What to do with it?

[Yankee Transplant]

if you could find out what it is maybe have some luck on finding two doors

 

[zzrodder]

This looks kinda like it - 35 Dodge. Plymouths are a close call - the black primered one is supposed to be one.

My personal opinion would be to shorten it to a 2dr. but you really need the front doors to pull it off....

 

[Yankee Transplant]

zz I think you got it

 

[21willys]

If I remember correctly aren't 32-35 dodges/ply mouths the same basic design? I wonder how hard it will be to find two doors off of a two door.

 

[21willys]

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if you could find out what it is maybe have some luck on finding two doors

IMO to make it look right the back half of the rear door needs to be welded shut and the new door end about half way back on the now back door. Only shortening the car about 14"-18".

 

[Dr Crankenstein]

If I remember correctly aren't 32-35 dodges/ply mouths the same basic design? I wonder how hard it will be to find two doors off of a two door.

I think you're stuck with '35 and/or '36. ('34 and earlier are entirely different. )

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[klink]

C'mon man! Hasn't watching ZZrodder given you the confidence to do anything?

My thoughts exactly.

 

[MercuryMac]

I'd like to argue with Dr. Crank, ..... but how do you argue when he's right all of time? This car is not a '33 or '34, so it has to be '35 or '36.
A lot of us on this site get our fun out of building things, and it looks like you'll get a whole lot of fun out of this hotrod fetus. Keep on tinkering.

 

[21willys]

Well I have about 7 other cabs or whole cars that I can build other then this one. But I really want a family cruiser. So I'm not sure if a truck is practical or not. Who knows what I will build. If someone offers me some money they will own this one lol.

 

[AZRodDave]

Well I have about 7 other cabs or whole cars that I can build other then this one. But I really want a family cruiser. So I'm not sure if a truck is practical or not. Who knows what I will build. If someone offers me some money they will own this one lol.

A truck is impractical as a family hauler. Unless, of course, it is a panel !!!

 

[Skip]

Or just throw the women 'n' kids in the back. [ddd

A truck is impractical as a family hauler. Unless, of course, it is a panel !!!

 

[AZRodDave]

Or just throw the women 'n' kids in the back. [ddd

Oh, you KNOW how well that would go over. LOL I guess it depends on the woman and the kids, but in general ... Nope!

 

[zzrodder]

I guess you already know this is how I would restyle it - chop, shorten and 2 door-ification - please excuse the crummy photoshop job.....

 

[26Troadster]

we have a car that shows up at some of the shows around here, body like that one and built as a fender less hot rod. pretty cool car, i have looked for pics as i should have some and asked a fellow member if he did, but can't find any sorry.

 

[21willys]

I guess you already know this is how I would restyle it - chop, shorten and 2 door-ification - please excuse the crummy photoshop job.....

This is exactly what I would like to do but my skill level may not be up to the task of making some doors. The next time I'm around the body I will inspect it a little better. I will see how big of a task it will be to recreate the belt line and get a idea of how the rear doors are made to see if I can copy the build method.

 

[Yankee Transplant]

I guess you already know this is how I would restyle it - chop, shorten and 2 door-ification - please excuse the crummy photoshop job.....

Crummy??? its a heck of a lot better than mine .. looks good to me [P

 

[soltz]

Crummy??? its a heck of a lot better than mine .. looks good to me [P

took the words right of mouth[cl
great job [

 

[21willys]

I looked at the body briefly today. The body lines don't appear to be to complicated. I may try to reproduce them on a small piece of scrap first and see how it goes.

And I saw the serial number. Maybe one of are awesome members can decode it?

 

[Dr Crankenstein]

21: Your serial # shows as 1935 Dodge - model code DU.

If you have a firewall tag, it could be more specific. (I haven't found a decode for firewall tags but I'll look until I lose interest... or my patience, whichever comes first. )

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[21willys]

The next time Im out there I will see if there's a tag on the firewall. Thanks for the year ID Crank!