the plymouth. So to help I got it up on my portable lift.

Drivers view of the 32'

Here is the view I'll have of the gauges from the drivers seat. I have the tachometer mounted on the column under the dash. Then from left to right: water temp for the left head, oil temp, original 32' speedometer, fuel gauge, and water temp for the right head. I wanted to have two water temp gauges so that I could watch the tempratures on both heads separately. That way I can make sure that one isnt getting a higher temp than the other.

Got the floor in the sedan.

Ive been working on the floor. Got all of the wood fitting. Im using a connecting rod an re-making the brace for the steering box on top of the transmission. Also got all the gauges mocked up in the dash.

Inner door patched on the plymouth.

I got the inner door panel patched today. There are a lot of different things going on in such a small piece. I made sure to reproduce all the beads like the original had so that it looks like nothing ever happened.

Patched passenger door

The passenger door had some rust out on the bottom corner. So I removed the inner panel so I had access to the outer skin. Then I made up a patch panel that matched the crown and welded it in. Next I can patch the inner door and wrap the outer skin over the inner panel.

More on the suspension for the plymouth.

I got the rear bar for the coilovers mounted. I used some pipe that represent the coilovers so that I could get all the right angles.

Then I got the front of the frame boxed, and got the front crossmember in place.

Working on the steering on the 32' sedan.

I got the dash in the car and got the steering box, column drop, shaft and steering wheel in the car. Im going to re-make the steering brace that goes from the top of the transmission to the firewall out of steel insted of aluminum. That way there is a lot more strength there.

Windshield frame fitted.

I got the windshield frame fitted to the sedan. It really accentuates how chopped this car is.

32' sedan body back on the frame!

I got the body back on the frame yesterday! I forgot how much I love the stance of this car. It's coming together so much better than I hoped!

Ready to put the 32' sedan body back on the frame.

I got everything set up to put the body back on the frame on my 32' sedan. Its an awesome feeling to be at this stage knowing that this will be the last time that the body will be off.

32' sedan frame is rolling again!

I finished up the quickchange and got the rear axle back in the car. I also got the rest of the exhaust bolted in. Nice to have the frame rolling once again.

When I finished up the quickchange I decided to safety wire all the studs together. That way neither the nuts or the studs can back them self out.

Got the top two suspension arms tacked in place on the plymouth.

I worked today on getting the two top suspension arms on the car. Next is the mount for the coilovers.