Thread: Getting started, 49 PLYMOUTH

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:Well this last weekend my son and a friend of his painted the block,and heads of the engine for my 49 Plymouth build.If anybody has any pics and tips on such a build i,d like to see them.The car is a 49 plymouth business coupe,the engine is a 360 magnum(2002) 030 over,RHS heads,eagle rods, and crank, compcams cam,1.6 roller rockers ,studs,and guide plates, balanced,hei ign.edelbrock rpm air gap intake, backed up with a stall converter and a 518 overdrive trans. At the moment i amgoing with the stock frontend.Rearend is either a 83/4 or 9in. posi. OH! yes i have pics to follow. Pete.

Did you try a search? Here's a recent thread that Falcon started and has been updating as he makes progress. Yours sounds like a similar project to his ....
49 More-door build

Sounds like a cool project! The frontends on these have good geometry and a nice ride. Relocate the upper shock mounts and throw on a disc brake conversion kit and you're in good shape. The stock front brakes are a serious pain in the butt to adjust.

Yes i have front disk on the list also. Pete.

I am just starting to get the doors re-aligned on my 50 Ply.wagon..........just a note to you 49.......check the hinge pins in the doors and if they have play in them, now's the time to remove old hinges and replace the hinge pins.

Got that on the hinge pins thanks. Pete

I got the hinges out of the car and found the pins are .375 diameter(3/8") and I actually ordered them through my local body shop supply place.

here's some pics of the Fatman front suspension and Heidts IRS

Nice! You did the whole framestub; I wish I had gone that route on my 48. That's some mighty fine looking fabrication you got there.

I did have help putting the front and rear in the car. I have a friend who is a fabricator and can TIG weld.

I will also say the Fatman front end has directions that say you measure up 17" from the center of the front body mount. Then you cut the old front end off and attach the new stub. Well the new stub is made for a 50 Ply cp, not a wagon. We only tacked the front stub and then measured again. We had only 1 degree of caster in the front end and so many shims in the A-arms that we had to put in longer bolts. So after calling Fatman and taking with them, we figured out they sent me the wrong top A-arm. We needed a 3/4" offset top A-arm. Sent the ones back and they sent me the right ones. Now we had 4-6 deg of caster to play with and then things went alittle smoother. But as everyone knows, this took another 3 weeks to get sorted out with sending things back and all.
Fatman worked with me and I have nothing but good things to say about their stuff and their people.

Yes great job,i;m looking at fatman too,what engine are you going with? Pete.

We mounted a 360 w/727 auto. I am true Mopar all the way.

same here 360 magnum,518tranny .

Looks great and sure cleans things up. I have a '42 and "if" I can ever get enough money together in one place I hope to do the Fatman stub as well. I have a 318 and an 8-3/4 posi collecting dust in a corner, so maybe it will happen someday soon. Keep the progress pictures coming and when it's off the jack stands and moving again under it's own power, let us know how it handles.