kush
Member
Cool site! Just picked up this '56 Plymouth in Alabama and drove it back home to NY. Took about 20 hours straight through, 1000 miles. The car has a 5.3L LS1 (the light truck variant), 700R4, and a Ford 8.8 rear end. It's a Mutt.
New guy, '56 Plymouth Suburban Wagon
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Welcome to RRR! Very cool ride.
IMO, ditch the wheels for something else. I'm not against the big rims, but the all black just doesn't work with the light color car. Maybe if the outer rim and/or the center caps were chrome...
What's the suspension? If it's stock with low profiles, that had to ride a little rough.
What's your plan?
IMO, ditch the wheels for something else. I'm not against the big rims, but the all black just doesn't work with the light color car. Maybe if the outer rim and/or the center caps were chrome...
What's the suspension? If it's stock with low profiles, that had to ride a little rough.
What's your plan?
Gus
Banned
Hello
Welcome to RRR...................The older it is the better it is and that's just all there is to it !!!
I'm sure you enjoyed the drive home..[cl
Welcome to RRR...................The older it is the better it is and that's just all there is to it !!!
I'm sure you enjoyed the drive home..[cl
kush
Member
Thanks guys!
I'm not a huge fan of the wheels either, haven't decided what to put in their place yet though. Maybe some large steelies and old style rubber like the old cop cars:
I was also thinking about certain rally style wheels or racing style steelies, might have to stick the car in photoshop and try out a few wheel styles.
Rear suspension is Jeep wrangler front leafs, Lincoln shocks. Front suspension is late model suburban springs and monroe shocks. The ride is ok, the front is floaty over bigger bumps. The rear is fine.
The plan is to fix some smaller mechanical issues with the car, and drive it. Over time I'll try to get the suspension sorted out a bit better, and that's about it.
I'm not a huge fan of the wheels either, haven't decided what to put in their place yet though. Maybe some large steelies and old style rubber like the old cop cars:
I was also thinking about certain rally style wheels or racing style steelies, might have to stick the car in photoshop and try out a few wheel styles.
Rear suspension is Jeep wrangler front leafs, Lincoln shocks. Front suspension is late model suburban springs and monroe shocks. The ride is ok, the front is floaty over bigger bumps. The rear is fine.
The plan is to fix some smaller mechanical issues with the car, and drive it. Over time I'll try to get the suspension sorted out a bit better, and that's about it.
Gus
Banned
Yeah, old school, no bling don't listen to me, I sell snow cones ?
don't listen to me, I sell snow cones ?
skull
''SARCASM: just one of his many talents.''
welcome
l'm partial to wagons & that one is ubber cool[dr
Later
l'm partial to wagons & that one is ubber cool[dr
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Dirtyrat
Got Fins?
I'm with them, love everything but the rims, they just don't fit the look!
26Troadster
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welcome to rrr.
MercuryMac
Builder Junky!
Hi Kush and welcome to RRR. I agree with the guys that the new wave wheels don't go with the car that well. The only thing that popped into my head is a possible partial solution; glue on those fake white walls that we used to get that fit in between the tire bead and the rim. If you glued the circumference of the white wall on to the rim, you'd be half done, with just the ID to dream up a fix for. Anyhow, I see why you went 'the extra mile' to get that car home; good choice.
41ratrod
Well-known member
Welcome from Here. my easy chair I just got home from work.
COOOL wagon .
COOOL wagon .
moparcowboy
Well-known member
Welcome to the site, love your wagon- I'd scrap the wheels- they just don't do it justices [dr
