Thread: 1937 Plymouth 5 Window Coupe

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Anyways the story behind this build was this car was a sitting in a barn for almost 50 years before it was found. Two older hot rod guys from Minnesota found this car and started the build. They started on the sheet metal work. They frenched in the tail lights and did most of the patching. They also put an older Mustang II front suspension which I plan on rebuilding. They installed a Camaro 305 (boat anchor) engine, tranny, and rear end. From what I hear one of the gentlemen then got sick and passed away causing this build to go back into the barn and forgotten about again for ten more years. It was then found by a guy in Cheboygan and brought back to Michigan and put into a shed with a dirt floor.

This is where I came in.

I had just completed a frame off restoration/build on a 1985 CJ7. Even though I the Jeep turned out beautiful and my wife thought I was nuts I wasn’t really happy. I really wanted a Hot Rod and only ended with the Jeep because I found a guy on Craigslist who would trade me the starter Jeep for my snowmobile. Anyways I completed the Jeep in the spring and got rid of it in the fall for this 37 coupe.

I am much happier now if you are wondering.

Once the Plymouth was home my first project, once the shop was cleaned up, was to build a rotisserie for the coupe. I went to the web and did some research. I found a few pictures of ones I liked. I then ordered up some steel and started hunting down the rest of the parts. After a weekend of work welding and painting the rotisserie was completed and I had the body mounted to it.











I really think this is going to be so helpful for this project because I won’t have to spend so much time on my back and knees on the concrete floor.

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