Was raised around cars. My dad raced the old dirt modifieds throughout the 60's around the SW Missouri, NW Arkansas, NE Oklahoma area. He also ran a 41 Willys Gasser for a few years. My mom swears that until I was about 6 I thought the National Anthem was the "Racing Song".

Bought my first car 48 Plymouth Business Coupe when I was 14 drove the hell out of that car, finally spun a bearing so out went the 6 and in went a healthy 383. I have also had a 62 Impala 2 door hard top with a 327, 73 Cuda with a 383, and a 34 Plymouth Coupe with a 318. Then I got married, had kids and cars were history for a while.

Went 22 years with nothing more that a family sedan. Oldest daughter is on her own and the youngest is in college so I have the time and funds, well time anyway to get started again.

Bought another 48 Plymouth Coupe a few years ago but this time it is a club coupe. This time around going fast is not the end all as it was before, so I decided to stick with a hot rod flathead. I built a 30 over 59 model 230 with Edgy aluminum head, Offenhauser intake, twin Carter/Webbers, Fenton repop cast iron header and an S10 HEI. Backed it up with a 53 model Borg Warner R10 OD transmission into a stock 3.90rear. Added disc brakes to the front and lowered it about 2 1/2 inches.

Still need to do the body work/paint and interior. This had been my daily driver so progress was slow on the time consuming parts of the build.

Here are a couple of pictures of the new engine and an overall shot of the car.