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Member ID: Class-o-09

Location: Hickory Corners, Michigan

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1938 Plymouth Sedan

Bought: Aug, 2005

Major Upgrades

  • engine swap

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Last updated: Jul 02, 2009

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Keith’s Plymouth Sedan:
“BOBB (big ole' blue beast)”

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Lets start at the beginning....

Class-o-09's 1938 Plymouth Deluxe Hickory Corners, MI - 2 This is what i started with, when i was 15

Looked fine from about 500ish feet back, at this angleClass-o-09's 1938 Plymouth Sedan

Class-o-09's 1938 Plymouth Deluxe Hickory Corners, MI - 3 I wont lie, it came with the 350 but it needed work, this is a good pic of it.(i dont have the original flathead six, so please dont ask,) I want to put a Hemi in it, if you agree or not, please vote in my poll.

 

Class-o-09's 1938 Plymouth Deluxe Hickory Corners, MI - 4 First step in building a street rod, oblitertate...Including the paint

Class-o-09's 1938 Plymouth SedanThen start to repaint and rebuild, in that order. (That is up to debate, some people do it the other way around)

 

Class-o-09's 1938 Plymouth Sedan          Class-o-09's 1938 Plymouth Deluxe Hickory Corners, MI - 5

Class-o-09's 1938 Plymouth Sedan You can see my lil' tiny rear wheels and tires. They came with the car, i put some smoothies and bigger tires on when I got it running. That afternoon i went to the mopar show at Gilmore Car Muesem.(Mopars in the Red Barns)

Class-o-09's 1938 Plymouth Sedan Thats my grandpa's dakota. He put off his project to work on mine. We did all the work on mine in his garage, because i dont have a garage at my house. He plans to put a hopped up 350 in the dakota, already has the engine built, just never got around to putting it in. Maybe it will have its own page some day. (I'll make it for him, cuz he wouldnt do it himself). It is supposed to be like a NASCAR truck. 

 

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These are the four pieces of my two hoods, along with some other peices that are now blue.

Class-o-09's 1938 Plymouth Deluxe Hickory Corners, MI - 7 Interior comes last

Class-o-09's 1938 Plymouth Deluxe Hickory Corners, MI - 6 I made a disc brake conversion up front and you can see my corvette booster and cylinder in this pic. Good ole' speedway, i ordered and paid for a black booster cuz it was alot cheaper. They sent me the shiny one I have on there now. Im not complaining. I would've replaced those rusty headers, but now that the car all together you cant see them anyway...

Class-o-09's 1938 Plymouth Deluxe Hickory Corners, MI - 8 My almost-completed interior

Class-o-09's 1938 Plymouth Sedan  That is the original speedo. There is no way this thing went 100 mph with it's original flathead six. I am still using it, but it is a little off, 55 mph is 68 on the speedo

 

Class-o-09's 1938 Plymouth Deluxe Hickory Corners, MI - 1               Class-o-09's 1938 Plymouth Sedan

Last, but not least; drive around to all the car shows and show off, gloat alot, and then get bored and write it all down on an internet page one day. it has a 350 chevy V-8 pumping through a 400 turbo tranny to a (for now) 4:11 rear end out of a 57 chevy. All the suspension and steering components are orignal. Basicly: it accelerates fast, will stop fast, but wont turn very well, and doesnt like bumps. It has the turn radius of a dump truck, due to the disc brakes getting in the way of the control arm. Seriously, my step-dad's dodge ram 2500 diesel turns better and is easier to park. But ive gotten used to parking and driving it, and i wouldnt give it up for all the money in the world. By the way, I'm now seventeen.

The fun doesnt stop here! Check out page 2 for more recent pics and stories! Or page 3 for the history lesson.(I wont blame you if you dont)

 

These are just some random cell pics, enjoy

Class-o-09's 1938 Plymouth Sedan Hehe....car wash...

Kinda like a before and after picture, ain't it? Class-o-09's 1938 Plymouth Sedan

Class-o-09's 1938 Plymouth Sedan Class-o-09's 1938 Plymouth SedanDo you like the whitewalls? It was tire cleaning foam, i think it looked fine, but i already have black tires.

Very first show (mopars at the red barns)I found this guy(wish i could remember his name) with a very-stock 38 plymouth coupe. I have seen him around at other shows. If you see him tell him Im looking for him.Class-o-09's 1938 Plymouth Sedan

 Class-o-09's 1938 Plymouth Sedan                                       Class-o-09's 1938 Plymouth Sedan  NSRA Nats North registration. If you were there you know the registration was the only dry day, it rained every other day.

Class-o-09's 1938 Plymouth Sedan Otsego car show. Got to watch the parade from my car. It was 100 degrees out. I felt bad for the marching band, i used to be in one myself, and those suits are hot!. Class-o-09's 1938 Plymouth Sedan

 Class-o-09's 1938 Plymouth Sedan "Cruzin the gut" in battle creek.

Class-o-09's 1938 Plymouth SedanI live right next to gilmore car meusem and they have a cruize-in every wendsday. I am at every one i can go to. I practicly live there.

 

Class-o-09's 1938 Plymouth SedanI was playing with the effects on the camera. Blue car orange trees (it was fall) became orange car blue trees. I will never paint it orange.

Do you have any idea how boring it can be working at a grocery store? You end up with stuff like this.Class-o-09's 1938 Plymouth Sedan

 Photo shot to get a good cell phone background. actually climbed the tree in front of my house.

Class-o-09's 1938 Plymouth Sedan

Class-o-09's 1938 Plymouth Sedan Thats not me

Class-o-09's 1938 Plymouth Sedan My easter basket was my old rear rim. Awesome!

 

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Vehicle Owner

Member ID: Class-o-09

Location: Hickory Corners, Michigan