While making my tour around the craigslists in the area, Came across this Dodge biz coupe. 48 Dodge coupe/rod Trade for a classic station wagon

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1987 300TD 311,000M Stolen. Presumed destroyed

what kind of hack tapes off the windows and doesn't tape off the rim or tire. I mean 2 seconds with a trash bag protects them from overspray, and here is a pic with some pretty good looking old rims covered in primer

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Yeah. I like the custom painted oil filter.

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Had a 46 ford business coupe with a small and I mean small back seat aftermarket Installed. Lowered and it was not bad to drive.

When I see the rear fender seams bonded in to me they usually mean a bondo bucket. You may live in a rust free area though.

Those mopars of the era have lines only a mother could love!

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

not a fan of the flame job on it, Just thought I'd share it. I see a fair amount of these in my quest. this was the nicer of the few I came across. there are some real turds out there.

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This is nothing but a statement of my taste and opinion:

For me, all the cars of the '41 through '48 era were bulbous and fugly. I got my drivers license in 1963, so those cars were really old, worn out and underpowered, but all I could afford. The '46 to '48 models were very slightly retrimmed versions of the '41 for the big three. They did this to buy some time to develop and introduce the '49 models after the interruption of the war.

Mopars IMHO were the ugliest and most bulbous of all of them. They even made my '47 Fleetline look sleek. With the exception of the Ford of the era, mainly because of its hop up potential, they had some of the flimsiest engines for their era. The gearboxes, axles, suspensions and brakes weren't any better.

I don't mean to rain on your parade Aquaticedge, but I just find it impossible to warm up to them.

I built a few street rods in the seventies and was part of the scene, and with the exception of a few Fords from the era, it was very uncommon to see a rod built from any car of that era. Now that they have been ignored and largely unmodified over the years, I expect this is why a few emerge these days.

The good news about the example in the ad is that it doesn't have one of the Mopar sixes of the period. I can't think of any engine that I would rather NOT have. The babbit rod Chevys of the era are almost as bad, especially if they get even slightly over revved in which case the oil scoopers on the connecting rods couldn't keep up.

not my parade to rain on... I came across it thought I'd share, thats all.

And thanks for sharing it. It's nice to have some car discussion on a car forum.

This one is too old for me, don't need a project. But I post them to spark conversation and nostalgia. Something fun and different, and I'm betting this one is a no do bucket too.

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IIRC that isn't a business coupe. Maybe it's a club coupe. This is a business coupe -



What business goes on in the trunk?

I'm slowly warming up to fat fenders. The fastback style of the Pontiac Silver Streak is quite slick -



Certainly compared with Ford. The ones with trunks are nicely proportioned but I'll take a WW2 era Mopar 6 with URO parts before I take one of these inspirations of the Volvo 444 -



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Picked up a 47 ford two door with 27 thousand miles on it for 75.00 in the day. Basically the same as the picture posted but in factory maroon. Only needed a muffler replaced. Otherwise practically a mint car. Ford had a percieved quality problem so the v8 engine was well balanced at the factory for that year.

You really cannot in anyway compare way back then to today. They are worlds apart. I will spend what my parents paid for their house in 1945 before this weekend.

A couple of smaller air to air heat pumps and a smart 60 inch Samsung television will do it and it is not even a particularily unusual week. Even though some holidays are involved.

I think if my parents were alive today it would stager them as well as other members of their generation. Todays world is just that much different.

That Car has a HUGE Aft.... that is a mobster body transporter.... wow.

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Traveling salesmen purchased these to work their territories. I imagine more than one slept in the trunk on occasion .

Was a great place to keep a lot of merchandise out of sight. Some even had a very large roll out drawer from the factory.

Not a body style produced in high numbers. This particular posted example has probably the longest trunk area I remember seeing.

The travelers used to hit our business at a pretty fixed frequency. Then the very old commercial trend died out eventually. Travellers even updated our service parts inventory. Or took orders for it.

Chrysler products of this cars age and price had a comforatable ride compared to the other two of the big three. There were only a very small smattering of foreign cars on the road when this was new. Most of them where english cars.

Almost all service stations automatically checked your oil level and washed the windscreen when you brought gas. Maybe a fill up was four or five dollars. Oil was as low as .25 a quart. Frequency of changing it was much higher than today though. Very nostalgic actually. A car design and function of the past.

Yeah, I "heard" lots of claims about flathead blocks cracking and such, but it was not nearly as common as folklore made it out to be. If the valves were ground correctly and the distributors and Carburetors were set up by someone who knew what they were doing, those flatties were smooth as silk and faster than any comparable car from the low priced three.