Plymouth Business Coupe Resto Mod, 1949
Plymouth De Luxe II
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Auction: Monterey 2012
Auction date: August 18, 2012
Lot No.: F118
$61,500 | Sold
- Transmission: Automatic
- Exterior: Black
- Interior: Gray
- Body: Resto Mod
- Featured in the April 2011 issue of Street Rodder magazine
- Over 2,000 hours logged on concours quality restoration
- New Chrysler 5.7 Liter Hemi V-8 engine
- Street and Performance headers
- Aluminized dual exhaust, Flowmaster 60 series mufflers
- 727 Torqueflite automatic transmission
- 9″ Ford posi rear end with Moser axles and 3.55 gear ratio
- Shockwave air ride system
- 11″ power assist disc brakes
- 17″ Intro wheels with Nitto speed rated tires
- Beautiful leather interior
- Classic instrument gauges with American Automotive wiring
- Dynamat insulation
- Zigs street rod custom billet steering wheel
- Ididit tilt steering column
- Vintage Air climate control system
- Flawless DuPont Jet Black base/clear coat paint
- Show quality chrome and stainless
You know a car has plenty going for it when it attracts the attention of Street Rodder magazine, which is exactly the case with this 1949 Plymouth Business Coupe Resto Mod featured in the April 2011 issue. Over 2,000 hours were logged in the car’s Concours quality restoration, which began by installing independent front suspension, a 3.55 Ford 9-inch Positraction rear end with Moser axles, Shockwave shock absorbers and 11-inch front discs and rear drums.
Dynamat insulation lines the beautiful custom interior, which features Pontiac bucket seats, Classic instrument gauges with American Automotive wiring, a Zigs billet steering wheel on an Ididit tilt steering column, Vintage Air and quality leather and fabric upholstery. Flawless DuPont Jet Black base/clear coat paint and show quality chrome and stainless finish the distinctive Plymouth, which uses a 5.7 L Hemi (fitted with Street & Performance headers, aluminized exhaust, and Flowmaster 60 Series mufflers for 360 HP) in concert with a 727 Torqueflite automatic to turn its Nitto-shod 17-inch Intro wheels.
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